Lake Hibarako

Sunday, January 2, 2011Fukushima

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Cover photo: Lake Hibarako — Snow cushions on dark water
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Distance: 4.6km
Ascent: 88m; 86 m of descent
Walking time: 2 h 01; 3 h 37 with breaks
High point: 900m; low point 832 m
Season: Winter; January 2011

Water between the snow cushions

The last outing of the trip explores streams and snowy woods around Lake Hibara. Dark water flows between rounded banks. On the branches and stones, the snow forms large white cushions.

Icicles hang under the snow overhangs above the current. In the woods, a few dwarf bamboo leaves stay green under the crystals.

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Snow cushions above the stream, at about 850 m.

Winter stream in the Urabandai forest, at about 850 m.

Broadleaf forest laden with snow, hikers in the distance — Broadleaf forest laden with snow, at about 840 m; two hikers in the distance on the track.

Snowy trunks above half-frozen water — Trunks bent under the snow above half-frozen water, at about 830 m.

Stream disappearing under thick snow cushions — The stream slips under thick cushions of snow, at about 860 m.