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Mount Nantai Return via Futarasan Shrine Chugushi Pilgrimage Trail
男体山 二荒山神社中宮祠登拝コース 往復
- Distance
- 8.3 km
- Hiking time
- 5 h 35 min
- Ascent
- 1,191 m
- Descent
- 1,191 m
Hiking time is an estimate for an average hiker, without breaks.
This pilgrimage return route begins at the worship gate of Nikko Futarasan Shrine Chugushi and passes the Fourth Station and Eighth Station emergency hut to Mount Nantai. At 2,486 m, Mount Nantai is an emblematic mountain of Nikko; its summit holds the shrine's inner sanctuary and sacred sword. The trail climbs almost directly through rocky forest, opening to views of Lake Chuzenji, Mount Nyoho, and Mount Taro.
Mount Nantai summit weather (2,486 m, hourly, 14 days)
Sunrise today 06:07, sunset 16:44
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| Precipitation | mm | 0.5 | 1.1 | 9 | 9 | 1.9 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 4.9 | 9 | 0.3 | 0.7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New snow | cm | <.1 | <.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | <.1 | <.1 | <.1 | <.1 | 0.2 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 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 | 0 | 0 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | <1 | <1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wind | m/s | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
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Mount Nantai Return via Futarasan Shrine Chugushi Pilgrimage Trail facts
- Start
- 男体山登山口 登拝門
- End
- 男体山登山口 登拝門
- Access · Start
- 男体山登山口 登拝門, 二荒山神社中宮祠 (Bus stop), 二荒山神社 中宮祠 参拝者駐車場, 県営二荒山神社南 (parking)
Peaks on this trail
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