Little Crow Hat and Crow Hat. 小烏帽子岳, 烏帽子岳

What's up, spelunkers?

This is a snowshoeing hike I took around Mt. Yunomaru and Mt. Eboshi on the border between Gunma and Nagano.  It was a great day and I hope you enjoy the pictures as much as I enjoyed taking them.  

You probably won't.  I take way too many pictures and find it difficult to discard any.

On this hike, I climbed Mt. Yunomaru (again) and Mts. Koeboshigatake and Mt. Eboshigatake.  E-boshi-take means "crow" "hat" "mountain".  The "Ko" of Koeboshigatake means "little."

Location:  Yunomaru Kogen Heights Tomi, Nagano

Starting and stopping point:  Yunomaru-kogen Heights Visitor Center 湯の丸高原ビジターセンター

Peaks bagged: Yunomaru (湯の丸山) Yunomaru Kitamine (湯の丸北峰) Koeboshi (小烏帽子) Eboshigatake (烏帽子が岳)

(First-time) peaks # 864 and 865

Getting there/getting around:  I drove.  

Map: Yama to Kogen Chizu 19 浅間山軽井沢・長野原の山々ASAMA-YAMA KARUIZAWA-NAGANOHARA-MOUNTAINS

Weather Information:  Asama Weather

Total Time: 4:52  Break time:  1:03 Distance:  9.1km

Elevation:  Lowest: 1,730 m Highest: 2,099 m Total Ascent: 692 m  Total Descent: 692 m

Technical considerations/difficulty:  Not tremendously technical.

Facilities:  Nothing

Thoughts/observations/recommendations:  What a great area.  This was my second time back in the last few weeks.  I wanted to connect the dots of my footprints and I wanted to climb the two Eboshi peaks.  I was blessed with another day of great weather.  It wasn't as clear as last time, though, and I couldn't see Mt. Fuji.  That's ok, though.

This is todays destination.

I absolutely love looking up and around and being able to say "I've been there."

  

And away I go!

Lots of critters out there.

Starting out climbing the trail at the Yunomaru Ski Area.  I started up the slope even before the chairlift started running.

That bump on the left is Mt. Kakuma.  I climbed that last time, but not today.

You can register a hiking plan by using the QR code on the sign.

Yatsugatake

Mt. Fuji hid today

Mt. Sajiki on the left.  Mt. Kosajiki on the right.

The top of Yunomaru

The pointy one below is Eboshi.  That's my ultimate goal for the day.

Most of the day, I didn't really need the snowshoes because there were many traces of previous hikers.  I did still sink in a few times, though.

Mt. Eboshigatake

And with that, dear spelunker, I leave you until next time.

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Caveman out.