Mount Ontake
御嶽山
Kiso, Nagano · Elevation 2,993 m
Mount Ontake is an active volcano with craters and crater lakes across its summit area. It has a long history of mountain worship, and many spiritual memorial stones erected by devotees remain around its foothills.
Mount Ontake at a glance
- Weather: The most settled day in the next 7 days is Sun, November 8: clear, gusts up to 8 m/s. Sat, Nov 7: strong wind (gusts up to 17 m/s).
- Route: The shortest is Mount Ontake Kengamine Return via Ontake Ropeway: about 5 h 17 min, 7.6 km, about 940 m of climbing.
Mount Ontake weather (hourly, 14 days)
Sunrise today 06:14, sunset 16:54
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| Precipitation | mm | 0.1 | 4.7 | 3.5 | 2.3 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 8 | 1.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 1.6 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 15 | 12 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New snow | cm | – | – | <.1 | 0.2 | <.1 | – | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.3 | <.1 | <.1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wind | m/s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Wind gusts | m/s | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 13 | 15 | 25 | 23 | 18 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 10 | 19 | 19 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 9 |
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Mount Ontake live cameras
Mount Ontake hiking routes
- Mount Ontake Kengamine Return via Ontake Ropeway 7.6 km · Ascent 940 m 飯森高原 (Aerialway station)
- Mount Ontake, Kengamine and Ninoike from Tanohara 8.9 km · Ascent 948 m parking
- Mount Ontake Kengamine via Kurosawa and Ninoike from Nakanoyu 11.9 km · Ascent 1,338 m parking
Hiking times are estimates calculated from the terrain.
Huts, campsites and lodging near Mount Ontake
Mountain huts
- 二ノ池山荘 2026: open July 1–October 11 · reservation required · sleeps 70
- Ninoike-Shinkan
- Ninoike-Hyutte 2026: open July 1–October 11 · reservation required
- 王滝頂上山荘
- Sanso-Ishimuro 2026: open July 1–October 5 · reservation required · sleeps 60
Lodging
- 濁河温泉 湯元館
- 濁河温泉 湯の谷荘
- 濁河温泉 朝日荘
- 原生林の秘湯 濁河温泉ロッジ
Mount Ontake facts
- Also known as
- Mount Kiso Ontake
- Elevation
- 2,993 m
- Location
- Kiso, Nagano
35.894621, 137.478801 - Volcano
- Active volcano (御嶽山)
- Website
- www.pref.nagano.lg.jp
- Trail Map
- www.ontake-volcano.jp
- Wikipedia
- ja.wikipedia.org