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Mount Yamato Katsuragi Kujira Falls Return
大和葛城山 櫛羅の滝コース 往復
- Distance
- 6.6 km
- Hiking time
- 3 h 53 min
- Ascent
- 650 m
- Descent
- 650 m
Hiking time is an estimate for an average hiker, without breaks.
This return route starts at Katsuragi Ropeway Tozanguchi Station and climbs Mount Yamato Katsuragi via Kujira Falls and Nino Falls. It follows the slope above the Aigawa valley to the 959 m summit. The summit area is known for spring azaleas, autumn pampas grass, and winter frost-covered trees, with views of the Yamato Basin and the Yamato Three Mountains.
Mount Yamato-Katsuragi summit weather (958 m, hourly, 14 days)
Sunrise today 06:19, sunset 17:03
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Mount Yamato Katsuragi Kujira Falls Return facts
- Start
- 登山口駅
- End
- 登山口駅
- Access · Start
- 登山口駅 (Aerialway station), Katsuragi Ropeway-mae (Bus stop), 駐車場 (parking)
Peaks on this trail
Nearby hiking trails
- Mount Yamato Katsuragi North Ridge and Kujira Falls Loop 7.0 km · 4 h 4 min
- Mount Dainichi and Mount Kongō Circuit from Mizukoshi Pass 9.9 km · 4 h 56 min
- Momiji Valley, Mount Kongō and Mount Dainichi Circuit from Mizukoshi Pass 8.6 km · 4 h 4 min
- Mount Kongo Loop from Mizukoshi Pass up Momiji Valley and down via Dainichidake 9.9 km · 4 h 23 min
- Kongōsan via Momijidani and the Taiō Ridge 8.2 km · 4 h 23 min
- Mount Kongo Loop from Mizukoshi Pass, up the Aokuzure Trail and down the Diamond Trail 11.0 km · 5 h 46 min
- Mount Kongō and Katsuragi Shrine Loop from Mizukoshi Pass 10.6 km · 4 h 58 min
- Mount Kongo Return via Taobi East Ridge and Mount Dainichi 7.1 km · 4 h 33 min