Mount Hotaka

奥穂高岳

Matsumoto, Nagano · Elevation 3,190 m

Mount Hotaka (Oku-Hotakadake, 3,190 m) is the highest peak of the southern Hida Mountains, straddling Matsumoto City in Nagano and Takayama City in Gifu, and the third-highest mountain in Japan after Mount Fuji and Mount Kita. The Hotaka massif comprises Oku-, Kita-, Mae-, Nishi-Hotaka and Myōjin peaks, famed for sheer rock walls including the Takidani face and revered as the birthplace of modern Japanese alpinism. Lying at the heart of Chūbu-Sangaku National Park, it is approached via Kamikōchi or the Shin-Hotaka Ropeway through Hotakadake-sansō and Karasawa Hütte. It serves as the highest point of both Nagano and Gifu Prefectures.

Mount Hotaka at a glance

Weather: The most settled day in the next 7 days is Wed, November 4: clear, gusts up to 8 m/s. Fri, Nov 6, Sat, Nov 7: strong wind (gusts up to 21 m/s).
Route: The shortest is Kamikochi–Mount Mae-Hotaka–Mount Oku-Hotaka and Karasawa Circuit: about 15 h 28 min, 27.1 km, about 2,150 m of climbing.

Mount Hotaka weather (hourly, 14 days)

Sunrise today 06:14, sunset 16:53

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