Chalet Madarao offers a range of facilities and services including:
Free Wifi
On site restaurant and Bar - The Avenue
Drying Room
Waxing and Tuning
Ski Rentals
Snow Monkey Shuttles
Ski and Board Lessons
The Avenue
The Avneue offers a range of Australian and Japanese cuisine. Coffee, cocktails, beers and spirits are all available at the bar.
Open from 7am-11pm daily we serve Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner. Breakfast is available until 11am and the lunch and dinner menu starts at 11:15am. Coffee is available all day, and alcohol is served from 11am.
Click Here for our Breakfast Menu
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Click Here for our Drinks Menu
Drying Room
Our drying room is located on the lower level. Please leave your boots, helmets and outerwear in here. We ask you leave skis and boards outside, and to knock the snow off all gear before coming inside.
Waxing and Tuning Services
We offer both waxing and tuning services. Skis and Boards must be dropped off by 7:30pm, and can be picked up the next day from 7:30am.
Prices are listed in the table below:
Service |
Hot Iron Wax + Coffee |
Basic Tune + Coffee |
Performance Tune + Coffee |
Price |
¥2000 |
¥3000 |
¥8000 |
Basic Tune includes a hot iron wax, basic scrape and brush, and quick edge sharpen with diamond files
Perfiormance tune includes a faster wax, more diligent brushing, sidewall removal (when appropriate), and edge-angle filing to your specified angles.
Full Tunes are not available as we cannot do base grinds.
Ski Rentals
We have a variety of powder skis available. Skis with alpine bindings and frame touring bindings are available.
Prices are listed in the table below:
Days | 1-3 | 5 | 7 |
Price | ¥5000/day | ¥4000/day | ¥3500/day |
If you wish to reserve skis in advance we can email you a stock list to choose from. Prebooked skis must be paid for in advance to confirm the booking.
Snow Monkey Shuttles
Visit the snow monkeys at the base of Shiga Kogen, roughly an hour away. Talk to our friendly staff to organise a shuttle.
Rates are ¥6000/per person, minimum group of 3, and includes a return shuttle 2 hours after arriving at the drop off location.
Ski and Board Lessons
Ski and Board lessons are available in 1 hour blocks from one of our qualified, in house instructors.
Lesson times are availbale starting at 9am, 10am, and 11am. Generally only offered to guests staying at Chalet Madarao we offer a heavily discounted rate of ¥11,000/hr, and lessons must be booked by midday the day prior to the lesson.