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Madarao Now: Friday 8th January 2016

  • Jan 8, 2016
  • 2 min read

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Madarao region of Nagano


New snowfall at base 24cm
Snowfall at base this season 151cm

Weather overview Partly cloudy

Wind Light

Temperature -

Visibility Good


Posted on Friday 8th January 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Madarao Now report can be found here.


Now this is more like it!


A lovely morning with a sea of clouds in the valley below us, some blue skies above us,....and 20+cm of fresh snow on the ground.


Yes, I'm extremely pleased to be able to report a good new layer of snow this morning. It actually all came during the day yesterday rather than overnight. Lovely. With the early morning weather as well it should be a really great morning. I am going to be out there, that's for sure!


The even better news is that more snow is due later on today and into tomorrow and that snow around Monday as well is still on the cards. If we can just get a fairly decent amount over these next few days, there'll be lots of happy people.


Monday is a national holiday in Japan so it is long 3-day weekend coming up, and traditionally one of the more popular for people heading to the ski resorts. So it should be busy. And I expect there to be lots of people who have been waiting for fresh snow as well.


Hope you can enjoy it.


Madarao Kogen lifts operating (planned at time of writing):


Number 1

Number 2 quad

Number 3

Number 5

Super quad lift

Number 11 lift

Number 12 lift

Number 15 lift

Moving walkway


Tangram Ski Circus lifts operating (planned at time of writing):


All 5 lifts operating


Madarao Now 2015-2016 season

Data as of Friday 8th January 2016 Total snowfall at base 151cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 13 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 32cm (on 29th December) November 2015 snowfall 0cm December 2015 snowfall 99cm reported on 9 days January 2016 snowfall 52cm reported on 4 days



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