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Mount Sasagamine in Saijo, Return from the Shimotsuike Forest Road Trailhead via Maruyama Hut

西条 笹ヶ峰 下津池林道登山口から丸山荘経由往復

Distance

6.8 km

Hiking time

4 h 49 min

Ascent

869 m

Descent

869 m

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

Starting at the trailhead up the forest road from Shimotsuike in Saijo, this return passes Shuku, once a collection point for charcoal bound for the Besshi copper mine, and Maruyama and its hut to the 1,860 m Mount Sasagamine, covered in bamboo grass. One of Japan's 200 famous mountains in the Ishizuchi range, its broad grassy summit looks west to Mount Ishizuchi, north to the Seto Inland Sea and south to Tosa Bay.

Mount Sasagamine summit weather (1,860 m, hourly, 14 days)

Sunrise today 06:27, sunset 17:14

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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															0.2	0.4	0.3	1.6	0.7		1.0	0.1	0.3	0.8	2.0	0.4																											0.2			0.2	0.9	1.2	0.5									0.6							0.2	1.7	4.7	0.1	0.9	1.4	2.8	0.2
New snow	cm
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	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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wind	m/s	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	3	3	2	3	4	4	2	2	2	3	3	4	3	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	0	1	1	1	0	1	3	0	0	1	4	2	4	3	2	1	1	1	2	1	0	2	3	0	0	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	4	3	0	1	2
Wind gusts	m/s	7	4	2	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	6	5	3	4	4	5	7	7	13	12	10	12	14	14	13	11	10	12	12	12	12	11	8	5	4	2	2	4	6	7	6	3	4	5	4	5	8	7	4	5	11	11	14	14	11	7	3	4	6	6	5	6	9	8	4	4	5	5	7	9	11	12	10	9	12	12	9	4	7
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