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Madarao Now: Saturday 28th February 2015

  • Feb 28, 2015
  • 2 min read

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Madarao region of Nagano


New snowfall at base 15cm
Snowfall at base this season 959cm

Weather overview Cloud

Wind Light

Temperature -

Visibility Fair


Posted on Saturday 28th February 2015 This is an archived report. The latest Madarao Now report can be found here.


Quite wild conditions in the later part of yesterday with strong winds blowing around the snow that was falling. One of those days when it's difficult to put a number on it - the resort says 10-20cm, the snow around my place says around 15cm. Lots of windblown so it'll be more or less depending on where you are.


Colder this morning too so hopefully there'll be some decent conditions this morning. Cloudy but feels like it might clear up more. More snow due later on tomorrow, hopefully avoiding rain that is also possible certainly at lower elevations.


A few tanoshii events going on tonight... a screen made from snow (!) has been made on which to show some short films. I'm as curious as you are probably reading that! That'll be near the entrance to the skijo by the Madarao Kogen Hotel. And after nighta there's going to be some fireworks as well.


Lifts planned to be open:


Number 1 lift

Number 2 quad lift

Number 3A

Number 5

Super quad lift

Number 11 lift

Number 12 lift

Number 13 lift

Number 15 lift

Moving Walkway

Kids Park

Freeride Park

Tree Run Courses should be open today.


Night skiing at Madarao is every Saturday until 21st March 2015.


Madarao Now 2014-2015 season

Data as of Saturday 28th February 2015 Total snowfall at base 959cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 50 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 80cm (on 18th December) November 2014 snowfall 5cm reported on 1 day December 2014 snowfall 406cm reported on 12 days January 2015 snowfall 327cm reported on 22 days February 2015 snowfall 221cm reported on 15 days



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