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Yari-Onsen – Yarigatake – Hakuba-Sansō

Nagano, Toyama

鑓ヶ岳

Cover photo: Yari-Onsen – Yarigatake – Hakuba-Sansō

Snowfields on the Hakuba ridge

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Distance
6.7km
Ascent
1,186m
345 m of descent
Walking time
3 h 24
6 h 20 with breaks
High point
2,915m
low point 1,992 m
Season
Summer
July 2011

Following the Hakuba ridge

From Yari-Onsen, the second stage reaches the ridge before continuing to Hakuba-Sansō. Snowfields still fill the hollows between the green slopes and the rocky arêtes. Near the hut, pink light outlines the clouds above the peaks.

Sunset behind a snowy peak, seen from Hakuba-Sansō
Evening at Hakuba-Sansō (白馬山荘, 2,832 m), the sun sets behind a snowy peak

Night at the hut

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

Before you return

Today’s trail conditions and recent trip reports:

Photos 7

Snow gully between green slopes, pointed peak behind
Setting out from Yari-Onsen, a snowy gully rises between the green slopes.

Three hikers seen from behind facing a sea of clouds
Three hikers with their packs, facing the sea of clouds, below Yarigatake (鑓ヶ岳), at about 2,790 m.

Ridge streaked with snowfields above the clouds
At the summit of Yarigatake (鑓ヶ岳), 2,903 m, the ridge streaked with snowfields rises above the clouds.

Purple columbines among the stones
Purple columbines in the scree of the ridge, north of Yarigatake, at about 2,770 m.

Flower meadow and trail in front of snow-patched peaks
Flower meadow and snowfields at about 2,690 m, shortly before Chōjō-Shukusha, under an increasingly cloudy sky.

Hut and colorful tents on a stony flat
The Chōjō-Shukusha hut (白馬岳頂上宿舎) and its campsite seen from above, shortly before Hakuba-Sansō, at about 2,750 m.

Cloud lit pink in a gray sky
Evening at Hakuba-Sansō, a cloud lights up at sunset.