Hiking trails · Yamanashi

Mount Kita Loop via Kusasuberi and Hachihonba Col

北岳周回（草すべり・八本歯のコル）

Distance

11.6 km

Hiking time

8 h 44 min

Ascent

1,767 m

Descent

1,767 m

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

This loop from Hirogawara reaches Mount Kita, Japan's second-highest summit at 3,193 m, by way of Shiraneoike Lodge and the Kusasuberi climb. It passes Kitadake Kata no Koya to the summit, then descends via the Tsurione Ridge junction and Hachihonba Col on the Okarabasawa side back to Shiraneoike Lodge.

Mount Kita summit weather (3,193 m, hourly, 14 days)

Sunrise today 06:10, sunset 16:51

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New snow	cm																																																<.1					<.1	<.1				<.1
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Wind gusts	m/s	9	8	7	8	8	9	8	8	8	8	9	8	8	10	11	13	15	14	9	9	14	13	11	12	14	14	12	13	13	12	14	15	16	16	16	16	14	13	11	11	11	10	9	10	10	8	11	12	12	12	12	13	8	9	11	13	12	18	19	18	9	8	10	11	10	7	10	10	7	6	6	8	8	10	11	14	17	17	15	12	11	7	7	8
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Mount Kita Loop via Kusasuberi and Hachihonba Col facts

Start

Hirogawara

End

Hirogawara

Access · Start

Hirogawara (Bus stop)