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Autumn leaves in Sounkyo gorge
Day by day it is getting beautiful coloring.
Now is best time to see autumn leaves.
There are many green leaves.
For a while you will see beautiful scenery.

Notice
Winter has already started in mountains.
On October 5th~6th it snowed over altitude 1500m.
Some place has a lot of snow.
It is impossible to walk mountains with light wearing like summer hiking.
When you go mountains, you prepare your all gear, and make relax plan, hike safely.

Sounkyo gorge
Now you can see beautiful autumn leaves near Sounkyo onsen mall.
Autumn leaves is almost peak, nice to see.
There are many green leaves.
For a while you can see beautiful autumn leaves.

National high way route39 from Kamikawa town to Mikuni pass (we call “autumn leaves high way”) is getting beautiful.

Kougen onsen numameguri
Hikers can see beautiful autumn leaves everywhere.
Some leaves are dying.
Thinking about this year’s extremely hot summer, this year’s autumn leaves are better than we thought.
Kougen onsen numameguri course finish on Oct.9.
If you go around the course, you had better wear long rain boots.

Kougen sansou hotel
The number of people who can enter Kougen sansou hotel is controlled.
People who stay there can only enter the hotel until Oct.4th due to pr
event the spread of infection COVID-19.

If you need more details, please check Mountain information on this page.

Mt.Kurodake autumn leaves report

It snowed on Sep 26th for the first time in this year.
Here in Mt,Kurodake it frost and snow, too.
Mt.Hokkaidake and Mt,Ebosidake that are high mountains and the top of Mt.Hokuchindake still have snow.
And also Mt.Ponkurodake and Kumonodaira and trail near the junction of Mt.Hokuchin have snow.

We tell hikers about hiking in September on our homepage.
It is natural it snows in September.
When hikers go up to the top of mountains, it is very dangerous to go in lighting clothes.
Please bring something warm to wear.
And also trails might sometimes be frozen.
When it’s foggy, hikers might get lost.
Please prepare your all gear and make relax plan for hiking.

About autumn leaves
Now is end of September.
“Sorbus matsumurana”that is on the north-west slope of Mt.Kurodake is almost over.
“Hypericum kamtschaticum var. hondoense” is still nice to see.
And more leaves of “Weigela middendorffiana” is beautiful yellow.

Some leaves of “Sorbus matsumurana” that is from the top of Mt.Kurodake to Akaishi river and Kumonodaira are red, the others are orange color.
This summer was extremely hot, so some leaves are burn, and dying.
“Geum pentapetalum” is still beautiful red.
This year’s autumn leaves are good coloring.

But weather forecast says that it will be windy and rainy from October 3rd.
Temperature will be minus or less than 10 °c.
It might snow every day this weekend.