Mt. Kurodake’s northeastern face

Mt.Kurodake report

Summer flowers in northeast slope of Mt.Kurodake is going to end.
Instead autumn flowers like “Cirsium kamtschaticum” , “Saussurea riederi subsp. yezoensis” , “Cirsium kamtschaticum ssp. alpinum” and “Solidago virgaurea subsp. leiocarpa” are blooming.
Hikers can see summer flowers a little.
Now is transition period summer to autumn.

Seeing all mountains, most of trees and plants are green.
Between the top of Mt.Kurodake and Mt.Ponkurodake some “Arctous alpina var. japonica” leaves are tuning red.
“Sorbus matsumurana” is still green.

Depends on weather autumn leaves period change.
We continue to watch autumn leaves.

*around Akaishi river we found brown bear’s trace.
Please bring bear bells or whistles.
*snow gorge under the junction of Mt.Hokuchindake is gone.
But hikers get lost because of bad weather.
Signpost is very old, so hikers miss this signpost.
If hikers walk from Mt.Kurodake to Mt.Asahidake,bring a map.
Some hikers missed their root, and walked wrong root that is not trail, that is going to under the cliff.
When in foggy, and visibility is poor, please follow the yellow sign that is painted on the stones.
After snow is gone, trails are really muddy. It’s hard to find hiker’s footmarks.
Please be careful to climb.