白泰山避難小屋

Unstaffed emergency shelter at about 1,750m, just northwest below Hakutaisan (1,794m) in the Okuchichibu part of Chichibu-Tama-Kai National Park, in Nakatsugawa, Chichibu City, Saitama Prefecture. Saitama Prefecture built it as a prefectural facility and its Chichibu Environmental Management Office looks after it. It stands partway along the Hakutaisan route linking Tochimoto with Jumonji Pass, with the Shiri Kannon shelter on the same route a little over 4km to the west. Jumonji Pass (2,035m), which the route crosses, linked the old provinces of Bushu and Shinshu and was an important road midway between Usui Pass and Hakone; along it survive milepost Kannon figures erected in 1864 by supporters from Tochimoto in Bushu and Azusayama and Ikura in Shinshu, one every ri (about 3.9km). These stone figures watched over pilgrims bound for Mitsumine and Zenkoji and served as distance markers, and are a designated tangible folk cultural property of Chichibu City. Chichibu-Tama-Kai National Park was designated on 10 July 1950 and covers 34,411.0 hectares. The prefecture asks climbers to file a climbing plan and warns of Asian black bears.