Hakuba Highland Snow Park Closed
Official name 白馬ハイランドスノーパーク · Formerly 白馬ハイランドスキー場
Nagano
Open 1972–2009
Hakuba Highland Snow Park, long known as Hakuba Highland Ski Area, was a small hill in the Warabidaira district of Hakuba, right in front of the Hakuba Highland Hotel. Opened in 1972, it had a pair lift and a triple lift serving four runs, with the Northern Alps straight ahead from the top. Easy for beginners and used by school ski trips, it drew about 39,000 visitors in 1992. Numbers then fell and operators changed several times; the last ran it as Hakuba Highland Snow Park from 2007 until it closed on 1 March 2009. The lifts were removed in autumn 2010, and the old slope can still be walked from the hotel for the view.
History of Hakuba Highland Snow Park
- Opened
- 1972
- Closed
- 2009
- Formerly
- 白馬ハイランドスキー場
- Operators
- Opened by a Tokyo-based transport group company that built the lifts (1972-), Shingakukai Group / Hakuba Highland Hotel (1998-March 2007), Warabidaira district and AO Sports Hanbai Kikaku (December 2007-March 2009)
- Why it closed
- Falling visitor numbers after the ski boom and financial difficulties. Closure was decided once in spring 1998, the ski area was separated from the hotel's management in 2007, and the last operator gave up the next season in autumn 2009.
- The site today
- All lifts and lights were dismantled from September to November 2010. The old slope can be climbed on foot from the hotel to the top in 30-40 minutes, with views of the Northern Alps.