Hiking Mount Karamatsu Dake, Japan

The Hakuba alps lies from north to south in direction here with over 2,500 meters and nearly 3,000 meters high above sea level as Mt. Shirouma, Mt. Goryu or Mt. Karamatsu. Mount Karamatsu is just one of Nagano’s many landmarks. It is a 8,845 ft / 2,696 m mountain peak in the Hida-sanmyaku Range in Nagano, Japan. It ranks as the 22nd highest mountain in Nagano and the 50th highest mountain in Japan. The nearest peaks are Goryu, Yariga-take, Kashima Yarigatake, Shirouma-dake, Jiiga-take, and Tsurugi-dake.

Brocken spectre at Happo-ike pond

South side

Happo-ike pond

Happo-ike mirror

Happo-ike pond

Traverse

Mt. Karamatsu-dake

A snowy gorge

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