Mt. Hayachine
Location: Iwate
Elevation: 1,917 m
1/25000 map: Hayachine-san (早池峰山), Takabiyama (高桧山), Matsukusa (松草), Rikuchu Kawauchi (陸中川内)
Season for hikers: June to October
A mountain famous known for bloom of alpine plants and flowers
Mt. Hayachine is famous for a flower-carpeted hillside, with special species including “Leontopodium hayachinense” which is more beautiful than Edelweiss. Moreover, alpine plants including endemic species bloom in rocky ridge over 1,300 m above the see lebvel. Mt. Hayachine is formed with Mesozoic formation, the oldest geology in Japan, and is a monadnock which had withstood an erosion caused by glaciers the glacial epoch.
Sample hiking route
Distance (round trip): 7.1 km
Distance in elevation: 867 m
Difficulty during the best season: intermediate level
Trailhead: Kawarabou
Route and estimated course time:
Kawarabou -(2:00)- Zukouri -(1:30)- Mt. Hayachine -(0:50)- Gogoume (5th station) Okanekura -(1:00)- Odagoe -(0:30)- Kawarabou [6:10 in total]
Note: The route from Kawanobou (Kawanobou route) is steepr than the route from Odagoe (Odagoe route). In rainy days, the Kawanobou route should not be choosen for the downhill way because it becomes slippery. For inexperience hikers, it may be better to use a shuttle bus to Odagoe and hike only the Odagoe route.
Sample hiking route map
Hiking report
It is not available yet.
Directions
Public transportation
Tokyo Station -[JR Tohoku Shinkansen]- Shin-Hanamaki Station -[Iwateken Kotsu Bus]- Ohasama Bus terminal -[Iwateken Kotsu Bus]- Kawanobou (traihead)
(Bus directly to Kawanobou from Shin-Hanamaki Station may be run. It does not run in 2013 season.)
Flight information/Timetable:
Tokyo Station to Shin-Hanamaki Station: Ekitan
Shin-Hanamaki Station to Ohasama Bus Terminal and to Kawanobou: Iwateken Kotsu Bus
Hot bath after hiking
Seikanoyu(精華の湯)
Fee: 500 yen/adult
Bathing time: 6:00-22:00
Telephone: 0198-27-4008
