Hakuba-Sansō – Shiroumadake – Sarukura-Sansō

Monday, July 18, 2011Nagano, Toyama百名山白馬岳

白馬岳

Cover photo: Hakuba-Sansō – Shiroumadake – Sarukura-Sansō — Pink dawn and the great snowfield
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Distance: 7.4km
Ascent: 139m; 1,674 m of descent
Walking time: 2 h 53; 5 h 54 with breaks
High point: 2,932m; low point 1,260 m
Season: Summer; July 2011

The pink ridge, then the great snowfield

Above Hakuba-Sansō, dawn colors the Shirouma ridge and the clouds lingering in the valleys. The return route to Sarukura descends the great snowfield. Between the green slopes, the snow still forms a broad gully for the July descent.

Panorama: hikers on the great Daisekkei snowfield, between green slopes — Hikers on the Daisekkei (大雪渓), at about 1,970 m, between green and rocky slopes.

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Photos 7

Sea of clouds under a dawn sky, dark slope on the left — Just below the summit of Shiroumadake, at about 2,890 m, the sea of clouds fills the valleys before sunrise.

Red sun rising behind dark mountains — On the summit of Shiroumadake, 2,932 m, the sun rises behind the distant ridges.

Triangular shadow of the mountain cast on the mist above a snowy range — From the summit, the shadow of Shiroumadake is cast on the mist, above a snowy range.

Hut buildings on a plateau, snowy mountains in the distance — Hakuba-Sansō (白馬山荘), 2,832 m, in the first light, facing the snowy peaks.

Curving snowfield at the foot of a rock, yellow flowers in the foreground — On the descent to the Daisekkei, at about 2,570 m, a snowfield curves around a rock above a meadow of yellow flowers.

Two hikers seen from behind on the snow below a rock spire — Two hikers start down the top of the Daisekkei, at about 2,450 m, below the rock spires.

Waterfall between rocks and snow, green foliage in the foreground — A waterfall runs down between the rocks and the last of the snow, at the edge of the Daisekkei, at about 2,280 m.