Madarao Now: Saturday 31st December 2016
- Dec 31, 2016
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Madarao region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 4cm
Snowfall at base this season 220cm
Weather overview Some cloud
Wind Light
Temperature -
Visibility Very good
Posted on Saturday 31st December 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Madarao Now report can be found here.
I hope some of you were able to get out and enjoy the conditions yesterday. I enjoyed a good part of the day out there with snow continuing to fall in the day before easing off - and a bit more snow to report on the ground.
It was a chilly start to the morning in Madarao. At the moment we have blue skies and just a bit of cloud over the mountain. The sun is shining down through my window. It should be another good day out on the slopes, if not busy... there's a lot of people around to enjoy it all, as you would expect as we are now in the new year holidays.
The weather is expected to be clearer and a bit milder (hopefully not too much) over the next couple of days with the next snowfall probably going to fall sometime early week.
Extended night skiing tonight - until 11:30pm - and a firework display to enjoy at midnight. Look out for the torch lit skiing display which I believe is scheduled to begin at 9pm. No doubt there will be some other New Year festivities going on as well.
It is of course the last day of 2016 already. I hope you all have a good day/night and I'll see you again when we get into 2017. May 2017 be a year of very regular and outrageously heavy snowfalls. Preferably overnight, keeping cold but some sunshine during the daytime. Not much to ask for!
Operating status for the day at Madarao Kogen (at time of report):
- Number 1 lift
- Number 2 quad lift
- Number 3A lift
- Number 5
- Super quad lift
- Number 11 lift
- Number 12 lift
- Number 13 lift
- Number 15 lift
- Moving walkway
- Kids Park
- Snow Mobile Land
- Free ride Park
- Powder Wave II
- River Line
- Powder Theater
- Adventure Aisle
- Crystal Bowl
- Ninja
- Sawa
- Rabbit
- Kamoshika
- Bear
Official snow depth:
- 120cm
Lifts currently operating at Tangram Ski Circus:
- Number 1
- Number 2
- Number 3
- Number 5
- Number 6.
Madarao Now 2016-2017 season |
Data as of Saturday 31st December 2016 Total snowfall at base 220cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 18 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 48cm (on 30th December) November 2016 snowfall 9cm reported on 4 days December 2016 snowfall 211cm reported on 14 days |
All snowfall data presented on this page is the snowfall measured and observed at base/town level by our reporter based in Madarao. The 'new snowfall' number represents the amount of snow measured since the previous report. All opinions are those of the individual reporters. Information regarding ski area operations is manually checked every morning and is believed to be correct at the time of the report.