Author: vc-dev

End of April, it’s getting warmer and sunny these past few days.
Today is nice and sunny, too.
The temperature is 12°c, not so warm.

The weather forecast says that from tomorrow it will be getting warmer.
But the second half of golden week it will be colder.
Snow doesn’t melt at all because it has been cold for a few days.
On the 7th station of Mt.Kurodake the amount of snow is 410cm.
It is 20cm more than last year’s.
Mt.Kurodake ski area is open until May 6th.
And then they carry out construction work to change chair lifts for summer.
They start doing summer business from Jun 1st.
We took the first photo during getting on the chair lift and took second photo around 7th station of Mt.Kurodake.
As you can see, the mountain is still winter.
Many hikers contact us about climbing in spring.
We say same thing again and again.

*You must prepare full equipment.
*You must be careful at poor visual field, or you will be in lost.
*you must be careful not to fall down. (every year slipping accidents occur.)
(in last year’s case hikers can climb up but can’t climb down.)
*you must bring whistle and bell.
(Young bears waked up from hibernation. Mother bears and their baby bears will wake up soon.)

We are worry about many accidents on the mountains.
We want all hikers to know accidents and danger.

Just now today’s highest temperature is rising to 15°c in front of Visitor Center.
This is the highest in this year.
Snow is melting, at 7th station of Mt.Kurodake the amount of snowfall is 460cm.
In Kamikawa town that is 20km away from Sounkyo
[Corydalis ambigua] and [Anemone debilis Fisch. ex Turcz] are blooming.
We have found blooming on April 18th.
That is little earlier than last year.

It has been sunny day in Sounkyo.
In the morning and in the evening the temperature is below freezing.
Sometimes the temperature is rising to 10 °c.
On the foot of mountains spring has come.
On the top of mountains winter stays.
Today on the 7th station of Mt.Kurodake the amount of snowfall is 470cm.
Temporarily the snow melted because of rain.
It returned again.
The weather forecast says that it will be sunny and warm, and the temperature will be rising.
We think that snow is melting faster.
This spring much snow remain on mountains, and trails.

Some visitor says “ Today I want to climb Mt.Kurodake” .
But their clothes are not suitable for this season.
Someone called us and said “I plan to climb Mt.Kurodake and walk to Mt.Asahidake, can I do that?”

Daisetuzan has much snow and the season is still winter.
If you think climbing in spring feeling like in summer, it is very dangerous!
This spring you need to plan more carefully and prepare a winter outfit.

Today is nice and sunny day.
I think it will snow, but snow is melting.
In Kamikawa town that is 20km away from Sounkyo Adonis is blooming.
We found Adonis’s blooming on March 31th.
Last year we found on April 6th.
This year’s blooming is really early.

On the other hand on 7th station of Mt.Kurodake snow is increasing!
Now is 460cm snow!
It is like mid-winter!