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Mount Mekunnai in the Niseko Range, Return from Niimi Pass over Mae-Mekunnai

ニセコ連峰 目国内岳 新見峠から前目国内岳を越えて往復

Distance

7.0 km

Hiking time

4 h 22 min

Ascent

641 m

Descent

641 m

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

From the Niimi Pass trailhead in Rankoshi, this return climbs a bamboo-grass ridge to Mae-Mekunnai, drops and climbs again to the 1,220 m Mount Mekunnai, whose lava-dome summit is topped by strangely stacked rocks. At the western end of the Niseko volcanoes, its name is thought to come from Ainu words for the valley behind things, and the top looks out over the Niseko peaks and the Sea of Japan.

Mekunnaidake summit weather (1,220 m, hourly, 14 days)

Sunrise today 06:14, sunset 16:29

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Mount Mekunnai in the Niseko Range, Return from Niimi Pass over Mae-Mekunnai facts

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