Alts Bandai ski resort – Koganedaira – Happodai Tozanguchi

Saturday, January 1, 2011Fukushima

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Cover photo: Alts Bandai ski resort – Koganedaira – Happodai Tozanguchi — New Year's rime
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Distance: 6.8km
Ascent: 117m; 487 m of descent
Walking time: 3 h 17; 6 h 50 with breaks
High point: 1,339m; low point 872 m
Season: Winter; January 2011

The rime of Koganedaira

The year’s first outing leads from the Alts Bandai slopes to the Koganedaira plateau, then to Happodai Tozanguchi. Snow covers the open ground and the woods. Above the frosted branches, the Bandai massif appears between the clouds.

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Night at the pension

Pension Palette ペンションパレット night of January 1

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Panorama: the snowy plateau on New Year’s morning — Panorama over the snowy plateau on New Year's morning, at about 1,300 m; Bandai-san (磐梯山) on the horizon.

Bandai-san under snow, above the frosted trees of the plateau.

Snowy mountain under the clouds above a white chalet — At the start, the snowy mountain comes into view under the clouds above the chalets

Bandai-san in the clouds, framed by frosted trees — Bandai-san in the clouds, framed by rime-covered trees

Panorama over the frosted ridges and the sea of clouds — Panorama from the frosted ridges: Bandai-san and the valley under a sea of clouds