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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 Ring1936: 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 Ménuires, Méribel, Val-d'Isère • 1994: Lillehammer Olympic Alpine Centre Hafjell, Lillehammer Olympic Alpine Centre Kvitfjell • 1998: Happōone 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: Jungbong, Yongpyong Ski Resort
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
Categories:- 1998 Winter Olympics venues
- Olympic alpine skiing venues
- Olympic snowboarding venues
- Mountains of Nagano Prefecture
- Nagano geography stubs
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