Mount Matsude
松手山
Yuzawa, Niigata · Elevation 1,614 m
Mount Matsude is a 1,614-meter forepeak in Yuzawa Town (Minamiuonuma District), Niigata Prefecture, sitting on the western ridge that branches from Mt. Tairappyō (1,984 m) at the western end of the Tanigawa Range. The trail from the National Route 17 trailhead via Matsudeyama up to Tairappyō, known as the "Matsudeyama course," merges at this summit with the route up from Futai. The area lies within Jōshin'etsu-kōgen National Park and is favored as a viewpoint along the approach to the flower-rich Tairappyō ridge.
Mount Matsude at a glance
- Weather: The most settled day in the next 7 days is Wed, November 4: clear, gusts up to 10 m/s. Sat, Nov 7: strong wind (gusts up to 18 m/s).
- Route: The shortest is Tairappyo Trailhead, Mount Matsute, Mount Tairappyo, Mount Sennokura, and Tairamoto New Trail Loop: about 8 h 36 min, 14.4 km, about 1,310 m of climbing.
Mount Matsude weather (hourly, 14 days)
Sunrise today 06:10, sunset 16:47
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| Precipitation | mm | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 11 | 6 | 0.9 | 1.5 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 2.1 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 1.7 | 3.5 | 1.8 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 6 | 3.6 | 8 | 4.1 | 2.0 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 10 | 4.7 | 1.4 | 0.2 | 4.8 | 5 | 0.4 | 10 | 14 | 3.8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New snow | cm | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.1 | <.1 | 4.6 | 3.1 | 4.6 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 6.4 | 3.8 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 2.3 | <.1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Mount Matsude hiking routes
Hiking times are estimates calculated from the terrain.
Huts, campsites and lodging near Mount Matsude
Mountain huts
- Tairappyo no Ie 2025: open April 29–October 25 · reservation required · sleeps 12
- Ebisu Oguro Hinangoya unstaffed · sleeps 3
Lodging
- 苗場プリンスホテル6号館
- 苗場プリンスホテル4号館
- 苗場プリンスホテル3号館
- Hotel Fujiya
- 苗場プリンスホテル2号館
Mount Matsude facts
- Also known as
- 河内山
- Elevation
- 1,614 m
- Location
- Yuzawa, Niigata
36.820361, 138.800830 - National Park
- 上信越高原国立公園
- Website
- www.pref.niigata.lg.jp
Mountains near Mount Matsude
- Mount Tairappyō 1,984 m
- Mount Maesennokura 2,021 m
- Mount Sennokura 2,026 m
- Mount Naeba 2,145 m
- Mount Kaguragamine 2,029.6 m
- Mount Ichinokura 1,974.2 m
- Mount Shigekura 1,977.9 m
- Mt. Bunōdake 1,759.6 m
- Ojikazawa-no-Kashira 1,894 m
- Mount Mantarō 1,954 m
- Mount Mikuni 1,636 m
- Mt. Koshoujinokashira 1,730 m