Mt. Tomuraushi
Location: Hokkaido
Elevation: 2,141 m
1/25000 map: Tomuraushi-yama (トムラウシ山), Tomuraushi-gawa (トムラウシ川), Oputateshike-yama (オプタテシケ山)
Season for hikers: late June to September
A deep mountain with continuous massive rocks in the Taisetsu mountains
Mt. Tomuraushi is located in the center of Taisetsu-zan National Park. The summit is complex terrain as a crator is sandwitched by twin peaks. Ainu’s ‘Playing Garden of God’ allegorizes a mountain scenery with continuous huge rocks and strangely shaped rocks, wide varieties of alpine plants and various size of lakes spreading out.
Sample hiking route
Distance (round trip): 16.2 km
Distance in elevation: 1,181 m
Difficulty during the best season: intermediate level
Trailhead: Tanshuku-tozanguchi (shortcut trailhead)
Route and estimated course time:
Shortcut trailhead -(1:30)- Kamui-tenjyo -(2:30)- Mae-tom-taira -(1:50)- Mt. Tomuraushi -(1:20)- Mae-tom-taira -(2:00)- Kamui-tenjo -(1:00)- Shortcut trailhead [10:10 in total]
Note: It is a gentle slope until Kamui-tenjyo. After Kamui-tenjo,the route is along a river. From Mae-tom-taira, the route becomes steeper with sand gravel. If hiking start at Tomuraushi Onsen, it takes two more hours.
Sample hiking route map
Hiking report
It is not available yet.
Directions
Public transportation
Haneda Airport (Tokyo) -[Airline]- Tokachi-Obihiro Airport -[Airport Bus]- Obihiro Station -[JR Hokkaido]- Shintoku Station -[taxi]- Tanshuku-tozanguchi (shortcut trailhead)
Flight information/Timetable:
Haneda Airport to Tokachi-Obihiro Airport: Tokachi-Obihiro Airport
Tokachi-Obihiro Airport to Obihiro Station: Tokachi-Obihiro Airport
Obihiro Station to Shintoku Station: JR Hokkaido
Hot bath after hiking
Higashi Taisetsu-so (東大雪荘)
Fee: 500 yen/adult
Bathing time: 12:00-20:00
Telephone: 0156-65-3021
