Sugonorikoshi-Goya – Yakushidake – Tarōdaira-Goya

Monday, September 21, 2009Nagano百名山薬師岳

薬師岳

Cover photo: Sugonorikoshi-Goya – Yakushidake – Tarōdaira-Goya — Reddened slopes under a blue sky
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Distance: 9.2km
Ascent: 877m; 725 m of descent
Walking time: 3 h 50; 8 h 20 with breaks
High point: 2,926m; low point 2,188 m
Season: Autumn; September 2009

The red slopes of Yakushi

Between Sugonorikoshi and Tarōdaira, the route climbs Yakushidake. Red and yellow shrubs cover the slopes below the stony ridges. At the top, a small shrine with stones piled on its roof stands among the boulders, against the blue sky.

Panorama: dawn at the Sugonorikoshi hut — Panorama: dawn at Sugonorikoshi-Goya (スゴ乗越小屋)

Night at the hut

Tarōdaira-Goya 太郎平小屋 night of September 21 · on the map · official site

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:

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Map and profile

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Topographic map of the day — GSI (国土地理院) topographic map with the day's track · original file

Photos 7

The mountainside reddened by autumn, leaving Sugonorikoshi-Goya (スゴ乗越小屋), at about 2,200 m

The stone shrine on the summit of Yakushidake (薬師岳), 2,926 m

A red helicopter flies over the ridge — In the evening at Tarōdaira-Goya (太郎平小屋), a red helicopter flies over the ridge

Panorama of the rocky ridge below the summit of Yakushidake — Panorama: the rocky ridge below the summit of Yakushidake (薬師岳), at about 2,880 m

Valley and mountains seen between two rock walls — Between two rock walls, the view drops to the valley, on the climb to Kita-Yakushidake (北薬師岳), at about 2,840 m.

Panorama of a long range from the rocky ridge — From Kita-Yakushidake (北薬師岳), 2,900 m, a long range of mountains under a hazy sky.

Hikers sitting with their backs to us, facing a pale summit and the ridges — A break on the summit of Yakushidake (薬師岳), 2,926 m: hikers, seen from behind, facing the pale ridge and the clouds.