Sapporo Teine

Panoramic view

Sapporo Teine ( Japanese サ ッ ポ ロ テ イ ネ ) is a winter sports area in Sapporo , the capital of the Japanese prefecture of Hokkaidō . It is located in the district of Teine-ku on the northern slope of the 1023.1 m high Teine mountain . The owner is the tourism company Kamori Kankō , which also operates an amusement park and a golf course in the lower area of ​​the mountain. The area gained international fame through various competitions at the 1972 Winter Olympics .

Facilities

Teineyama ski jump

The winter sports area, which opened in 1965, consists of the upper “Highland Zone” and the lower “Olympia Zone”. The former is more geared towards experienced skiers and snowboarders, the latter more towards beginners. A gondola lift and six chairlifts cover an area of ​​76 hectares . The highest point is on the summit plateau, the lowest at 340  m  TP , which corresponds to a height difference of 683 m. The longest slope is six kilometers long, the steepest has a gradient of up to 38 °. In the Highland Zone the winter season lasts from mid-November to early May, in the Olympia Zone from early December to late March.

In the Olympia Zone there are illuminated slopes, a fun park , a ski cross and snowboard cross course as well as a children's zone . In this area since 1999 is also the Teineyama hill (Jap. 手稲山シャンツェ , Teineyama shantse , a small) ski jump for beginners ( Hill Size : m 33, K-Point : 30 m).

During the summer season, the mountain offers various hiking trails and a small amusement park with a ferris wheel . The golf course consists of three 9-hole courses with different levels of difficulty.

1972 Winter Olympics

During the 1972 Winter Olympics, Sapporo Teine was the venue for various competitions in bobsleigh , luge and alpine skiing .

Alpine skiing

The: for Alpine ski races three slopes were near the summit are available that were created in the years 1968 to 1970 giant slalom -Piste men on the northwestern slope of women in the north-eastern slope the giant slalom slope and the slalom -Piste (for both sexes) on the north slope. On the former, 12,000 m² of rock had to be moved. The total cost was 949 million yen . Because of the insufficient height difference on the Teine, the downhill runs took place on the Eniwa . Although the Alpine Ski World Cup never stopped in Sapporo Teine, numerous important ski races such as B. the Winter Universiade 1991 , the Winter Asian Games 2017 or FIS races as part of the International Myasawa Ski Games. There are also races at regional and national level.

Technical specifications

discipline	length	begin	target	Height difference	Max. gradient
Giant slalom men	1089 m	952 m  TP	550 m  TP	402 m	37 °
Giant slalom women	1232 m	982 m  TP	625 m  TP	357 m	28 °
Slalom men	0531 m	795 m  TP	567 m  TP	228 m	35 °
Slalom women	0449 m	751 m  TP	567 m  TP	184 m	35 °

Bobsleigh and toboggan runs

The bobsled run on the Teine was the first ever in Japan. It was dug into the ground and lined with reinforced concrete . At the beginning of the season, the curves and some of the straights were reinforced with blocks of ice or compressed snow. Since the rink did not have a cooling system, it was technically a natural ice rink. Construction began in October 1969 and was completed in February 1970. The lift then went into operation for the first time as part of the Japanese Winter Sports Festival. By January 1972, grandstands and several service buildings were built. The cost was 433 million yen. A separate track was built nearby for luge riders, which was shorter but also steeper. Here the construction costs amounted to 277 million yen.

Due to insufficient demand for the opening of the Spiral bobsleigh run in Nagano , the venue for the 1998 Winter Games , the Teine bobsleigh run was closed in February 2000. As part of the possible candidacy for the 2026 or 2030 Winter Games, a new building is planned at the same location. The toboggan run was demolished in 1985 and converted into a ski slope.

Technical specifications

sport	length	begin	target	Difference in height	⌀ slope	Curves
Bobsledding	1563 m	495  m  TP	363 m  TP	132 m	8.4%	14th
Luge	1023 m	443 m  TP	342 m  TP	101 m	9.9%	14th

Web links

• Official website: winter sports , golf
• Description on snowjapan.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Courses. Sapporo Teine, 2018, accessed September 2, 2018 . 
2. ↑ 所 管 ス ポ ー ツ 施 設 等 一 覧. (PDF, 238 kB) Sports Department of the Sapporo City Council, 2008, p. 86 , accessed on September 2, 2018 (Japanese). 
3. ^ Official report. (PDF, 43.3 MB) Organizing Committee of the XI. Olympic Winter Games 1972, 1973, pp. 271–275 , accessed on September 2, 2018 (English). 
4. ^ Official report of the 1972 Winter Olympics. Pp. 272, 275.
5. ^ Official report of the 1972 Winter Olympics. Pp. 276–278.
6. ^ Official report of the 1972 Winter Olympics. Pp. 279–280.
7. ↑ Rough sketch of the candidacy for the 2026 Winter Olympics. (PDF, 9.4 MB) City of Sapporo, pp. 45–46 , accessed on September 2, 2018 (Japanese). 
8. ^ Official report of the 1972 Winter Olympics. Pp. 277, 280.

Coordinates: 43 ° 5 ′ 2.4 ″  N , 141 ° 12 ′ 18 ″  E