Yanagi-numa – Bishamon-numa – Pension Palette

Tuesday, January 1, 2008Fukushima

五色沼

Cover photo: Yanagi-numa – Bishamon-numa – Pension Palette — Dark ponds under the snow
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Distance: 6.1km
Ascent: 54m; 74 m of descent
Walking time: 1 h 45; 3 h 06 with breaks
High point: 858m; low point 792 m
Season: Winter; January 2008

The Goshiki-numa trail in winter

We set off near Yanagi-numa on snowshoes, following the Goshiki-numa trail in falling snow. The path passes Ao-numa, Ruri-numa and Benten-numa before reaching Bishamon-numa. We return along the same trail and spend the night at Pension Palette.

Pension Palette under the New Year snow — Pension Palette under the snow on New Year's morning, before setting off.

Night at the pension

Pension Palette ペンションパレット night of January 1

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Walking through the Bandai forest in falling snow — Walking in falling snow on the Goshiki-numa trail (五色沼), in the Ura-Bandai forest.

Frozen lake and white forest — Ruri-numa (るり沼), its reeds and the white forest.

Branches bending under the snow on the Goshiki-numa trail.

The lake under a snowy sky — Bishamon-numa (毘沙門沼) under a snowy sky, at the end of the Goshiki-numa trail.