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Mount Himekami Circuit from Ipponsugi Trailhead via Kowasaka

一本杉登山口から姫神山・こわ坂周回

Distance

5.8 km

Hiking time

3 h 31 min

Ascent

613 m

Descent

610 m

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Hiking time is an estimate for an average hiker, without breaks.

This circuit ascends 1,123.8 m Mount Himekami on the standard Ipponsugi Route, descends on the Kowasaka Route, and returns by road to Ipponsugi Trailhead. Mount Himekami is one of the Three Sacred Mountains of northern Ou alongside Mount Iwate and Mount Hayachine, and its summit has a 360-degree view including both. The Kowasaka descent is steep and slippery, with ropes and stairs on some sections.

Mount Himekami summit weather (1,123 m, hourly, 14 days)

Sunrise today 06:05, sunset 16:32

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New snow	cm																																		<.1	0.6	2.9	0.2	<.1	<.1	<.1	<.1	<.1																<.1	1.4	2.0							<.1		<.1	<.1											<.1	<.1
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Wind	m/s	4	2	1	2	3	4	4	4	3	3	2	1	2	3	3	3	3	4	4	1	1	1	1	3	2	3	3	4	4	1	3	2	3	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	2	3	2	2	1	2	2	1	2	1	3	2	0	6	5	2	1	2	3	3	1	4	5	2	1	0	0	2	1	2	3	3	2	1	4	4	2	2	1
Wind gusts	m/s	12	11	5	5	6	8	9	9	9	8	8	6	6	6	6	8	8	11	10	10	4	3	4	7	7	6	8	12	13	11	7	9	8	10	14	17	17	14	12	12	12	10	12	14	14	10	6	6	6	5	5	8	7	4	4	7	11	9	13	18	13	4	6	8	9	8	11	12	11	7	5	5	4	5	5	9	9	9	7	15	12	9	6	7
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Mount Himekami Circuit from Ipponsugi Trailhead via Kowasaka facts

Start

一本杉登山口

End

一本杉登山口

Access · Start

一本杉登山口 (parking)