Gonoike-Goya – Marishitenyama – Kengamine

Sunday, August 29, 2010Nagano, Gifu百名山御嶽山

御嶽山

Cover photo: Gonoike-Goya – Marishitenyama – Kengamine — Crater lakes above the clouds
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Distance: 10.5km
Ascent: 528m; 1,517 m of descent
Walking time: 4 h 21; 8 h 28 with breaks
High point: 3,067m; low point 1,771 m
Season: Summer; August 2010

From dawn to the craters

On leaving Gonoike-Goya, the horizon beyond Ontake turns pink above the clouds. The route then crosses the Marishitenyama and Kengamine area. Lakes, volcanic rocks and statues line the way across the upper slopes of the volcano.

After the craters, the route descends toward Nigorigo-Onsen, on a different side of the mountain from the previous day’s climb from the Ontake Ropeway.

Topographic map of the Ontake-san crater (GSI, 1:25,000) Ontake-san details

Before you return

Today’s trail conditions and recent trip reports:

御嶽山YAMAP YamaReco alert level (JMA)

Map and profile

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Photos 9

The Sanno-ike crater and the sea of clouds in the early morning — In the morning, Sanno-ike (三の池) at the bottom of its crater, at about 2,890 m, and the sea of clouds in the distance.

Panorama: the Sanno-ike crater — Panorama of the Sanno-ike (三の池) crater, at about 2,890 m, the sea of clouds in the distance.

Blue bellflowers between the rocks, near the Ninoike hut, at about 2,860 m.

Stone statues on the summit of Ontake — Stone statues on the summit of Kengamine (剣ヶ峰), 3,067 m.

The turquoise Ninoike lake and its hut — Ninoike (二ノ池) and its hut seen from above, at about 2,990 m, a snowfield on the shore.

Sunrise over the sea of clouds — Panorama at sunrise, the sea of clouds stretching to the mountains on the horizon.

Sea of clouds between two slopes — Sea of clouds under a hazy sky, between two rocky slopes, at about 2,940 m, near Marishiten-yama.

Lake and snowfield at the foot of a peak — Ninoike (二ノ池) at the foot of a rocky peak, at about 2,920 m: a snowfield is reflected in the water.