Ça et là Ski Resort Oze Closed
Official name サエラスキーリゾート尾瀬
Gunma
Open 1994–2013
Ça et là Ski Resort Oze stood in Higashi-Ogawa, Katashina Village, Gunma. It opened in December 1994, run by a company part-owned by the village, and had four lifts, three of them high-speed quads, serving star-named runs on a South Wing and a North Wing with about 600 m of vertical. Operators changed several times, the area was scaled back from 2008-09, and in 2012-13 only one lift ran. A full suspension followed in 2013-14 and it never reopened. The ski slopes and the neighbouring golf course have since been turned into a solar power plant.
History of Ça et là Ski Resort Oze
- Opened
- 1994
- Closed
- 2013
- Operators
- Oze Kogen Resort (public-private company, 1994-), Sporting Management (contracted, 1999-2000), Katashina Village Promotion Corporation (contracted, 2000-2003), Sakura Resort (2003/2004-)
- Why it closed
- Scaled back from 2008-09 and fully suspended after 2012-13 (no clear reason stated; falling visitor numbers)
- The site today
- The former ski area and golf course have been turned into a solar power plant