Archives: August 19, 2019

Mt.Akadake trail report

In Mt.Akadake snow on the trail is all gone.

In Daiichi hanabatake there is no puddle, no snow melting water.
After raining the trail is very slippery, watch your step, please.

In daini hanabatake , In daisan sekkei rocks on the trail is very unstable.
The trail is sometimes very steep. Watch your step.
Most of “Dicentra peregrina” in Komakusa is out of bloom.

In Daiyon sekkei the trail has no puddle and no snow melting water.
It is easy to walk.
Some place is muddy, gravel road. It’s hard to walk.
Around the top of Mt.Akadake
“Phyllodoce aleutica ”,” Gentiana nipponica” and Gentiana algida f. igarashii “” are blooming.
Some leaves of “Arctous alpina var. japonica” start to turn to red.
We are looking forward to see beautiful autumn leaves.
For a while we can see alpine flowers more.

We thought that a typhoon has passed and the air would be cooler and leaves would turn to autumn color.
But it doesn’t change after last posting (August 14th).

Some leaves is tuning their color more.
But the temperature stays high.
The situation is almost same as last year.

Look at the first pictures.
That is around Manekiiwa. We wander if leaves of “Sorbus matsumurana” turns their color a little.
The second picture is around Mt,Ponkurodake.
It’s same as Last post.
*Mt.Kurodake ~Mt.Hokkaidake/ Kurodake ishimuro lodge ~the junction of Mt.hokuchindake the view is green. Autum leaves have not started yet.

*in Daisetuzan Mountains range everywhere is brown bear’s habitat.
Bring noisemakers like bear bells and whistles.