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Kadohara

Ono City, Fukui Prefecture

勝原スキー場（カドハラ）　福井県大野市

Kadohara was a ski area located on the northern slopes of Arashimadake in Ono City, Fukui Prefecture. The ski area's name was often written in katakana rather than kanji. It opened in 1963 and closed at the end of the 2009 winter season. The Kadohara IC exit of the Chubu Jukan Expressway is now open where the ski lifts used to be.

Kadohara Ski Area（勝原スキー場）
Opened
開設		 1963
Closed
 閉設		 2010
Base elevation
標高最低		 340m
Top elevation
標高最高		 670m
Vertical
標高差		 330m
Steepest slope
最大斜度		 30°
Number of courses
コース本数		 4
Longest run
最長滑走距離		 1,500m
Skill level
初級・中級・上級		 30% beginner
40% intermediate
30% advanced
Ski / board
スキー・ボード		 Unknown
Ski lifts
リフト本数		 2 lifts
Pair 410m
Pair 850m
The lifts have both been removed
Night skiing
ナイター設備		 At one time there was night skiing at Kadohara on Fridays and Saturdays

Photographs

Taken in July 2023
写真撮影：2023年7月

Kadohara Ski Area (Ono, Fukui)　勝原スキー場・カドハラスキー場（福井県大野市）
Kadohara Ski Area (Ono, Fukui)　勝原スキー場・カドハラスキー場（福井県大野市）
Kadohara Ski Area (Ono, Fukui)　勝原スキー場・カドハラスキー場（福井県大野市）
Kadohara Ski Area (Ono, Fukui)　勝原スキー場・カドハラスキー場（福井県大野市）
Kadohara Ski Area (Ono, Fukui)　勝原スキー場・カドハラスキー場（福井県大野市）
Kadohara Ski Area (Ono, Fukui)　勝原スキー場・カドハラスキー場（福井県大野市）
Kadohara Ski Area (Ono, Fukui)　勝原スキー場・カドハラスキー場（福井県大野市）
Kadohara Ski Area (Ono, Fukui)　勝原スキー場・カドハラスキー場（福井県大野市）
Kadohara Ski Area (Ono, Fukui)　勝原スキー場・カドハラスキー場（福井県大野市）
Kadohara Ski Area (Ono, Fukui)　勝原スキー場・カドハラスキー場（福井県大野市）
Kadohara Ski Area (Ono, Fukui)　勝原スキー場・カドハラスキー場（福井県大野市）
Kadohara Ski Area (Ono, Fukui)　勝原スキー場・カドハラスキー場（福井県大野市）
Kadohara Ski Area (Ono, Fukui)　勝原スキー場・カドハラスキー場（福井県大野市）
Kadohara Ski Area (Ono, Fukui)　勝原スキー場・カドハラスキー場（福井県大野市）
Kadohara Ski Area (Ono, Fukui)　勝原スキー場・カドハラスキー場（福井県大野市）
Kadohara Ski Area (Ono, Fukui)　勝原スキー場・カドハラスキー場（福井県大野市）
Kadohara Ski Area (Ono, Fukui)　勝原スキー場・カドハラスキー場（福井県大野市）
Kadohara Ski Area (Ono, Fukui)　勝原スキー場・カドハラスキー場（福井県大野市）
Kadohara Ski Area (Ono, Fukui)　勝原スキー場・カドハラスキー場（福井県大野市）
Kadohara Ski Area (Ono, Fukui)　勝原スキー場・カドハラスキー場（福井県大野市）
Kadohara Ski Area (Ono, Fukui)　勝原スキー場・カドハラスキー場（福井県大野市）

Further Information

  • The name Kadohara was often written in katakana characters  カドハラスキー場
    　
  • The katakana name was seen on a course map at the base of the ski area when it was open
    　
  • Kadohara was positioned as a day trip ski area and 'suitable for families'
    　
  • At one time there was night skiing on certain days
    　
  • Kadohara ski area closed in 2010 and both of the ski lifts were removed
    　
  • The longer lift was the first to be taken down, and dismantled parts of the top part of the lift remain on the mountain
    　
  • The base of the old ski area is the starting point of a popular hiking trail up Mt Arashimadake  荒島岳登山口
    　
  • The Chubu Jukan Expressway 中部縦貫自動車道 is currently being built to eventually connect Fukui City with Matsumoto City in Nagano Prefecture, spanning three prefectures (Fukui, Gifu and Nagano)
    　
  • In recent years, extensive construction work has been ongoing around the location of the old ski area base
    　
  • The Kadohara IC exit of the Chubu Jukan Expressway, along with the section of road between Ono IC and Kadohara IC, opened on 19th March 2023
    　
  • The ski lifts at Kadohara ski area used to be where Kadohara IC is now
    　
  • The open section of the road in within Fukui Prefecture now extends to the Kuzuryu IC exit, southeast of Kadohara, which opened on 28th October 2023
    　
  • The section of the new road around Kadohara is somewhat confusingly labelled as Chubu Jukan Expressway, Eiheiji Ono Road 永平寺大野道路 and National Route 158

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  • Located to the east of central Ono City in Fukui Prefecture

  • About 10km from the Ono IC exit of the Chubu Jukan Expressway

  • About 36.5km from the Fukui IC exit of the Hokuriku Expressway

  • About 1km from Kadohara Station on the Etsumi Hokusen line

  • 中部縦貫自動車道　大野ICから的10km

  • 北陸自動車道　福井ICから的36.5km

  • 越美北線線　勝原駅から的1km　

This page was created in August 2020
Last updated on 21st March 2024
2020年5月 作成　2024年3月21日 更新