Kusatsu-Onsen – Yoshigadaira

Saturday, February 26, 2011Gunma

芳ヶ平

Cover photo: Kusatsu-Onsen – Yoshigadaira — Up to the red-roofed hut
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Distance: 6.4km
Ascent: 652m; 11 m of descent
Walking time: 2 h 15; 4 h 06 with breaks
High point: 1,832m; low point 1,194 m
Season: Winter; February 2011

A roof amid the snow

The climb from Kusatsu-Onsen leads to the Yoshigadaira hut, at the edge of the snowy plateau. Around the building, bare trees frame the slopes and the red roof. This February stage precedes the outing to Yugama.

Activity recorded on Garmin Connect.

(View inside Yoshigadaira)

Night at the hut

Yoshigadaira Hütte 芳ヶ平ヒュッテ night of February 26 · on the map · official siteClosed in 2026 because no warden was available (town of Nakanojō). checked Nov 4, 2026

From the GPS tracks: where they stop in the evening and start again in the morning.

Map and profile

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Topographic map of the day — GSI (国土地理院) topographic map with the day's track · original file

Photos 6

Snow cornice under a blue sky, a figure on the ridge — A snow cornice near the Yoshigadaira hut, at about 1,830 m, a figure on the ridge.

Wind-sculpted snow on the Yoshigadaira plateau, at about 1,830 m.

Snowdrift and snowy plateau under a blue sky — Wind-sculpted snowdrifts at the edge of the Yoshigadaira plateau, at about 1,830 m.

Icicles along the wall of the hut — Icicles along the wall of the Yoshigadaira hut.

Copper-tinted glass kerosene lamp in a wood-paneled corner — A kerosene lamp in a corner of the wooden room of the Yoshigadaira hut.

Flame of a kerosene lamp in the half-light — At nightfall, the flame of a kerosene lamp at the Yoshigadaira hut.