. . . about Mt. Hiuchigatake
Area: Oze National Park information
Location:
Map: ***If you want a link to the latest Yama to Kogen map, comment and I'll get you a link. This link is to a printable topo map of Mt. Hiuchi.
Starting point: Miike Lodge stopping point: Numayamakyusojo
Peaks bagged: Manaitagura (俎嵓) ~ Shibayasugura (柴安嵓) ~ Minobuchi (ミノブチ岳)
100 Famous Mountain bagged: Hiuchigatake (燧ヶ岳)
(First-time) peaks # 1,035~1,037
Getting there/getting around: I drove to the Miike Lodge. Parking is ¥1,000. After descending the mountain to the Numayama Pass, I took a shuttle bus back to the Lodge for ￥800.
Here is some info about getting to the Miike Lodge in Japanese.
Helpful Info
Weather Information: Mountain forecast dot com Tenkura (Japanese)
Time and distance
YAMAP's Estimate Time: 6:51 Distance: 11.5 km*
The Caveman did it in Total Time: 6:23 Break time: :30 Distance: 17.1 km*
Elevation: Lowest: 1,500 m Highest: 2,356 m Total Ascent: 1,177 m Total Descent: 980 m
*I walked around the Oze Marsh quite a bit
Technical considerations/difficulty:
Just steep. I don't recall any chains, ropes or ladders.
Facilities:
Nothing on the trail. No water holes.
Thoughts/observations/recommendations:
This was fun.
(Along with all the regular stuff such as maps, headlamps, boots, feet, and brains, . . .) don't forget: bug spray, long pants, and long-sleeved shirts. There is no getting away from the horseflies in the town. Dragonflies are everywhere, too.
Hello Cave critters. This was a great mountain in a fairly difficult-to-get-to area. Mrs. Caveman and I drove about 6 hours to get to Hinoemata Village in Fukushima and stayed at a campground. It's a really lovely area, although you need to be prepared if you go there. The nearest supermarket is about an hour and a half away and there are only a handful of restaurants in town. 9 out of the 10 of them close at 5:00 pm!
I'm not going to give a detailed report of this one because I'm getting ready for a trip back to the old country in a few days and have a million things to do. Here are some pictures. See you in a few weeks.
The goal
About 6:00 am at the parking lot
The trail was so pretty starting out!
The specific name for this peak is Shibayasugura
Mt. Shibutsu, another of the 100 Famous, in the distance.
Oze Numa (Marsh) down below
I got down to the marsh.
That is all for today. If you like this area, check out my hike I made on Aizu Komagatake a few days before this trek.
