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Hirugano Ogamidaira

Takayama City, Gifu Prefecture

ひるがの尾上平スキー場　岐阜県高山市

Hirugano Ogamidaira, or just Ogamidaira, was a ski area located in the western region of Takayama City, close to the border with Gujo City in northern Gifu Prefecture. This ski area was open from the early 1970s until the mid to late 1980s. Unfortunately, the site of the old ski area is now locked away behind often gated forest roads, and nature has spent the last 35 years reclaiming the mountain.

Yu Land Sakauchi Ski Area（遊らんど坂内スキー場）
Opened
開設		 1973
Closed
 閉設		 Mid to late 1980s
Base elevation
標高最低		 1060m
Top elevation
標高最高		 About 1180m (unconfirmed)
Vertical
標高差		 About 120m
Steepest slope
最大斜度		 35°
Number of courses
コース本数		 3
Longest run
最長滑走距離		 1,000m
Skill level
初級・中級・上級		 Unconfirmed
Ski / board
スキー・ボード		 Closed before snowboarding became popular
Ski lifts
リフト本数		 3 lifts
Pair 279m
Single 539m
Single 342m
At least two of the lifts remain in place
Night skiing
ナイター設備		 There was night skiing at Hirugano Ogamidaira

Further Information

  • Hirugano Ogamidaira is an old ski area for which only limited information is available...
    　
  • ...including various unconfirmed, conflicting and sometimes dubious information
    　
  • Ogamidaira apparently opened in the early 1970s and closed around 1987
    　
  • It was reached via a narrow and winding forest road from the Hirugano Kogen area of Gujo City
    　
  • In recent years that road has often been closed with locked gates and clear 'no entry' signs, sadly making a visit to the site very difficult
    　
  • Various information found online mentions only two ski lifts, but an old (seemingly official) pamphlet shows three lifts - two singles (539m and 342m) and one pair lift (279m)
    　
  • That same pamphlet also mentions a season stretching from late November through late April, a ski school, night skiing and parking for 5000 (!?) vehicles
    　
  • The car park seems to have been located just by the base of the two lifts that ran in parallel
    　
  • The pamphlet also boasts of a top elevation of 1,300m, but looking at online maps, that seems very unlikely (1,200m seems much more realistic)
    　
  • It also also features a large photograph of a topless female skier!
    　
  • This area used to be part of Shokawa Village  荘川村
    　
  • In February 2005, Shokawa become part of Takayama City  高山市

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Location
所在地

About 6km off Route 158 running through the Hirugano Kogen area of Gujo City. The ski area itself is located in Takayama City.

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This page was created in March 2022
Last updated on 28th December 2022
2022年3月 作成 　2022年12月28日 更新