Nakabusa-Onsen – Tsubakurodake – Enzansō

Saturday, June 13, 2009Nagano

燕岳

Cover photo: Nakabusa-Onsen – Tsubakurodake – Enzansō — White granite and June snowfields
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Distance: 7.6km
Ascent: 1,347m; 138 m of descent
Walking time: 3 h 26; 9 h 02 with breaks
High point: 2,763m; low point 1,495 m
Season: Summer; June 2009

From Nakabusa-Onsen to the granite ridge

From Nakabusa-Onsen, the climb passes Kassen-Goya and reaches Enzansō at about 15:00. Late in the afternoon, we follow the granite ridge past Iruka-iwa and Megane-iwa to Tsubakurodake, then return to Enzansō for the night.

Snowy range seen from the ridge — View of a range still under snow from the Kassen-one, above Kassen-Goya (合戦小屋), at about 2,490 m.

Night at the hut

Enzansō 燕山荘 night of June 13 · on the map · official siteAugust 2026: the Nakabusa access road was blocked by a debris flow. A temporary bridge has been in place since August 22. 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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Photos 5

Panorama toward Tsubakurodake, granite rocks and snowfields — Panorama toward Tsubakurodake (燕岳) from near Enzansō, at about 2,700 m.

The sculpted granite rocks of Tsubakurodake — The sculpted granite rocks near Iruka-iwa (イルカ岩), at about 2,680 m.

The ridge and its last June snowfields, Enzansō (燕山荘) at the top of the slope, at about 2,680 m.

Granite rock pierced by two openings — Megane-iwa (めがね岩), a white granite rock pierced by two openings, on the Tsubakurodake ridge.

Sunbeams through the clouds — Sunbeams piercing the clouds above the valleys, on the summit of Tsubakurodake (燕岳), 2,763 m.