For those who weren’t around, Kurodake closed for January (totally normal) and February (scandalous, terrible, unheard of) of 2025. This was sad and bad. So I was very interested to hear a rumour in Sounkyo that Kurodake would stay open for all of 2026.
Kurodake have recently posted their operating date for 2026 and the rumour is mostly true. The ropeway will run from the 1st of December all the way through the 1st of March! It will then close for maintenance March 2 to March 19.
They haven’t posted dates for the chairlift, so I’m not sure what’s going on there just yet but frankly who cares? The ropeway is the key piece of infrastructure we need.
If you want to hit the alpine or even lap the tram drop us a line!