Independent snow and weather reporting from the Madarao region of Nagano New snowfall at base 0cm Snowfall at base this season 687cm Weather overview Cloud Wind Light Temperature - Visibility Decent Posted at 8:56am on Friday 15th February 2013 This is an archived report. The latest Madarao Now report can be found here . No new snow to report from Madarao this morning and a cloudy start to the day with another relatively mild morning - it's about -2C now. Snow is forecast though both today and overnight and into tomorrow. Some come tomorrow we should have a nice new layer to play in. According to the forecast, conditions will clear up by Sunday as well and we might get a sunny one. Sounds good to me. 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 Friday 15th February 2013 Total snowfall at base so far 687cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 43 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 112cm reported on 9 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 672cm Weather overview Cloud and sun Wind Light Temperature - Visibility Excellent Posted at 8:37am on Tuesday 12th February 2013 This is an archived report. The latest Madarao Now report can be found here . More snow since yesterday folks and at least 15cm on the ground, resort reporting up to 20cm of fresh. The sun is out. Blue skies above. Nice and cold. Awesome. Not much else to say today, should be great out there... less busy today of course as we click back into normal weekday operations. 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 February 2013 Total snowfall at base so far 672cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 41 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 97cm reported on 7 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 30cm Snowfall at base this season 767cm Weather overview Clear and fine Wind Light Temperature - Visibility Very good Posted at 8:10am on Sunday 17th February 2013 This is an archived report. The latest Madarao Now report can be found here . The snow continued yesterday dumping down, through into the night. But overnight the clouds have moved on and it's a clear morning here in Madarao. Well, above Madarao anyway, clouds can be seen down in the valley but it does look like it will be a fine day. Oh yes, and we got another 30cm or so of snow since yesterday. 30-40cm being reported by the resort on the mountain. It's about -8 degrees at the moment so a cold start to the day. This is really good. Today should be excellent. And with that, I must go out to check it myself! 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 Sunday 17th February 2013 Total snowfall at base so far 767cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 45 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 192cm reported on 11 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 782cm Weather overview Cloud and light snow Wind Light Temperature - Visibility Poor Posted at 8:12am on Tuesday 19th February 2013 This is an archived report. The latest Madarao Now report can be found here . It was borderline rain yesterday at times, and definitely a wet kind of snow that was falling. Not the best day of the season... and so soon after that deep snow as well! Doh! Anyway, that's behind us now and it is snowing proper snow this morning. Madarao Kogen is reporting 10-15cm of snow on the slopes and I can confirm 5-10cm or so on the ground under foot in base areas. Colder as well this morning which is welcome and it's about -6 degrees now. Snow continues to fall and generally visibility not so good out there. Forecast is looking good. Consistent snowfall over the next 6 days through into the weekend, possibly heavy at times. If the forecast comes true, it should be a fine weekend that's for sure. Let's snowing! 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 19th February 2013 Total snowfall at base so far 782cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 47 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 207cm reported on 13 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 787cm Weather overview Cloud and sun Wind Light Temperature - Visibility Very good Posted at 9:00am on Wednesday 20th February 2013 This is an archived report. The latest Madarao Now report can be found here . Not quite as much as expected yesterday with only about 5cm fresh to report this morning. It has been a lovely morning though with some fine blue skies above Madarao with only a few fluffy white clouds lingering and looking all pretty. Nice and cold too and so snow conditions should be keeping good. Snow is actually forecast for today and so perhaps it's going to cloud over quick. It has been known to happen. After today, a run of days when snow is expected - basically through into next week. 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 20th February 2013 Total snowfall at base so far 787cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 48 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 212cm reported on 14 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 772cm Weather overview Cloud and light snow Wind Light Temperature - Visibility Fair Posted at 9:10am on Monday 18th February 2013 This is an archived report. The latest Madarao Now report can be found here . Yesterday was a good one, though busy out there. Back to the start of a new week and the snow is back. Not major just a few cm and the resort reporting 5-10cm and it is snowing lightly now. Quite mild temp. as well, not that much below 0 at the moment, and tomorrow should see a return to colder climes. Other than that lots of days with snow on the menu through until the coming weekend. Sounds good to me. 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 18th February 2013 Total snowfall at base so far 772cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 46 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 197cm reported on 12 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 25cm Snowfall at base this season 887cm Weather overview Snow Wind Moderate + Temperature - Visibility Very poor Posted at 7:42am on Sunday 24th February 2013 This is an archived report. The latest Madarao Now report can be found here . It did continue snowing yesterday into the afternoon when we actually got some clearer skies for a while. Didn't last for too long though as this morning there's an additional 20cm or so of snow on the ground and Madarao Kogen is reporting up to 30cm on the slopes. Excellent. It's pretty much white-out conditions now though with very little to see at all. As far as I can tell, lifts are moving or at least plan to be moving. The resort's latest update at 9:22am shows all of the tree runs and a few lifts still being 'prepared' to be open, so hopefully they can. Extra care needed today. As I said you can see almost nothing out there. Don't smash into a tree and I would recommend staying to areas you know. Have fun but take care. This latest front should be over by tomorrow and calm will return by Tuesday. 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 Sunday 24th February 2013 Total snowfall at base so far 887cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 52 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 312cm reported on 18 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 837cm Weather overview Cloud with some blue sky Wind Light Temperature - Visibility Very good Posted at 8:14am on Friday 22nd February 2013 This is an archived report. The latest Madarao Now report can be found here . More snow to report from Madarao this morning, I'm happy to say. About 10cm or more, with the resort telling me up to 15cm on the slopes. After the snowy conditions of yesterday and last night though, this morning it is much brighter, I can see the whole of the mountain, and I can also see some blue skies above me. Still lots of cloud around but perhaps we'll have a clearer morning. It probably won't last long even if that happens though because some potentially impressive snowfall is due back later on today and/or overnight. I should have more snow to report tomorrow morning and it will probably be cold and snowy, so keep that in mind if you plan to be here. 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 Friday 22nd February 2013 Total snowfall at base so far 837cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 50 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 262cm reported on 16 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 40cm Snowfall at base this season 827cm Weather overview Snow Wind Light to moderate Temperature - Visibility Fair Posted at 8:15am on Thursday 21st February 2013 This is an archived report. The latest Madarao Now report can be found here . 40cm of new snow. Yes, 40cm. Even up to 50cm on the slopes according to the launch, so half a metre. Sounds good? It's a snowy morning and cold. Still snowing. Conditions should be excellent this morning as you might expect. :) We might not get a huge amount more, but snow is probably going to continue. Tomorrow might start off clearer but we have some potentially heavy snowfall again overnight into Saturday. Needless to say, the weekend is looking like it will be great. 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 21st February 2013 Total snowfall at base so far 827cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 49 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 252cm reported on 15 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 40cm Snowfall at base this season 927cm Weather overview Cloud and some sun Wind Light to moderate Temperature - Visibility Good Posted at 8:52am on Monday 25th February 2013 This is an archived report. The latest Madarao Now report can be found here . Monday morning sounds a bit dull but how about 40cm of fresh new snowfall to make it sound more exciting. Yes, the snow continued pounding down and we have another thick layer of white powder to enjoy this morning. What's more, there's a bit of sun shining through the remaining clouds at the moment. Visibility good, clearing up? The next few days should see generally clearer conditions maybe just the odd snow shower here and there. But basically... top conditions. 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 25th February 2013 Total snowfall at base so far 927cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 53 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 352cm 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

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Madarao region of Nagano New snowfall at base 25cm Snowfall at base this season 862cm Weather overview Snow Wind Light + Temperature - Visibility Poor Posted at 7:42am on Saturday 23rd February 2013 This is an archived report. The latest Madarao Now report can be found here . Lots of new snow to report this morning from Madarao. The resort themselves are saying more than 30cm, I'd say definitely more than 20-25cm here at base. Nice quality snow too and a cold start to the day. It's snowing and so visibility pretty low, though it's not 'can't see anything' low, not at the moment anyway. But then again it's not going to be a day for scenic photos either. So snow is forecast to continue for the day today and tomorrow too. Wrap up and enjoy. 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 Saturday 23rd February 2013 Total snowfall at base so far 862cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 51 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 287cm reported on 17 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 3cm Snowfall at base this season 930cm Weather overview Fine with some cloud Wind Light Temperature - Visibility Good Posted at 7:52am on Tuesday 26th February 2013 This is an archived report. The latest Madarao Now report can be found here . Another few cm of new snowfall since yesterday and the sun is out this morning. Just a bit of cloud left hanging on at the moment but it might well be on it's way out as we settle down to a few days of calmer conditions. It's forecast to get milder up until around Friday, but it is a cold start to the day for the moment. 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 26th February 2013 Total snowfall at base so far 930cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 54 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 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