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Madarao Now: Thursday 8th January 2015

  • Jan 8, 2015
  • 2 min read

Updated: Sep 3, 2025

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Madarao region of Nagano


New snowfall at base 10cm
Snowfall at base this season 534cm

Weather overview Mostly cloudy

Wind Light+

Temperature -

Visibility Good


Posted on Thursday 8th January 2015 This is an archived report. The latest Madarao Now report can be found here.


The top of the mountain is covered in a grey cloud at the moment, but nothing is falling out of it! It's just cloudy for now. And there's around 10cm of new snow joining the party this morning. It's nice and cold and the snow is in good condition.


Not much forecast for today other than cloud and possible snow showers, but nothing major. Tomorrow is more of the same by the looks, and we might even get a bit of sunshine.


Next up snow worth mentioning should be over the weekend. Remember it's the fire festival here on Saturday so hopefully the weather will co-operate for that.


Lifts 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... and next Sunday, January 11th (the day after is a holiday).


Madarao Now 2014-2015 season

Data as of Thursday 8th January 2015 Total snowfall at base 534cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 19 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 123cm reported on 6 days



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