Hello, everybody
Location: Central Alps (Kiso Mountains)
Starting and stopping point: Trailhead entrance Parking Lot
Peaks bagged: 恵那山 Mt. Ena ~ 大判山 Mt. Oban ~ 千両山 Mt. Senryou ~ 富士見山 Mt. Fujimi
(First-time) peaks # 920~923
(First-time) 100 Famous Mountains peak #35 Mt. Ena
Getting there/getting around: Car
Map: ***The Caveman is giving up on posting links to Yama to Kogen maps. They go out of date and the links die. If you want one of those maps, comment and I'll get you a current link.
Here is a printable online topo map
Weather Information:
Total Time: 7:24 Break time: :39 Distance: 17.9km
Elevation: Lowest: 1,145m Highest: 2,191m Total Ascent: 1,472m Total Descent: 1,472m
Technical considerations/difficulty: It's steep. For quite long distances, the "trail" is covered by very tall bamboo grass. It's not dangerous but very annoying.
Facilities: There are public restrooms at the parking lot and at the refuge hut near the top of Mt. Ena. And, as I just mentioned, there is a refuge hut.
Thoughts/observations/recommendations:
Most days after a hike the caveman enjoys gathering his pictures and thoughts to post them on this blog. Not today. I'm putting up this post just because I have a bad memory and need to record these hikes or I will forget.
This hike was OK, but not as spectacular as my last few--or how promising my next planned hike is. I'm told there are spectacular views from the mountain I went to yesterday but I can't tell you from experience because most of the day was too hazy or cloudy. Mt. Ena is one of the 100 Famous Mountains, but I couldn't really see why when I was there. The route I took up, even if it weren't cloudy, was below the treeline and I wouldn't have been able to see anything from there even if it had been clear. The top of the mountain has no view. Near the top, there is a boulder behind the refuge hut that has a great view (I am told.)
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