Ura-Bandai

Wednesday, December 29, 2010Fukushima

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Cover photo: Ura-Bandai — A green lake under the snow
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Distance: 3.4km
Ascent: 11m; 93 m of descent
Walking time: 1 h 01; 2 h 06 with breaks
High point: 879m; low point 791 m
Season: Winter; December 2010

Dark water between white shores

Our New Year stay begins with an outing around Pension Palette. Snow covers the Ura-Bandai woods and piles up on the branches. Between the white shores, a stretch of water stays open, dark under the gray sky.

Activity recorded on Garmin Connect.

(Topographic map centered on Pension Palette.)

Night at the pension

Pension Palette ペンションパレット night of December 29

From our memories.

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Photos 6

Snowy path under snow-laden trees — The path runs under snow-laden trees, on the shore of Bishamon-numa.

Reed-fringed pond between snowy branches — A reed-fringed pond, between the snowy branches: Bishamon-numa.

Snowy shore of a pond in front of a pine forest — Cushions of snow on the shore of Midoro-numa (みどろ沼), in front of a pine forest.

Dark stream in a snowy pine wood — A dark stream runs through the snowy pine wood.

Frosted reeds at the edge of a pond — Snow-covered reeds at the edge of one of the Goshiki-numa ponds.

Lake, wooded island and mountain in the snow — In the late afternoon, Bishamon-numa, its wooded island and the mountain under a gray sky.