Hiking trails · Fukushima
Mount Bandai Loop from the Urabandai Trailhead
裏磐梯登山口から磐梯山 周回コース
- Distance
- 10.2 km
- Hiking time
- 6 h 19 min
- Ascent
- 961 m
- Descent
- 958 m
Hiking time is an estimate for an average hiker, without breaks.
This loop starts at Urabandai Ski Resort and circles Mount Bandai. The outward route climbs the rugged eruption wall formed in the 1888 eruption to the 1,816 m summit. The descent branches toward Happodai, then follows the former Naka-no-yu site and Akanuma Pond, returning to the ski resort with views of Urabandai’s lakes and the eruption wall.
Mount Bandai summit weather (1,816 m, hourly, 14 days)
Sunrise today 06:06, sunset 16:41
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| Japan time | 15 | 17 | 19 | 21 | 23 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 18 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 18 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 18 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 18 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 18 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 21 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 21 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 21 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 21 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 21 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 21 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 21 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 21 | 3 | 9 | 15 | |
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| Precipitation | mm | 1.9 | 4.3 | 11 | 7 | 2.7 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 2.3 | 0.3 | 1.6 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 1.8 | 2.4 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 4.8 | 2.4 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 1.4 | 0.1 | 3.7 | 7 | 0.3 | 2.6 | 0.8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New snow | cm | 0.4 | 0.8 | 0.5 | <.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | <.1 | <.1 | <.1 | <.1 | 0.3 | 0.3 | <.1 | 1.0 | 1.6 | 0.1 | <.1 | <.1 | 0.2 | <.1 | <.1 | <.1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | 0 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | <1 | <1 | <1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | <1 | 2 | 1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wind | m/s | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Wind gusts | m/s | 15 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 18 | 20 | 18 | 17 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 18 | 21 | 23 | 20 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 19 | 18 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 18 | 17 | 13 | 7 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 7 |
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Mount Bandai Loop from the Urabandai Trailhead facts
- Start
- Parking
- End
- Parking
- Access · Start
- parking
Peaks on this trail
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- Mount Bandai Round Trip from Happodai 7.3 km · 4 h 42 min
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