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Mt,Midoridake trail report
Snow is not melting very much From Daiichi hanabatake to Eiko stream cliff.
When snow condition is hard, you had better bring your poles.
When crossing between Daiichi hanabatake and Daini hanabatake, be careful not to fall through under the snow. There is a big hole under the snow.
On the ridge early blooming flowers finished blooming.
Now we are waiting for later summer flower blooming.

Around Kumono taira and Akaishi river
“Rhododendron aureum ” in Kumonotira spread their community.
For “Rhododendron aureum ”,this year’s weather is not good, and more there is snow.
Some of them are dying and they don’t spread widely.
We hope weather is getting better.
“Geum pentapetalum” started blooming.
But they have many buds.
Around Akaishi river “Geum pentapetalum” blooms in a small community.
“Phyllodoce caerulea” are blooming gradually.
We hope weather is getting better.
*Snow gorge under the junction of Mt.Hokuchindake is as usual.
(When going down, be careful. Prepare full of your climbing gear.)
*About Akaisi river
The situation is changing every day.
After crossing the river stepping on rocks, you must go up high snow wall.
Please walk kicking and stepping.
(River’s flow is fast, but you can walk on the rocks.

Mt.Kurodake report
Snow is melting so quickly.
You don’t need to worry about falling over.

There are 7 snow spots from 7th station to 8th station.
Be careful not to fall over and not to step through under the snow.
(Trail condition is not good, very muddy and slippery.)
(There is 2 places snow remain. After these places trail has no snow.)

Around 8th station
You will see beautiful “Weigela middendorffiana”
Some of them are full blooming, the others are putting on buds.

Going up to the summit, you will see “Trollius riederianus”, “Dactylorhiza aristata”, “”Geranium erianthum f. pallescens and “:Ranunculus acris var. nipponicus” and so on.
About 25kinds of flowers are blooming now.

Mt.Midoridake snow report
After walking through forest trail, snow field is spread in front of you.
Most of trail ( Daiichi hanabatake, Daini hanabatake ) is covered with snow until Eiko stream cliff. (top picture).
There is rope sign along the trail. You won’t miss the trail,
When snow is hard, you had better bring poles not to fall over.
When walking the trail between Daiichi hanabatake and Daini hanabatake, be careful to walk. Because there are big holes under the snow.
You might walk through under the snow.

On the ridge “Diapensia lapponica L. var. obovata F.Schmidt” that bloomed in a large community passed their peak. And also “Dryas octopetala” passed their peak.
Yellow flowers (“Dryas octopetala” and “ Pedicularis oederi var. heteroglossa”) and pink flower (Dicentra Bernh) are blooming now.