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Kawaguchi

Nagaoka City, Niigata Prefecture

川口スキー場　新潟県長岡市

Kawaguchi was a ski area located to south-east of the central area of what used to be Kawaguchi Town in Niigata Prefecture. Kawaguchi is now part of Nagaoka City. The 500m long course was serviced by one single lift. There remains little evidence of there ever being a ski area on this hill.

Kawaguchi Ski Area（川口スキー場）
Opened
開設		 1971
Closed
 閉設		 Late 1990s (unconfirmed)
Base elevation
標高最低		 About 95m
Top elevation
標高最高		 About 150m
Vertical
標高差		 About 55m
Steepest slope
最大斜度		 30°
Number of courses
コース本数		 3
Longest run
最長滑走距離		 500m
Skill Level
初級・中級・上級		 70% beginner
30% intermediate
0% advanced
Ski / board
スキー・ボード		 Unknown
Ski Lifts
リフト本数		 1 lift
Single 360m
The lift has been removed

Photographs

Taken in April 2020
写真撮影：2020年4月

Kawaguchi Ski Area（川口スキー場）
Kawaguchi Ski Area（川口スキー場）
Kawaguchi Ski Area（川口スキー場）
Kawaguchi Ski Area（川口スキー場）
Kawaguchi Ski Area（川口スキー場）
Kawaguchi Ski Area（川口スキー場）
Kawaguchi Ski Area（川口スキー場）
Kawaguchi Ski Area（川口スキー場）
Kawaguchi Ski Area（川口スキー場）
Kawaguchi Ski Area（川口スキー場）
Kawaguchi Ski Area（川口スキー場）
Kawaguchi Ski Area（川口スキー場）

Further Information

  • Unrelated to the small ski hill but...
    　
  • The epicentre of the magnitude 6.8 Niigata Chuetsu Earthquake  新潟県中越地震  of 23rd October 2004 was directly below Kawaguchi Town
    　
  • The Japan Meteorological Agency uses a seismic scale called shindo  震度  to measure the degree of shaking during an earthquake. The set of numbers ranges from 0 to 7 and the shaking become greater as the number increases. Shindo 5 and 6 are both further divided into lower and upper levels. At maximum 7, people cannot stay standing while unsecured pieces of furniture are likely to topple over and reinforced concrete walls may collapse
    　
  • The Kawaguchi area experienced Shindo 7 on 23rd October 2004
    　
  • Kawaguchi Town became part of Nagaoka City  長岡市  on 31st March 2010

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Location
所在地

Just off Route 17 and about 1.5km to the south-east of the central area of Kawaguchi Town.
About 4km from the Echigo Kawaguchi IC exit of the Kanetsu Expressway.
About 2km from Echigo Kawaguchi Station on the Joetsu line.
関越自動車道　越後川口ICから的4km
上越線　越後川口駅から的2km

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

Koshi Kogen 　古志高原　12km
All currently operating ski areas in Niigata Prefecture

This page was created in May 2020
Last updated on 11th August 2022
2020年5月 作成 　2022年8月11日 更新