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Madarao Now: Saturday 8th January 2022

  • Jan 8, 2022
  • 2 min read

Updated: Sep 9, 2025

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Madarao region of Nagano


New snowfall at base 2cm
Snowfall at base this season 362cm

Weather overview Blue sky

Wind Light

Temperature -

Visibility Very good


Posted on Saturday 8th January 2022 This is an archived report. The latest Madarao Now report can be found here.


Good morning from Madarao.


Blue skies as we approach 9am on this Saturday morning and the start to the extended weekend (Monday being a holiday). It's usually a busy weekend in the season and if the forecasts are right it will be mostly calm, with the next bigger snow due on Tuesday.


Night skiing at Madarao today and tomorrow too.


Madarao Mountain Resort

- Snowfall reported by the ski area (24 hours): 10cm

- All courses open

- All lifts apart from Number 5 should to be operating

- Tree run courses: All appear to be scheduled to open

- 280cm official snow depth


Tangram Ski Circus

- All 5 lifts operating

- 200cm official snow depth


Madarao Now 2021-2022 season

Data as of Saturday 8th January 2022 Total snowfall at base 362cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 22 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 60cm (on 31st December) November 2021 snowfall 11cm reported on 2 days December 2021 snowfall 237cm reported on 13 days January 2022 snowfall 114cm reported on 7 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.


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