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.

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 Alpine Centre

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

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