Rokuroshi Kogen
The oldest origin of any area in this dataset - skiing organised by a local youth association from 1924 - which closed, reopened as a ski park in 2017, closed again in 2021 and was cleared in 2023 for a campsite.
- Region
- Fukui Prefecture
- Country
- Japan
- Status
- closed
- Year opened
- 1924
- Year closed
- 2021
- Reason for closure
- Too few people used it. The area reopened as Rokuroshi Kogen Ski Park on 21 January 2017 after an earlier closure, but visitor numbers were insufficient and it shut again in 2021. It was dismantled in spring 2023 to make way for an auto-camping development.
History
Rokuroshi Kogen (六呂師高原スキー場) lies east of central Ono City in Fukui Prefecture, and its origins go back to 1924, when a local youth association began organising skiing there - the earliest start date recorded anywhere in this dataset, five years before Yokote Koen and seven before Oana. In its developed form it ran four lifts, an 820 m pair and three single chairs, over three courses with a longest run of 1,800 m, a steepest pitch of 30 degrees and 340 m of vertical between a 510 m base and an 850 m top, the terrain weighted heavily towards intermediates. It closed, then reopened as Rokuroshi Kogen Ski Park on 21 January 2017, but not enough people came and it shut again in 2021. In the spring of 2023 the lifts and most of the infrastructure were dismantled, leaving the base building, and the site is being converted into an auto-camping facility in partnership with the outdoor equipment manufacturer Montbell. Course names are not compiled in accessible sources; the coordinates mark the Rokuroshi plateau.
Lifts
| Name | Type | Manufacturer | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed lift | Chairlift - Double | 820 m; removed in the spring 2023 dismantling | |
| Unnamed lift | Chairlift - Single | 800 m; removed in 2023 | |
| Unnamed lift | Chairlift - Single | 800 m; removed in 2023 | |
| Unnamed lift | Chairlift - Single | 420 m; removed in 2023 |
Sources and further reading
More in Japan
Location
36.0202, 136.5731