Ski Resort Tenei
A one-lift Fukushima area with a surprisingly steep 38-degree pitch, closed after the 2021-22 season with its visitor numbers down to a third of their peak and its grooming machines sold.
- Region
- Fukushima Prefecture
- Country
- Japan
- Status
- abandoned
- Year opened
- 1995
- Year closed
- 2021
- Reason for closure
- Worries about snowfall, visitor numbers down to roughly a third of their peak, maintenance costs and the continuing coronavirus situation. The area has been closed since the 2021-22 season and the grooming equipment has since been sold, which makes a revival unlikely.
History
Ski Resort Tenei (スキーリゾート天栄) opened in 1995 in the west of Tenei Village in Fukushima Prefecture, about 2 km off Route 118. A single 566 m pair lift served four courses from a 710 m base to an 880 m top - only 170 m of vertical, but with a steepest pitch of 38 degrees, which is severe for an area this size, and a terrain split of 50 per cent beginner, 20 per cent intermediate and 30 per cent advanced. Visitors fell to around a third of the peak, and between snowfall worries, maintenance costs and the pandemic the area closed after the 2021-22 season. A 2024 visit found clear no-entry signs, and the grooming equipment had been sold off, which is usually the point at which a Japanese ski area stops being dormant and becomes finished. There has been no news of a reopening. Course names are not compiled in accessible sources; the coordinates mark Tenei Village.
Lifts
| Name | Type | Manufacturer | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed lift | Chairlift - Double | 566 m pair lift, the area only lift |
Sources and further reading
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Location
37.2554, 140.2471