Visitor Center Report

It has been sunny day in Sounkyo.
In the morning and in the evening the temperature is below freezing.
Sometimes the temperature is rising to 10 °c.
On the foot of mountains spring has come.
On the top of mountains winter stays.
Today on the 7th station of Mt.Kurodake the amount of snowfall is 470cm.
Temporarily the snow melted because of rain.
It returned again.
The weather forecast says that it will be sunny and warm, and the temperature will be rising.
We think that snow is melting faster.
This spring much snow remain on mountains, and trails.

Some visitor says “ Today I want to climb Mt.Kurodake” .
But their clothes are not suitable for this season.
Someone called us and said “I plan to climb Mt.Kurodake and walk to Mt.Asahidake, can I do that?”

Daisetuzan has much snow and the season is still winter.
If you think climbing in spring feeling like in summer, it is very dangerous!
This spring you need to plan more carefully and prepare a winter outfit.

Today is nice and sunny day.
I think it will snow, but snow is melting.
In Kamikawa town that is 20km away from Sounkyo Adonis is blooming.
We found Adonis’s blooming on March 31th.
Last year we found on April 6th.
This year’s blooming is really early.

On the other hand on 7th station of Mt.Kurodake snow is increasing!
Now is 460cm snow!
It is like mid-winter!

Today from afternoon it was rain in Sounkyo.
In the morning and in the evening the temperature is below freezing.
In the afternoon the temperature is sometime over 10 c°.
But Mt.Kurodake’s snow is good condition.
Snow still falls, the amount of snowfall is 450cm.
It is about 60cm more than last year’s.
Last year end of April snow fell about 50cm.
I can’t feel relieved.

On the foot of mountains swans came, Adonis bloomed.
Spring is almost here!

I saw Loxia curvirostra after so long.
Now is a good season to watch many rare wild birds.

When it is nice and warm, how about going out to watch “rare wild birds”?

In these days it has been clear and sunny, the temperature is rising.
But in the morning and in the night the temperature is still below freezing.
We feel spring will come soon.
Of course animals feel spring and started to move.
The photo shows a bear’s footprint.
We found these the beginning of March.
But now we found a few footprints.

When you go to mountains to get wild vegetables and climb, be careful enjoy safety.