Visitor Center Report

It has been very freezing in these days.
How are you doing?
Here in Sounkyo everyday the temperature is -20℃.
In such an extreme cold condition we go out to have “visiter lesson”and to take special winter season pictures.
This extreme cold shows us beautiful winter nature phenomenon.
The first photo is “frost flower”
We are satisfied with size and wide scope.
The second photo is “ snow crystal” was made on the window.
It is very rare.
Because its shape is a tree.

At seventh station of Mt.kurodake it has 360m snow deep.
It is almost same as last year’s.
We think this year will have much snow.

We have published “January number of Center News.”
This theme is 2017’s happenings about mountains and foothills.
We look back a part of last year’s photos that we took.
Please watch them on our home page.

It has been cold.
But in a few days temperature in the afternoon is not so cold.

The amount of snow is as much as last year’s.
January and February are very cold, freezing.
“Momijidani valley” that is famous walking trail in Sounnkyo,
We found “Frost flower” and” frost column” that is one of Sounkyo winter features.
“Frost flowers” have a lot of shapes.
This is very hard and basic shapes that we have seen with microscope.
“Frost column is getting longer, round.
Sounkyo is really cold, but we love to feel the air of nature and watch these beautiful ice.

Today is beautiful sunny day!!
We were looking forward to sunny days for a long time.
This morning was very cold.
The minimum temperature was -17℃ in the early morning in front of Visiter center.
Now is -10℃. It’s like being in the freezer.
This cold makes us Sounkyo gorge and Daisetuzan mountains range more beautiful.
The weather forecast says tomorrow will get colder.
When you visit Sounkyo, please warm yourself up.
Yesterday it was heavy snow.
We got 28 cm snow deep in Sounkyo.
This year has also much snow.