Ski Park Kanbiki
A two-lift Hiroshima area open since 1969, closed on 4 March 2018 as the local ski population shrank and the machinery aged; the lifts remain in place.
- Region
- Hiroshima Prefecture
- Country
- Japan
- Status
- abandoned
- Year opened
- 1969
- Year closed
- 2018
- Reason for closure
- A declining ski population, ageing facilities and rising maintenance costs, alongside less reliable snowfall in recent years. Operations ended on 4 March 2018.
History
Ski Park Kanbiki (スキーパーク寒曳) opened in 1969 on the northern slopes of Kanbikiyama in Kitahiroshima Town, in the Chugoku mountains of northern Hiroshima Prefecture. Two lifts, a 404 m triple and a 463 m pair, served seven courses from a 576 m base to an 816 m top - 240 m of vertical, a longest run of 1,200 m and a steepest pitch of 30 degrees. It closed on 4 March 2018 after 49 seasons, its operators citing a shrinking ski population, ageing facilities and rising maintenance costs against a background of less dependable snow. The lifts and facilities remain in place. It is one of a cluster of areas in northern Hiroshima recorded in this dataset - alongside Nekoyama and Ogahara Kogen - that all closed within a few years of each other, effectively ending organised skiing across much of western Honshu. Course names are not compiled in accessible sources; the coordinates mark Kanbikiyama.
Lifts
| Name | Type | Manufacturer | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed lift | Chairlift - Triple | 404 m; still in place after closure | |
| Unnamed lift | Chairlift - Double | 463 m; still in place after closure |
Sources and further reading
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Location
34.7935, 132.4565