The Visitor Center held a course on “Seiryu-no-Taki Fall.”
Seiryu-no-Taki is a waterfall in Seiryunosawa stream, which is just before the Ginga Tunnel near the hot spring village. Originating at Mt. Choyo, the stream flows some 3 km before joining the Ishikari River.
Because the amount of water flowing there is relatively small, Seiryunosawa lives up to its name as a quiet stream (“Seiryunosawa” literally means “quietly flowing stream”).
The photo shows an approximately 5-meter-high ice pillar.
It is not the frozen water of a waterfall. Rather, it is formed by water seeping from the Mt. Choyo agglomerate that froze on rocks and snow surfaces as it fell toward the ground, thus forming a column.
The trail up to the fall was fairly steep. However, the 15 participants took their time and all successfully reached the top.
Photo: A roughly 5-meter-high ice pillar Feb. 23
Seiryu-no-Taki is a waterfall in Seiryunosawa stream, which is just before the Ginga Tunnel near the hot spring village. Originating at Mt. Choyo, the stream flows some 3 km before joining the Ishikari River.
Because the amount of water flowing there is relatively small, Seiryunosawa lives up to its name as a quiet stream (“Seiryunosawa” literally means “quietly flowing stream”).
The photo shows an approximately 5-meter-high ice pillar.
It is not the frozen water of a waterfall. Rather, it is formed by water seeping from the Mt. Choyo agglomerate that froze on rocks and snow surfaces as it fell toward the ground, thus forming a column.
The trail up to the fall was fairly steep. However, the 15 participants took their time and all successfully reached the top.
Photo: A roughly 5-meter-high ice pillar Feb. 23
