Madarao Kogen is a resort in Nagano - Niigata (Japan) skied between 950 and 1350 metres, with 15 km of pistes and 8 lifts.
The camera shows real visibility and snow on the ground, not the forecast. Snow depth by altitude — 950 to 1350 m — and the days ahead are in the Madarao Kogen snow report.
Which lifts and runs Madarao Kogen opens is published by the resort every morning and changes with the wind: the upper ones, up to 1350 m, are the most exposed. If the camera is a white blur mid-morning, that is usually why.