Ski areas from Japan’s past 過去の日本のスキー場を懐かしむ

Alpenrose

Kannabe Kogen
Toyooka City, Hyogo Prefecture

アルペンローズスキー場　兵庫県豊岡市

Alpenrose was a ski area located in the Kannabe Kogen highland region of what was then Hidaka Town in the northern region of Hyogo Prefecture. In 2005 Hidaka town became part of the new Toyooka City. Alpenrose had three ski lifts and closed in 2000 - before the nearby road tunnel connected the Kannabe Kogen region with neighbouring Kami Town.

Alpenrose Ski Area（アルペンローズスキー場）
Opened
開設		 1965
Closed
 閉設		 2000
Base elevation
標高最低		 380m
Top elevation
標高最高		 690m
Vertical
標高差		 310m
Steepest slope
最大斜度		 32°
Number of courses
コース本数		 6
Longest run
最長滑走距離		 1,500m
Skill level
初級・中級・上級		 35% beginner
35% intermediate
30% advanced
Ski / board
スキー・ボード		 Unknown
Ski lifts
リフト本数		 3 lifts
Single 600m
Single 573m
Single 354m
At least some of the lift facilities have been removed
Night skiing
ナイター設備		 There was no night skiing

Further Information

  • Alpenrose Ski Area was originally called Nishi Kannabe Ski Area  西神鍋スキー場
    　
  • In 1978 the lift from the Inaba neighbourhood was opened, effectively creating a second base area
    　
  • At one time there were about 40 ski lifts operating across the ski areas of Kannabe Kogen
    　
  • Kannabe Kogen was a popular ski destination for people living in this region of western Japan
    　
  • Alpenrose was the most westerly of the the ski areas, and the furthest from central Toyooka City
    　
  • The Sobu Tunnel  蘇武トンネル connects Kannabe Kogen with neighbouring Kami Town  香美町　
    　
  • That tunnel opened in 2003, after Alpenrose had closed
    　
  • In 2025, three ski areas in the Kannabe Kogen remain operating (links to current information on SnowJapan):

    Manba  万場スキー場
    Oku Kannabe  奥神鍋スキー場
    Up Kannabe  アップかんなべスキー場 (known as Kannabeyama 神鍋山スキー場 until around 1990)
    　
  • The seven ski areas from the past that are now closed are:

    Alpenrose アルペンローズスキー場 [this listing]
    Kannabe Family     カンナベファミリースキー場 [more information]
    Kita Kannabe     北神鍋スキー場 [more information]
    Nashiki Kogen     名色高原スキー場 [more information]
    Ookayama     大岡山スキー場 [more information]
    Sasano-o     ささの尾ゲレンデ [more information]
    Yamamiya     山宮スキー場 [more information]
    　
  • Note: One guidebook mentions another 'very small ski area' with one short (single?) ski lift called 蘇武口スキー場, said to be close to the entrance of Manba Ski Area. Another guidebook describes 蘇武口 as being a part of Manba Ski Area
    　
  • No further details about 蘇武口 can currently be found, and it remains something of a mystery - including how to pronounce the name (maybe Sobuguchi)

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  • Close to the side of Route 482, to the west of central Toyooka City and north-west of central Yabu City in Hyogo Prefecture

  • About 14km from the Hidaka Kannabe Kogen IC exit of the Kitakinki Toyooka Expressway

  • About 15.5km from Ebara Station on the Sanin Honsen line

  • 北近畿豊岡自動車道　日高神鍋高原ICから的14km

  • 山陰本線　江原駅から的15.5km

This page was created in August 2020
Last updated on 12th August 2022
2020年8月 作成 　2025年7月8日 更新