Mountain: Kyogatake, Kiso Mountains (Central Alps), Nagano
Height: 2296m (we started at 950m)
Grade: 3
Hiking time: 8 hours including breaks
Number of hikers: 10
Transportation: cars (Chuo expressway to Komagane exit)
Highlights: beautiful flowers, fragrant larch trees, (when the remains of the sand from China cleared in the afternoon) we had lovely views of the alps and of Kisokomagatake.
Lowlights: Many of us were not in the best condition. Lots of blisters, aching legs and tiredness about, but we all made it up and down OK. I'm glad we brought Dr. Justin and his medical kit along!
Link to the hiking course
Jo's photos
Sergio's photos
I forgot to take a picture at the top! Did anyone else get one? Please post a comment and link to your pictures.
4 comments:
The toughest hike I've done this year, so far. However, it was definitely worth it.
More photos:
http://picasaweb.google.com/sergioinjapan/KyogatakeHike
Lovely pictures as usual Jo, nice to see that you are into the flowers as well as scenery. Lynne
Hi, Jo☆ I'm Erika.I like hiking. I want to Kyogatake. It was nice experience.
Erika☆
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