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Challenge Trail at Muikamachi Hakkaisan Ski Resort

Intermediate · 340 m long with 122 m of vertical, averaging 20° and 27° at its steepest, facing W.

27°steepest 50 m
20°average pitch
340 mlength
122 mvertical
595 mtop elevation
Wfaces

Snow and sun

Challenge Trail is west-facing: afternoon sun, softens late and can crust as it refreezes.

How to get to Challenge Trail

Lifts that reach the top: 第3ロマンスリフト (skiing easy terrain to get there); 八海山ロープウェイ, Hakkaisan Ropeway (skiing easy terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 19 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

  1. Ride 八海山ロープウェイ, Hakkaisan Ropeway
  2. Ski Raku Raku Trail A (easy)
  3. Ski Raku Raku Trail B (easy)
  4. Ski Challenge Trail (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Suisui Trail. Nearest lifts from the bottom: 第2ロマンスリフト (1 min), 八海山ロープウェイ, Hakkaisan Ropeway (2 min), 第1ロマンスリフト (3 min).

See Challenge Trail on the 3D mapAll runs at Muikamachi Hakkaisan Ski Resort
Measured from OpenStreetMap geometry and elevation via OpenSkiMap (ODbL). Times are rough. Grades, grooming and openings change day to day — check the resort's own reports.