Ski areas from Japan’s past 過去の日本のスキー場を懐かしむ

Geihoku Miwa

Kitahiroshima Town, Hiroshima Prefecture

芸北美和スキー場　広島県北広島町

Geihoku Miwa was a ski area located in what used to be Geihoku Town, now Kitahiroshima Town, in Hiroshima Prefecture. This ski struggled with snowfall as well as increasing competition from larger and more modern ski areas. It eventually closed in 2009 after only being able to open for 12 days in the last season of operation.

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Opened
開設		 1968
Closed
 閉設		 2009
Base elevation
標高最低		 640m
Top elevation
標高最高		 690m
Vertical
標高差		 50m
Steepest slope
最大斜度		 25°
Number of courses
コース本数		 5
Longest run
最長滑走距離		 About 700m
Skill level
初級・中級・上級		 40% beginner
40% intermediate
20% advanced
Ski / board
スキー・ボード		 Unknown
Ski lifts
リフト本数		 2 lifts
Single 370m
Single 300m
The lifts have been removed
Night skiing
ナイター設備		 There was night skiing

Further Information

  • Geihoku Miwa was located in the Miwa 美和  neighbourhood of Geihoku Town  芸北町
    　
  • Geihoku Town became part of Kitahiroshima Town  北広島町  in February 2005
    　
  • This ski area was open between 1968 and 2009 with two single ski lifts
    　
  • There was night skiing on these slopes - a 2001 guide book notes night skiing was only on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays
    　
  • Geihoku Miwa was busiest during the 1989 season, when over 10,000 people visited the ski area
    　
  • In the last season of operations it was only able to open for 12 days due to limited snowfall
    　
  • In that season there were only 1000 visitors
    　
  • The ski area closed due to snowfall worries as well as increasing competition from larger and more modern ski areas nearby

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  • Located by the side of Prefecture Road 40 in the central region of the geographically large Kitahiroshima Town in Hiroshima Prefecture

  • About 15km from the Oasa IC exit of the Hamada Expressway

  • 浜田自動車道　大朝ICから的15km

This page was created in May 2020
Last updated on 28th July 2021
2021年5月 作成 　2021年7月28日 更新