Mount Kitayoko via Kikkoike

Photo: Σ64 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

4.0km
Total Distance
484m
Elevation Gain

Trail description

Kitayokodake, about 2,480 m, is an active lava dome in Northern Yatsugatake that last erupted around 800 years ago. This route climbs from the north past the Kikkoike pond to the summit, which has south and north peaks. The top rises just above the treeline into a belt of creeping pine. The Kita-Yatsugatake ropeway from the Pilatus Tateshina resort reaches the Tsuboniwa lava field on the other side of the mountain.

Route Map

Along the trail

  1. 1
    Ogawara Hutte
    at the start · Mountain hut
Parking
5m from the start

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Difficulty

3/5 · Moderate