White Valley Matsubara
A two-lift Hiroshima area closed in 2017 for what its managers called various circumstances; the lifts remain and the base now hosts a dry-slope training facility from April to December.
- Region
- Hiroshima Prefecture
- Country
- Japan
- Status
- abandoned
- Year opened
- 1985
- Year closed
- 2017
- Reason for closure
- Management attributed the closure to various circumstances without specifying further, though the area had frequently suffered from insufficient snowfall.
History
White Valley Matsubara (ホワイトバレー松原スキー場) opened in 1985 in the Matsubara district of Akiota Town in western Hiroshima Prefecture. Two pair lifts served five courses from a 700 m base to an 880 m top - 180 m of vertical, a longest run of 1,000 m and a steepest pitch of 30 degrees, with half the terrain rated beginner. Snow was frequently in short supply, and when the area closed in 2017 the management said only that it was due to various circumstances, which is how the record stands. Both lifts remain on site. The base area has found a use that neatly inverts the problem that killed it: a ski and snowboard practice facility called Hiroshima QUEST operates there from April to early December, in the months when there was never any snow. Lift lengths and course names are not recorded; the coordinates mark Akiota Town.
Lifts
| Name | Type | Manufacturer | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed lift | Chairlift - Double | One of two pair lifts; both remain in place after closure. Lengths are not recorded | |
| Unnamed lift | Chairlift - Double | The second of the two pair lifts |
Sources and further reading
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Location
34.5766, 132.2271