Madarao Now: Wednesday 9th November 2016
- Nov 9, 2016
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Madarao region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 4cm
Snowfall at base this season 4cm
Weather overview Cloud, light snow
Wind Light
Temperature -
Visibility Limited
Posted on Wednesday 9th November 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Madarao Now report can be found here.
After a long break and a good re-charge, it is nearly winter time once again here in Nagano Prefecture - and time for me to get ready to post my snow reports.
And how about this? Snow on the ground! I was actually down in Iiyama overnight and this morning driving up to Madarao was a bit dicey in my car. You see, I haven't changed to my snow tyres yet, something that I now regret. But the mountain is looking white and there was 4cm on the ground.
It is still really early of course, and this snow will melt away and we'll see more autumn-like warmer days again. So winter surely hasn't set in properly just yet, but it is a good sign.
Madarao Kogen is one of the resorts that usually waits for a decent base and a set opening date in mid December to open up for the season. The official opening date for Madarao Kogen this season is Saturday 17th December. So hopefully by then, hopefully there will be a really good base building up by then. Who knows, how about an early opening? (Just wishing). It's all looking positive though for a good start to the 16-17 season.
15-16 was disappointing in many regions of Japan... here's to a real bounce-back-to-form 16-17 season.
I will post more Madarao Now reports when there is further snowfall, and then the reports will be updating daily once the ski lifts start moving.
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Data as of Wednesday 9th November 2016 Total snowfall at base 4cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 1 day Most snowfall observed in 1 day 4cm (on 9th November) November 2016 snowfall 4cm reported on 1 day |
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.