Asahi Tenguston Snow Park
A gondola-served Shimane resort with 530 metres of vertical and a three-kilometre run, which failed to open for even one day in 2019-20 and announced permanent closure that spring.
- Region
- Shimane Prefecture
- Country
- Japan
- Status
- abandoned
- Year opened
- 1995
- Year closed
- 2020
- Reason for closure
- A severe lack of snowfall across the region meant the area could not open for even a single day during the 2019-20 season, after last operating in 2018-19. Permanent closure was announced in spring 2020.
History
Asahi Tenguston Snow Park (アサヒテングストンスノーパーク) opened in 1995 in what was then Asahi Town, absorbed into Hamada City in Shimane Prefecture in 2005. For western Honshu it was a large operation: six lifts including a 1,750 m gondola, eight courses from a 550 m base to a 1,080 m top, 530 m of vertical, a longest run of 3,000 m and a steepest pitch of 30 degrees. Its end was abrupt and total. After the 2018-19 season, the snowfall in 2019-20 was so poor that the resort could not open for even one day, and permanent closure was announced in the spring of 2020. The lifts and facilities remain in place. Course names are not compiled in accessible sources; the coordinates mark the former Asahi Town area of Hamada.
Lifts
| Name | Type | Manufacturer | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed lift | Gondola | 1,750 m, the main lift | |
| Unnamed lift | Chairlift - Double | 1,020 m | |
| Unnamed lift | Chairlift - Double | 940 m | |
| Unnamed lift | Chairlift - Triple | 600 m | |
| Unnamed lift | Chairlift - Triple | 600 m | |
| Unnamed lift | Chairlift - Single | 660 m |
Sources and further reading
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Location
34.8881, 132.2719