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Yahiko Sancho

Yahiko Village, Niigata Prefecture

弥彦山頂スキー場　新潟県弥彦村

Yahiko Sancho was a ski area on 634-metre Mount Yahiko, right on the border of Yahiko Village and Niigata City in Niigata Prefecture. The famous Yahiko Shrine is by the main village area at the base of the mountain. A Ropeway lift still goes from the base of the mountain to close to where the ski area used to be. The Yahiko Sancho ski area was open between 1958 and 1975.

Yahiko Sancho Ski Area（弥彦山頂スキー場）
Opened
開設		 1958
Closed
 閉設		 1975
Base elevation
標高最低		 520m
Top elevation
標高最高		 550m
Vertical
標高差		 30m
Steepest slope
最大斜度		 Unknown
Number of courses
コース本数		 A few
Longest run
最長滑走距離		 Around 200m
Skill level
初級・中級・上級		 Unknown
Ski / board
スキー・ボード		 100% / 0%
Closed before snowboarding was introduced
Ski lifts
リフト本数		 1 lift
Simple lift 　
The lift has been removed
Night skiing
ナイター設備		 There was no night skiing

Photographs

Taken in September 2020
写真撮影：2020年9月

Yahiko Sancho Ski Area（弥彦山頂スキー場）
Yahiko Sancho Ski Area（弥彦山頂スキー場）
Yahiko Sancho Ski Area（弥彦山頂スキー場）
Yahiko Sancho Ski Area（弥彦山頂スキー場）
Yahiko Sancho Ski Area（弥彦山頂スキー場）
Yahiko Sancho Ski Area（弥彦山頂スキー場）
Yahiko Sancho Ski Area（弥彦山頂スキー場）
Yahiko Sancho Ski Area（弥彦山頂スキー場）
Yahiko Sancho Ski Area（弥彦山頂スキー場）
Yahiko Sancho Ski Area（弥彦山頂スキー場）
Yahiko Sancho Ski Area（弥彦山頂スキー場）
Yahiko Sancho Ski Area（弥彦山頂スキー場）
Yahiko Sancho Ski Area（弥彦山頂スキー場）
Yahiko Sancho Ski Area（弥彦山頂スキー場）
Yahiko Sancho Ski Area（弥彦山頂スキー場）
Yahiko Sancho Ski Area（弥彦山頂スキー場）
Yahiko Sancho Ski Area（弥彦山頂スキー場）
Yahiko Sancho Ski Area（弥彦山頂スキー場）
Yahiko Sancho Ski Area（弥彦山頂スキー場）
Yahiko Sancho Ski Area（弥彦山頂スキー場）
Yahiko Sancho Ski Area（弥彦山頂スキー場）
Yahiko Sancho Ski Area（弥彦山頂スキー場）
Yahiko Sancho Ski Area（弥彦山頂スキー場）
Yahiko Sancho Ski Area（弥彦山頂スキー場）

Further Information

  • Yahiko Sancho Ski Area opened in 1958 at the same time as the Yahiko Ropeway aerial lift  弥彦山ロープウェイ
    　
  • The ski area closed in 1975
    　
  • The Ropeway is still operating to this day
    　
  • Not much confirmed information can be found about the old ski area - even the local tourism office could not provide any details!
    　
  • The ski area was a few hundred metres from the Panorama Tower  パノラマタワー  (featuring a rotating elevating observatory) and Climbing Car  クライミングカー
    　
  • Those tourist facilities are both located close to the top station of the Yahiko Ropeway
    　
  • The confirmed ski slope was by on the west side of the Yahikoyama Skyline road  弥彦山スカイライン
    　
  • The Yahikoyama Skyline road opened in 1970 and it closes over the winter months, so it seems that skiers got to the ski area was via Yahiko Ropeway
    　
  • The slope that can be seen on the east of the road also seems to have been used as a ski course
    　
  • However, no details can be found regarding that course or any second lift
    　
  • You can now walk up to the top of the old main slope on a zig-zag pathway
    　
  • There are beautiful views of the nearby Sea of Japan  日本海  to the west...
    　
  • ...and of the Echigo Heiya  越後平野  Niigata plain looking the other way
    　
  • Yahiko Village is famous for the large ancient shrine at the base of the mountain
    　
  • Mount Yahiko has an elevation of 634m... the same as the man-made Tokyo Skytree tower

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Location
所在地

Located by the side of the Yahikoyama Skyline road (Prefecture Road 561), to the south west of Niigata City.
About 18.5km from the Maki Katahigashi IC exit of the Hokuriku Expressway.
About 11.5km from Yahiko Station on the Yahiko line.
北陸自動車道　巻潟東ICから的18.5km
弥彦線　弥彦駅から的11.5km

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 Niigata Prefecture

This page was created in September 2020
Last updated on 11th August 2022
2020年9月 作成 　2022年8月11日 更新