Mount Yakebitai

Mountain in Nagano Prefecture, Japan

Mount 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.

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Venues of the 1998 Winter Olympics (Nagano)

• 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

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