雲取山 2017m in 2017! - A rainy day hike

2017年10月04日(水) [日帰り]

• GPS: 07:39
• 距離: 21.2km
• 登り: 1,596m
• 下り: 1,579m

コースタイム

日帰り

• 山行: 6:31
• 休憩: 1:08
• 合計: 7:39

7:28 丹波山村村営駐車場
7:34 7:34 小袖緑道あがり
8:50 8:51 堂所
9:24 9:28 七ッ石小屋下分岐
9:31 9:34 七ツ石小屋
9:45 9:46 七ッ石小屋上分岐
10:14 10:14 ブナ坂
10:43 10:43 奥多摩小屋
10:49 10:49 ヨモギノ頭
11:10 11:10 小雲取山
11:25 11:27 雲取山避難小屋
11:29 11:32 雲取山
11:34 12:23 雲取山避難小屋
12:32 12:32 小雲取山
12:45 12:46 ヨモギノ頭
12:50 12:50 奥多摩小屋
13:13 13:14 ブナ坂
13:39 13:42 七ッ石小屋下分岐
14:08 14:08 堂所
15:03 15:03 小袖緑道あがり
15:07 15:07 丹波山村村営駐車場
15:07 ゴール地点

天候

It rained off and on with only a little break in the weather at the end of the climb

アクセス

利用交通機関：

自家用車

We parked at the 丹波山村村営駐車場 area. I don't often say this but the toilets at the parking area looked newly built. They were great! It was nice to have a good place to change clothes and clean up before and after the hike.

コース状況／危険箇所等

There really weren't any dangerous areas but the rain made the path a bit muddy for the first and final 2km or so.

その他周辺情報

Along the hike there are several places to get water so it is a good idea not to over fill your water bottles/hydration bag. There are two huts along the climb that are staffed and one emergency hut at the peak.

写真

10/4 7:31

Ready for a LONG hike. It would be 22km round trip. The longest 1-day hike for all of us.

10/4 7:33

Come on. You have to hike this mountain this year. Makes me wonder if anyone will still be climbing it next year or not.

10/4 7:34

Obligatory sign picture!

10/4 9:34

I didn't take many picture before because of the rain but here is the 七ツ石小屋(ななついしこや). We just used the front area to help protect us from the rainfall.

10/4 9:47

Just after you leave the 小屋 there is a place to fill up with fresh water.

10/4 10:11

Onward to 雲取山！

10/4 10:20

This was about the best weather we saw on the climb. After this large flat area it got quite cold and windy.

10/4 10:24

When these yellow flowers die, it looked as if someone had set fire to the field.

10/4 10:35

Though it was hazy (ガス), we still appreciated the break from the rain.

10/4 11:30

A stone marker! Wow! The only other place I can remember such and expensive sign was on the top of Mt. Fuji.

10/4 11:32

We made it! Cold and wet but we made it! Happy 2017 up on 2017m.

10/4 11:50

My kind friends brought a burner with them so that we could enjoy cup-noodle in the emergency shelter at the top of the mountain for lunch.

10/4 12:57

There's the other mountains!

10/4 12:58

A short pause to enjoy the elusive mountains surrounding us.

10/4 15:07

We made it back the parking area in pretty good pace. Now, it's time to hit the onsen!

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感想

andypj1

We had a later start than we had wanted but we were all in good spirits for the climb. The long drive from Kofu to 丹波山村 gave us plenty of time to have good conversation.

Finding the parking area was a little bit difficult because the road was quite hard to find and VERY narrow. Also, the road was covered with fallen chestnuts so (マロン・栗).

Because this was a weekday, the parking area wasn't full at all by the time we arrived. We changed clothes and prepared our gear for the climb. At first we put
on full rain gear but found that after the first 45 minutes, it was a little to hot to have our jackets on. It was a good thing that we kept on our rain covers for
our backpacks because the rain kept coming.

One of the funniest things we saw during the ascent was an older man (probably in his late 60s) pass us carrying a broken umbrella and a small radio. We are
all in pretty good shape and were moving at a good pace but this man made it
seem like we were crawling up the mountain. It was impressive!

The weather was cooler so none of us drank as much water as we normally do which allowed our packs to be a little bit lighter for the long climb.

For the first 5km of the climb there were signboards at regular intervals describing the history of the path and various natural landmarks that held some historical significance.

It was surprising to reach a large plateau area so flat that you could drive a small car on it. As we moved past the 奥多摩小屋(おくたまごや) the ascent quickly steepened, the rain started to fall again, and there was a sharp drop in temperature. We reached the summit and quickly made our way into the emergency shelter for a lunch break. There was quite a large group of people with the same idea.

I'll never forget a conversation that we had with another climber. Everyone in the hut agreed that the weather today was really bad. One of the climbers in my group said, 「今日の山が雲取らないですね」. We all laughed but one of the other climbers was so impressed by the joke that he continued to laugh about it even as he was exiting the hut.

We started our descent down the mountain and I think I was little overconfident. I slipped and fell because I was moving to quickly down the mountain but, thankfully, didn't rip my jacket on rocks.

The muddy path before had turned into what looked like a small river which we had to walk through. It made our climb down much slower than it might have been if it was a dry day.

We arrived back at the parking area and were quite happy to arrive at the のめこい湯。I highly recommend the onsen. The walk up to building crosses the river which was quite peaceful.

Good friends and good conversation made up for this bad weather hike.