Author: vc-dev

in half way up of Mt.Midori-dake snow is melting more quickly than we thought.
The first flower garden the wood walking path showed up.
Only edge side has 150m snow.

Middle part from the first garden to the second garden snow melted as photo shows.
Meltwater is flooding and make the small water falls.
When you walk here, please walk not to step on flowers.
In the second garden upper side and lower side there is 20m trekking path showed up.
It divides snow gorge.
Please walk following paint sign.
Near the rock place “Eiko no sawa” snow melted.
You can walk easily.
ESS( Green Support Staff) says that many brown bear families are seen many times.
If you walk, be sure to bring the bells and whistle and walk carefully.

About Akaisi river
You can walk over the river.
It seems there is much water than common year.

After passing by the river, snow gorge is hard to walk.
Today’s hikers put crampons here.
Snow surface is getting hard, pay attention not to fall down and slip to enter the river.
Snow gorge on the other side of river ,this afternoon we made stairs on the snow.
(If you come from Mt.Hokkaidake ,walking in poor visibility , please pay more attention.)

These day’s high temperature made snow melted quickly.
From before 9th station sign to the top there is no snow.
(only one place has 5m long snow, but it will be gone in a few days.)
From 7th station to 8th station there are long and wide snow gorge.
The temperature is increasing.
But morning and evening snow is getting hard.
There is still danger of falling and slipping .
If you are not used to walking on the snow, you need small crampons.
Anyway pay attention when you walk.

Passing by 8th station some alpine flowers start blooming.
Especially Weigela middendorffiana bloom in community

But suddenly the temperature rised.
At once alpine flower bloomed.
After this depending on weather flower is going to finish blooming.
But we can see many buds.
If you want to watch flowers, please come and see soon as possible.

Sounkyo’s　famous walking spot “Momiji-dani”

This picture show the end of course “Momiji-taki “.
This water fall is very courageous because of snow’s melting water.
This course takes 30minutes from the Onsen-gai to the goal .
How about going to “Momiji-dani”.