Urabandai ski resort – Kawakami Onsen

Friday, December 31, 2010Fukushima

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Cover photo: Urabandai ski resort – Kawakami Onsen — From the ski area to Kawakami
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Distance: 6.5km
Ascent: 82m; 619 m of descent
Walking time: 2 h 45; 5 h 47 with breaks
High point: 1,265m; low point 716 m
Season: Winter; December 2010

From the ski runs to the foot of the slope

On the last day of December, the route leads from the Urabandai resort to the hot springs of Kawakami-Onsen. After the woods and frozen lake of the previous day, this stage descends the slopes of Bandai, from the heights of the ski area to the valley floor.

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Photos 4

Snowy slope and forest in a snowstorm — The snowy slope and the forest vanish in the storm, at about 1,170 m, on the north flank of Bandai-san.

Hiker seen from behind with a green pack, facing the snowy slope — A stop facing the slope, in the falling snow, at about 1,170 m, on the north flank of Bandai-san.

Hikers seen from behind in single file on a snowy wooded slope — The line of hikers descends a wooded slope, at about 1,040 m.

Snowy undergrowth and a track in the snow — Snowy woods, lower in the valley, at about 790 m, shortly before the start of the Kawakami trail.