Author: vc-dev

Day by day the snow is melting , intermittently the trekking route shows up.
Hikers need to pay attention not to fall down.
“If you are not used to climb on the ice, we recommend you to try after snow is gone.”

From now the weather forecast says that it will be hotter, so snow will melt quickly.
Yesterday the temperature stayed low, especially from seventh station to eighth station snow gorge is very hard.
Some hikers went back .
Prepare your gears and climb safely, please.

The temperature is rising, but snow around Mt.Akadake is not so melting.
The first flower garden and second flower garden and Okunodaira and the third snow gorge are all snow.
The forth snow gorge is 75% covered with snow.
On the whole snow hardens into ice, the lower temperature is getting , the harder snow is getting.
If you are not used to walk on the snow, you may try after snow is gone.

Around Hakuun hut there is snow　.Bottom of Itagaki -shindou(Yanbetabu river) is still snow field.
The camping area’ s snow almost is gone. But the water from melting snow flow into the area.
Please pay attention.

Blooming　news
These days it has been hot , around the ridge alpine flowers started to
bloom.
Dicentra peregrinathat blooms at Komakusadaira,
Dryas octopetala var. asiatica at Koizumi-taira are blooming.
From Mt. Aka-dake to Koizumi junction
Diapensia lapponica subsp. Obovata Oxytropis japonica var. sericea
Ranunculus acris subsp. Nipponicus are best season.

Lagotis yesoensis is increasing

Snow gorge Around the junction Mt. Hokuchindake

Every years we say that this snow gorge is violent up and downs .
Today the temperature is rising.
Snow surface is becoming brittle.
But you need crampons!
And also we mark the trekking route.

When you are in poor visibility, please pay more attention