Mount Yakeishi

焼石岳

Ōshū-shi, Iwate · Elevation 1,548 m

Mount Yakeishi is a 1,547.3 m extinct stratovolcano on the boundary of Ōshū City and Nishiwaga Town in Iwate Prefecture, the principal summit of the Yakeishi Range within the Ōu Mountains. Designated within the Kurikoma Quasi-National Park, it is included in the Nihon Nihyaku Meizan, the Ittō-Sankakuten Hyakumeizan, the Tōhoku Hyakumeizan, and the Onsen Hyakumeizan. The name "burnt-stone peak" refers to the rust-coloured pyroxene andesite blocks scattered near the summit. Old-growth beech forest blankets the slopes, and the Ubaishi-daira meadow blooms with Miyamashiogama, Hakusan-ichige, Yukiwari-kozakura, and other alpine flowers, making Yakeishi a celebrated flower mountain. Trails climb from Nakanuma and Tsubunuma in Ōshū and from the Higashinaruse trailhead in Akita's Higashinaruse Village; the Kinmeisui and Ginmeisui emergency huts shelter climbers along the way. The inter-municipal Yakeishi Tourism Development Council, comprising Ōshū, Higashinaruse, and Yokote, maintains the official climbing information.

Mount Yakeishi at a glance

Weather: The most settled day in the next 7 days is Mon, November 9: cloudy, gusts up to 12 m/s. Fri, Nov 6, Sat, Nov 7, Sun, Nov 8: strong wind (gusts up to 30 m/s).
Route: The shortest is Mount Yakeishi Round Trip via the Nakanuma Course: about 7 h 4 min, 12.2 km, about 840 m of climbing.

Mount Yakeishi weather (hourly, 14 days)

Sunrise today 06:06, sunset 16:35

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