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A look back at ski areas from Japan’s past 過去の日本のスキー場を懐かしむ

Utsukushigahara

美ヶ原スキー場 長野県上田市

Utsukushigahara was a ski area in what used to be Takeshi Village in Nagano Prefecture. A 200m rope tow lift serviced what was an open gentle slope. It seems to have last been open in the late 1980s. Other than that, not much is known about this small ski area.

Utsukushigahara Shirakabadaira Ski Area(美ヶ原白樺平スキー場)
Opened
開設
Unknown
Closed
Around late 1980s
Base elevation
標高最低
About 1,900m
Top elevation
標高最高
About 1,940m
Vertical
標高差
About 40m
Steepest slope
最大斜度
Unknown
Number of courses
コース本数
Unknown
Longest run
最長滑走距離
About 300m
Skill level
初級・中級・上級
Unknown
Ski / board
スキー・ボード
Unknown
Ski lifts
リフト本数
1 lift
Rope tow 200m
The lift has been removed
Night skiing
ナイター設備
There was no night skiing

 Photographs

Taken in May 2021
写真撮影:2021年5月

Further Information

  • Utsukushigahara was a small ski area located in Takeshi Village  武石村  in the Utsukushigahara Kogen highland area
     
  • Takeshi Village became part of Ueda City  上田市  in 2006
     
  • There was one 200m rope tow lift across a gentle slope by the side of the Utsukushigahara Kogen Hotel  美ヶ原高原ホテル山本小屋
     
  • People also enjoyed the wide open spaces nearby for mountain skiing
     
  • The rope tow has been removed

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Location
所在地

In the Utsukushigahara highland region of Ueda City.
About 39km from the Ueda Suginohara IC exit of the Joshinetsu Expressway.
About 38km from Ueda Station on the Hokuriku Shinkansen line.
上信越自動車道 上田菅平ICから的39km
北陸新幹線 上田駅から的 38km

Currently operating ski & snowboard resorts in the region
近隣の運営中のスキー場

All currently operating ski areas in Nagano Prefecture

This page was created in May 2020
Last updated on 27th November 2022
2020年5月 作成 2022年11月27日 更新