Independent snow and weather reporting from the Madarao region of Nagano New snowfall at base 10cm Snowfall at base this season 1000cm Weather overview Snow Wind Moderate Temperature - Visibility Not good Posted at 9:45am on Thursday 21st March 2013 This is an archived report. The latest Madarao Now report can be found here . Yesterday was spring. This morning, more like winter again. Fresh snowfall! Resort says 15cm of fresh, I had to move 5-10cm off the car. Oh yes, I like the sound of that. At -5 degrees, it's a full 18 degrees difference since yesterday. Which is pretty wild when you think about it. Anyway, it's still snowing but due to clear up perhaps even this morning and tomorrow will be back to sunny and warmer according to the forecasts. Should be nice out there this morning, especially compared with recent conditions. The last blast of winter? Very possibly. --- Madarao Kogen plans to be open until Sunday 31st March. Madarao Now 2012-2013 season Data as of Thursday 21st March 2013 Total snowfall at base so far 1000cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 59 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 50cm (24th December and 18th January) November 2012 snowfall 0cm December 2012 snowfall 223cm reported on 14 days January 2013 snowfall 352cm reported on 20 days February 2013 snowfall 355cm reported on 20 days March 2013 snowfall 70cm reported on 5 days Previous report Next report 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. SnowJapan is an entirely independent operation. Our daily reports are not posted on behalf of ski areas or any other business or organisation. Since first going online in 1999, the integrity of this website has always been our top priority, and it is something we are not prepared to compromise. All content is carefully created and written by humans who share a passion for the subject and what SnowJapan stands for. About SnowJapan.com About the daily reporting on SnowJapan.com

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Madarao region of Nagano New snowfall at base 5cm Snowfall at base this season 1005cm Weather overview Bluebird Wind Light Temperature - Visibility Great Posted at 8:43am on Friday 22nd March 2013 This is an archived report. The latest Madarao Now report can be found here . We're back to clearer skies and warming up today. The new snow was fun while it lasted, though perhaps today will be good too with some leftovers out there. This morning it's a chilly start to the day but the sun is out and we have lovely clear blue skies above Madarao. Colder again tomorrow and the chance of some light snow, with Sunday promising to the clearer of the two weekend days. Just over one week to go for the season at Madarao. Madarao Now 2012-2013 season Data as of Friday 22nd March 2013 Total snowfall at base so far 1005cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 60 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 50cm (24th December and 18th January) November 2012 snowfall 0cm December 2012 snowfall 223cm reported on 14 days January 2013 snowfall 352cm reported on 20 days February 2013 snowfall 355cm reported on 20 days March 2013 snowfall 75cm reported on 6 days Previous report Next report 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. SnowJapan is an entirely independent operation. Our daily reports are not posted on behalf of ski areas or any other business or organisation. Since first going online in 1999, the integrity of this website has always been our top priority, and it is something we are not prepared to compromise. All content is carefully created and written by humans who share a passion for the subject and what SnowJapan stands for. About SnowJapan.com About the daily reporting on SnowJapan.com

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Madarao region of Nagano New snowfall at base 10cm Snowfall at base this season 990cm Weather overview Snow Wind Moderate Temperature - Visibility Poor Posted at 9:44am on Thursday 14th March 2013 This is an archived report. The latest Madarao Now report can be found here . Rain it was. But how about this.... 15cm of new snow being reported by the resort this morning. More like 5-10cm here where I am but good to hear that we can get a nice new layer out on the slopes. It's much colder as well with temps right back down to -5 degrees. Quite strong winds and poor visibility, but we might not get that many more chances of fresh snow this season so it's definitely worth getting out there. Lifts planned to be operating: Number 1 Number 2 Number 3 Super quad Number 5 Number 11 Number 12 Number 15 Kids Park --- FreeRide Park Powder Wave I Powder Wave II Usagi Riverline Powder Theater Adventure Madarao Now 2012-2013 season Data as of Thursday 14th March 2013 Total snowfall at base so far 990cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 58 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 50cm (24th December and 18th January) November 2012 snowfall 0cm December 2012 snowfall 223cm reported on 14 days January 2013 snowfall 352cm reported on 20 days February 2013 snowfall 355cm reported on 20 days March 2013 snowfall 60cm reported on 4 days Previous report Next report 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. SnowJapan is an entirely independent operation. Our daily reports are not posted on behalf of ski areas or any other business or organisation. Since first going online in 1999, the integrity of this website has always been our top priority, and it is something we are not prepared to compromise. All content is carefully created and written by humans who share a passion for the subject and what SnowJapan stands for. About SnowJapan.com About the daily reporting on SnowJapan.com

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Madarao region of Nagano New snowfall at base 0cm Snowfall at base this season 980cm Weather overview Clear bit overcast Wind Slight Temperature - Visibility Good Posted at 8:10am on Wednesday 13th March 2013 This is an archived report. The latest Madarao Now report can be found here . It's a much warmer start to the day here, already around +8 degrees. Fine weather though not as blue as yesterday a bit more overcast looking, but still clear skies and a feel good day. Bit of a wind early on, but hopefully won't cause the lifts and problems. Good chance of rain later on I'm afraid. Lifts planned to be operating: Number 1 Number 2 Number 3 Super quad Number 5 Number 11 Number 12 Number 15 Kids Park --- FreeRide Park Powder Wave I Powder Wave II Usagi Riverline Powder Theater Adventure Madarao Now 2012-2013 season Data as of Wednesday 13th March 2013 Total snowfall at base so far 980cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 57 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 50cm (24th December and 18th January) November 2012 snowfall 0cm December 2012 snowfall 223cm reported on 14 days January 2013 snowfall 352cm reported on 20 days February 2013 snowfall 355cm reported on 20 days March 2013 snowfall 50cm reported on 3 days Previous report Next report 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. SnowJapan is an entirely independent operation. Our daily reports are not posted on behalf of ski areas or any other business or organisation. Since first going online in 1999, the integrity of this website has always been our top priority, and it is something we are not prepared to compromise. All content is carefully created and written by humans who share a passion for the subject and what SnowJapan stands for. About SnowJapan.com About the daily reporting on SnowJapan.com

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Madarao region of Nagano New snowfall at base 0cm Snowfall at base this season 980cm Weather overview Bluebird Wind Slight Temperature - Visibility Excellent Posted at 7:48am on Tuesday 12th March 2013 This is an archived report. The latest Madarao Now report can be found here . And up it is this morning. Or it will be anyway once the sun takes control of proceedings. An absolutely amazing blue sky morning at Madarao this morning. Bluer than a bluebird. About -2C at the moment. That's about all there is to report this morning. It should be a fine spring day on the mountain. Similar likely tomorrow too. Lifts planned to be operating: Number 1 Number 2 Number 3 Super quad Number 5 Number 11 Number 12 Number 15 Kids Park --- FreeRide Park Powder Wave I Powder Wave II Usagi Riverline Powder Theater Adventure Madarao Now 2012-2013 season Data as of Tuesday 12th March 2013 Total snowfall at base so far 980cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 57 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 50cm (24th December and 18th January) November 2012 snowfall 0cm December 2012 snowfall 223cm reported on 14 days January 2013 snowfall 352cm reported on 20 days February 2013 snowfall 355cm reported on 20 days March 2013 snowfall 50cm reported on 3 days Previous report Next report 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. SnowJapan is an entirely independent operation. Our daily reports are not posted on behalf of ski areas or any other business or organisation. Since first going online in 1999, the integrity of this website has always been our top priority, and it is something we are not prepared to compromise. All content is carefully created and written by humans who share a passion for the subject and what SnowJapan stands for. About SnowJapan.com About the daily reporting on SnowJapan.com

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Madarao region of Nagano New snowfall at base 20cm Snowfall at base this season 980cm Weather overview Snow Wind Moderate Temperature - Visibility Not good Posted at 7:50am on Monday 11th March 2013 This is an archived report. The latest Madarao Now report can be found here . An early report this morning as I just needed to share the news. Snow! Yes, we thought it might all be over with all this warm stuff of the last week or so, but temperatures did indeed drop right down yesterday and this morning there's close to 20cm of new on the slopes of Madarao. Apparently a different of 16C since yesterday. Wow. -8 being reported by the resort. The mind boggles. But it means that while it may not completely cover the more, er, icy conditions we had, there will certainly be much improved conditions out there this morning. It should be up and down this week. Tomorrow expected to be much warmer again, then back to colder from Wednesday. Lifts planned to be operating: Number 1 Number 2 Number 3 Super quad Number 5 Number 11 Number 12 Number 15 Kids Park --- FreeRide Park Powder Wave I Powder Wave II Usagi Riverline Powder Theater Adventure Madarao Now 2012-2013 season Data as of Monday 11th March 2013 Total snowfall at base so far 980cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 57 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 50cm (24th December and 18th January) November 2012 snowfall 0cm December 2012 snowfall 223cm reported on 14 days January 2013 snowfall 352cm reported on 20 days February 2013 snowfall 355cm reported on 20 days March 2013 snowfall 50cm reported on 3 days Previous report Next report 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. SnowJapan is an entirely independent operation. Our daily reports are not posted on behalf of ski areas or any other business or organisation. Since first going online in 1999, the integrity of this website has always been our top priority, and it is something we are not prepared to compromise. All content is carefully created and written by humans who share a passion for the subject and what SnowJapan stands for. About SnowJapan.com About the daily reporting on SnowJapan.com

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Madarao region of Nagano New snowfall at base 0cm Snowfall at base this season 960cm Weather overview Clear and sunny Wind Slight Temperature - Visibility Great Posted at 10:41am on Wednesday 6th March 2013 This is an archived report. The latest Madarao Now report can be found here . Stunning blue skies above Madarao this morning. After a fairly cold night and starting off at around -1C at the start of the day, we're up to around +3C now. Groomers are fun this morning if not a bit hard though the sun is starting to have an effect and softening up the snow. Melting some as well by the sounds of the dripping outside I can hear now. Tomorrow to get warmer still before hopefully a drop on Friday. No new snow on the horizon though so we need to make do with what we have for now. Lifts planned to be operating: Number 1 Number 2 Number 3 Super quad Number 5 Number 11 Number 12 Number 15 Kids Park --- FreeRide Park Powder Wave I Powder Wave II Usagi Riverline Powder Theater Adventure Madarao Now 2012-2013 season Data as of Wednesday 6th March 2013 Total snowfall at base so far 960cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 56 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 50cm (24th December and 18th January) November 2012 snowfall 0cm December 2012 snowfall 223cm reported on 14 days January 2013 snowfall 352cm reported on 20 days February 2013 snowfall 355cm reported on 20 days March 2013 snowfall 30cm reported on 2 days Previous report Next report 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. SnowJapan is an entirely independent operation. Our daily reports are not posted on behalf of ski areas or any other business or organisation. Since first going online in 1999, the integrity of this website has always been our top priority, and it is something we are not prepared to compromise. All content is carefully created and written by humans who share a passion for the subject and what SnowJapan stands for. About SnowJapan.com About the daily reporting on SnowJapan.com

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Madarao region of Nagano New snowfall at base 0cm Snowfall at base this season 960cm Weather overview Cloudy, light snow Wind Slight Temperature - Visibility Fair Posted at 9:27am on Monday 4th March 2013 This is an archived report. The latest Madarao Now report can be found here . A few cm of fresh snowfall to report from Madarao this morning with the resort saying there is around 5cm of new on the slopes. It's snowing now as well. It's not that cold this morning and some forecasts were saying we might see rain. Hopefully we will avoid that but it will be getting a little warmer later on in the day. -2C at the moment. Colder climes from tomorrow. Lifts planned to be operating: Number 1 Number 2 Number 3 Super quad Number 5 Number 11 Number 12 Number 15 Kids Park --- FreeRide Park Powder Wave I Powder Wave II Usagi Riverline Powder Theater Adventure Madarao Now 2012-2013 season Data as of Monday 4th March 2013 Total snowfall at base so far 960cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 56 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 50cm (24th December and 18th January) November 2012 snowfall 0cm December 2012 snowfall 223cm reported on 14 days January 2013 snowfall 352cm reported on 20 days February 2013 snowfall 355cm reported on 20 days March 2013 snowfall 30cm reported on 2 days Previous report Next report 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. SnowJapan is an entirely independent operation. Our daily reports are not posted on behalf of ski areas or any other business or organisation. Since first going online in 1999, the integrity of this website has always been our top priority, and it is something we are not prepared to compromise. All content is carefully created and written by humans who share a passion for the subject and what SnowJapan stands for. About SnowJapan.com About the daily reporting on SnowJapan.com

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Madarao region of Nagano New snowfall at base 15cm Snowfall at base this season 657cm Weather overview Cloud, snow Wind Light Temperature - Visibility Poor Posted at 8:48am on Monday 11th February 2013 This is an archived report. The latest Madarao Now report can be found here . A nice day yesterday with the snow starting in the evening and this morning the resort is reporting 15-20cm of fresh snow on the slopes. I'd say up to 15cm or so at base area. Nice snow by the looks too, so conditions should be refreshed after yesterday which actually ended rather tracked out and hard in places. The busy conditions of course didn't help, so the early people today should be rewarded. It's about -6 degrees at the moment and snow falling, poor visibility out on the mountain. If it's still there, I can't see it! Good snowfall now though and so hopefully we'll be getting a decent amount fall today. Lifts planned to be operating: Number 1 Number 2 Number 3 Super quad Number 5 Number 11 Number 12 Number 15 Kids Park --- FreeRide Park Powder Wave I Powder Wave II Usagi Riverline Powder Theater Adventure Madarao Now 2012-2013 season Data as of Monday 11th February 2013 Total snowfall at base so far 657cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 40 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 50cm (24th December and 18th January) November 2012 snowfall 0cm December 2012 snowfall 223cm reported on 14 days January 2013 snowfall 352cm reported on 20 days February 2013 snowfall 82cm reported on 6 days Previous report Next report 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. SnowJapan is an entirely independent operation. Our daily reports are not posted on behalf of ski areas or any other business or organisation. Since first going online in 1999, the integrity of this website has always been our top priority, and it is something we are not prepared to compromise. All content is carefully created and written by humans who share a passion for the subject and what SnowJapan stands for. About SnowJapan.com About the daily reporting on SnowJapan.com

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Madarao region of Nagano New snowfall at base 0cm Snowfall at base this season 575cm Weather overview Clear and sunny Wind Light Temperature - Visibility Excellent Posted at 9:24am on Thursday 31st January 2013 This is an archived report. The latest Madarao Now report can be found here . Lovely blue clear skies over Madarao Kogen this morning. A cold start but it should warm up during the day today and just a slight wind. The next few days we are going to be venturing into 'unseasonably warm' territory, with the mercury rising above zero - and in the case of tomorrow and early Saturday potentially a fair bit above that level. Chance of rain as well. Please no! For now though a fine day today I reckon. All of the resort is open as planned. Lifts planned to be operating: Number 1 Number 2 Number 3 Super quad Number 5 Number 11 Number 12 Number 15 Kids Park --- FreeRide Park Powder Wave I Powder Wave II Usagi Riverline Powder Theater Adventure Madarao Now 2012-2013 season Data as of Thursday 31st January 2013 Total snowfall at base so far 575cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 34 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 50cm (24th December and 18th January) November 2012 snowfall 0cm December 2012 snowfall 223cm reported on 14 days January 2013 snowfall 352cm reported on 20 days Previous report Next report 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. SnowJapan is an entirely independent operation. Our daily reports are not posted on behalf of ski areas or any other business or organisation. Since first going online in 1999, the integrity of this website has always been our top priority, and it is something we are not prepared to compromise. All content is carefully created and written by humans who share a passion for the subject and what SnowJapan stands for. About SnowJapan.com About the daily reporting on SnowJapan.com

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Madarao region of Nagano New snowfall at base 1cm Snowfall at base this season 575cm Weather overview Cloud light snow Wind Light Temperature - Visibility Poor Posted at 10:24am on Wednesday 30th January 2013 This is an archived report. The latest Madarao Now report can be found here . Earlier this morning I could see the mountain and while there was a lot of cloud around it was fairly clear and good visibility. That soon changed and while we have no new snow until this morning it is coming down now. Snowing and poor visibility outside now with the report actually reporting 5cm. It's currently -3 degrees here at base with a 3m/s wind. All of Madarao is open as normal. Sun is due tomorrow and it's going to warm up on Friday and Saturday in particular. Going to get very mild over the weekend by the looks and we might even get some rain. Let's try not to think about that just yet though! Lifts planned to be operating: Number 1 Number 2 Number 3 Super quad Number 5 Number 11 Number 12 Number 15 Kids Park --- FreeRide Park Powder Wave I Powder Wave II Usagi Riverline Powder Theater Madarao Now 2012-2013 season Data as of Wednesday 30th January 2013 Total snowfall at base so far 575cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 34 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 50cm (24th December and 18th January) November 2012 snowfall 0cm December 2012 snowfall 223cm reported on 14 days January 2013 snowfall 352cm reported on 20 days Previous report Next report 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. SnowJapan is an entirely independent operation. Our daily reports are not posted on behalf of ski areas or any other business or organisation. Since first going online in 1999, the integrity of this website has always been our top priority, and it is something we are not prepared to compromise. All content is carefully created and written by humans who share a passion for the subject and what SnowJapan stands for. About SnowJapan.com About the daily reporting on SnowJapan.com

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Madarao region of Nagano New snowfall at base 5cm Snowfall at base this season 574cm Weather overview Cloud light snow Wind Light Temperature - Visibility OK Posted at 9:54am on Tuesday 29th January 2013 This is an archived report. The latest Madarao Now report can be found here . Light snow falling in Madarao this morning and a few cm or so on the ground with the resort saying 5cm on the slopes. In the last half hour or so the cloud seems to have lifted a bit from the lower area of the resort but the top half of the mountain is still covered in cloud. Variable visibility out there this morning. Clearer conditions likely over the next few days. Lifts planned to be operating: Number 1 Number 2 Number 3 Super quad Number 5 Number 11 Number 12 Number 15 Kids Park --- FreeRide Park Powder Wave I Powder Wave II Usagi Riverline Powder Theater Adventure Madarao Now 2012-2013 season Data as of Tuesday 29th January 2013 Total snowfall at base so far 574cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 33 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 50cm (24th December and 18th January) November 2012 snowfall 0cm December 2012 snowfall 223cm reported on 14 days January 2013 snowfall 351cm reported on 19 days Previous report Next report 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. SnowJapan is an entirely independent operation. Our daily reports are not posted on behalf of ski areas or any other business or organisation. Since first going online in 1999, the integrity of this website has always been our top priority, and it is something we are not prepared to compromise. All content is carefully created and written by humans who share a passion for the subject and what SnowJapan stands for. About SnowJapan.com About the daily reporting on SnowJapan.com