Hiking trails · Fukushima
Azuma-kofuji Crater Rim Circuit
吾妻小富士お鉢巡り
- Distance
- 2.4 km
- Hiking time
- 1 h 18 min
- Ascent
- 134 m
- Descent
- 134 m
Hiking time is an estimate for an average hiker, without breaks.
This short circuit climbs from Jōdodaira to the rim of Azuma-kofuji and makes a complete loop around its roughly 500-metre-wide crater. The exposed gravel rim looks directly into the stark volcanic bowl and opens broad views over the Fukushima Basin and Jōdodaira.
Mount Azuma-Kofuji summit weather (1,707 m, hourly, 14 days)
Sunrise today 06:05, sunset 16:40
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| Precipitation | mm | 1.4 | 4.2 | 11 | 7 | 2.9 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 2.3 | 1.8 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 3.9 | 9 | 0.2 | 4.1 | 3.3 | 0.2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New snow | cm | 0.1 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | <.1 | <.1 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 1.4 | <.1 | <.1 | <.1 | <.1 | <.1 | 0.2 | <.1 | <.1 | <.1 | 0.7 | 0.2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Snow depth | cm | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | <1 | <1 | 1 | 1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | 1 | 1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | 2 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | 0 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 |
| Wind | m/s | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| Wind gusts | m/s | 18 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 16 | 18 | 22 | 21 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 18 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 21 | 22 | 21 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 14 | 18 | 21 | 20 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 18 | 24 | 22 | 16 | 10 |
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Azuma-kofuji Crater Rim Circuit facts
- Start
- Parking
- End
- Parking
- Access · Start
- parking
Peaks on this trail
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