Mount Yakebitai

M't Yakebitai

Mount Yakebitai (焼額山, Yakebitai-yama) is a mountain located in Yamanouchi, Nagano, Japan. For the 1998 Winter Olympics, it hosted the alpine skiing slalom and snowboarding giant slalom events.

During the 1998 games, the mountain suffered a mild earthquake that registered 5.0 on the Richter magnitude scale, but the skiing events continued.

References

1998 Winter Olympics official report. Volume 2. pp. 194–7.
"Poor skiing conditions nothing new to Whistler". 14 February 2010 Toronto Observer article accessed 20 September 2010.
Shinmai.co.jp 1998 Winter Olympics venue profile.

Venues of the 1998 Winter Olympics

Aqua Wing Big Hat Hakuba Ski Jumping Stadium Happōone Resort Iizuna Kogen Ski Area Kanbayashi Snowboard Park Kazakoshi Park Arena M-Wave Minami Nagano Sports Park Mount Higashidate Mount Yakebitai Nozawa Onsen Ski Resort Snow Harp Spiral White Ring

Olympic venues in alpine skiing

1936: Gudiberg, Kreuzjoch, Kreuzeck 1948: Piz Nair 1952: Norefjell, Rødkleiva 1956: Mount Faloria, Mount Tofana 1960: Squaw Valley Ski Resort 1964: Axamer Lizum, Patscherkofel 1968: Chamrousse, Recoin de Chamrousse 1972: Mount Eniwa Downhill Course, Mt. Teine Alpine Skiing courses 1976: Axamer Lizum, Patscherkofel 1980: Whiteface Mountain 1984: Bjelašnica, Jahorina 1988: Nakiska 1992: Les Menuires, Méribel, Val-d'Isère 1994: Lillehammer Olympic Alpine Centre Hafjell, Lillehammer Olympic Alpine Centre Kvitfjell 1998: Hakuba Happoone Winter Resort, Mount Higashidate, Mount Yakebitai 2002: Deer Valley, Park City Mountain Resort, Snowbasin 2006: San Sicario Fraiteve, Sestiere Borgata, Sestiere Colle 2010: Whistler Creekside 2014: Rosa Khutor Alpine Resort 2018: Jeongseon Alpine Centre, Yongpyong Resort 2022: Xiaohaituo Alpine Skiing Field

Olympic venues in snowboarding

1998: Kanbayashi Snowboard Park, Mount Yakebitai 2002: Park City Mountain Resort 2006: Bardonecchia 2010: Cypress Mountain 2014: Freestyle Skiing Center and Snowboard Park 2018: Bokwang Phoenix Park 2022: Genting Ski Resort, Taiwu Ski Resort

Coordinates: 36°46′N 138°31′E / 36.767°N 138.517°E / 36.767; 138.517

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