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Madarao Now: Monday 31st March 2014

  • Mar 31, 2014
  • 3 min read

Updated: Sep 3, 2025

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Madarao region of Nagano


New snowfall at base 0cm
Snowfall at base this season 734cm

Weather overview Blue sky

Wind Moderate

Temperature -

Visibility

Very good


Posted on Monday 31st March 2014 This is an archived report. The latest Madarao Now report can be found here.


It doesn't seem that long ago when I was starting up these reports for the season... but here I am wrapping them up on the last day of the season.


The sun is out this morning, there's still great snow cover, all courses are open and it should be a good last day. (The only thing that might spoil things is the fairly strong wind at times...)


I think most people would agree that it has been something of an odd season - not only here but in many surrounding areas as well. It somehow didn't seem to be as consistent as we are used to - though it's worth reminding ourselves of very high standards that we often expect and often get here!


There were many fine powder days though and I have some very fine memories of hitting the powder in those tree runs. It's always sad to think how long it will be before I can do that again.


The warm up will continue now and no doubt the snow will quickly start disappearing from the mountain. It's shocking how fast it does start to go once we get into April!


Of course Madarao is a fine place to be when there's no snow around as well - beautiful all year round and nice and cool in those hot summer months. There's usually a number of events going on as well which are worth looking up. (Get to the Madarao website via the links on Madarao Kogen resort page that is linked to from here).


Anyway, thank you for reading the Madarao Now reports this year, and I hope to see you in the run up to next season!


Madarao Now 2013-2014 season

Data as of Monday 31st March 2014 Total snowfall at base 734cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 53 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 50cm (on 10th January) November 2013 snowfall 0cm December 2014 snowfall 117cm reported on 10 days January 2014 snowfall 267cm reported on 15 days February 2014 snowfall 205cm reported on 15 days March 2014 snowfall 145cm reported on 13 days



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