Welcome to the CAMP3 Clubhouse
Located in Madarao Mountain Resort, Japan!
Clubhouse Madarao is a place for CAMP3 members to come and stay when joining snowboard camps. It is a super-cosy 15 bedroom lodge, just 100m away from the chairlifts in the resort of Madarao.
The clubhouse is setup to be a home away from home, for riders to enjoy relaxing together in the evenings and on days off from camps. All bedrooms are en-suite and range in size from two-person double rooms to four-person family rooms. The clubhouse has a tuning room, a big multi-purpose hang out / stretching / movie room, and a cosy little bar for after evening drinks.
The clubhouse is officially operated under a Japanese registered company "CAMP3 Clubhouses Japan".
The Clubhouse Lowdown
- Rooms
- 15 comfortable bedrooms, all with en-suite bathrooms and western beds. Some rooms have a raised Japanese tatami flooring, others have a veranda. All are warm and modern with their own TV and mini fridge.
- Location
- Right in the heart of Madarao village, just 100m walk from the nearest chairlift and within walking distance of a range of different restaurants.
- Facilities
- The lodge has a large multi-purpose "club room" where we eat breakfast together, do our daily stretching, run evening analysis sessions and watch movies. Within the clubhouse there is also a large drying room, a board tuning room, wi-fi internet, a vending machine, and a cosy bar for after riding drinks!
- Eating
- Daily breakfast is provided, with a continental style including freshly baked bread, soft boiled eggs, muesli and fruit, rice on request, and really good espresso coffee. Every camp has a welcome dinner included on the arrival day, plus we pull out the hot pots and host the occasional group dinner together during camps when everyone is keen to chip in.
Where is Madarao?
Madarao Mountain Resort and the Madarao Kogen village is found on the border between the prefectures of Nagano and Niigata, in the heart of the Japanese Alps.
One of the main reasons CAMP3 enjoys having Madarao as our Japan base is the easy access to so many amazing resorts in the region. Madarao is about a 30mins drive to both Nozawa Onsen and the Myoko resorts like Akakura and Suginohara. It is about 45mins to Lotte Arai, X-Jam and Ryuoo, and 1hr to Shiga Kogen.
We ride at a selection of these resorts on our two week camps and choose them depending on the terrain offerings and snow conditions at the time.
Getting to Madarao
The easiest way to get to Madarao is via Shinkansen (bullet train) to Iiyama ("iiyama JR"). It takes about 2hrs from Tokyo, which makes it super convenient for international arrivals.
From Iiyama, it is a short 20mins drive up the hill to the clubhouse. All of our Madarao camps provide pick-ups and drop-offs on camp arrival and departure days.
More detailed information on how to get to Madarao is provided in our Clubhouse Welcome Book PDF below.
My ensuite room was spacious and clean with all the usual necessities. I could even see the lift from the window. Each morning we were fed very well: eggs, toast, muesli and proper flat whites, then to the drying room to collect our dry gear and toasty warm boots, before we were briefed and headed out. Everything was really well organised.
In the evenings we relaxed with the locals in the cosy and popular bar, sampling all of the excellent whisky’s around the fire. The tech room is another nice touch where you can wax up, dial in your powder binding angles and resharpen those edges. They really have thought of everything!"