Jōnen-dake
常念岳
June snowfields, hazy sky
View 4 photos- Distance
- 19.2km
- over 2 days
- Ascent
- 1,848m
- 1,961 m of descent
- Total walking time
- 7 h 30
- High point
- 2,864m
- low point 1,162 m
- Season
- Summer
- June 2009
Up the snow-filled gully
In late June, the climb to Jōnen still follows a snow-filled gully. A stream and woodland flowers give way to rocky terrain higher up. Around the ridge, the mountains of the Northern Alps retain long bands of snow in their hollows.
