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posted: March 31st, 2014 |
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This page begins with March 16th and our 102nd climb of Mt. Takao and our 46th climb of Mt. Kobotoke-Shiro-yama to check on the progress of spring. WOW! Lots of snow on Mt. Takao! Click on any thumbnail to begin.
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We climbed Mt. Takao and Mt. Kobotoke-Shiro-yama on March 16th. WOW! We had never seen so much snow on the trails there. It was even more amazing considering that the heavy snow was exactly 4 weeks ago. In the first photo I am crossing OVER a barricade support that is intended for going UNDER. The 2nd shot shows Kazuya standing beside a different one. The 3rd shot shows snow in a valley a short ways up Trail #6.
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The first shot in this row shows Kazuya on the snowy trail. Maybe not impressive for you if you live in snow country, but it was absolutely amazing for us. The 2nd shot, however, shows that spring IS coming though - the flowers of the Chrysosplenium album var. stamineum are just beginning to open. The 3rd shot shows me and an unknown person on the snowy trail.
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Here are 3 shots of Mt. Fuji and Mt. Tanzawa (the mountain to the left of Mt. Fuji), taken from the summit of Mt. Takao (599 m = 1,965 ft). You will note that this was quite a hazy day. Most of the stuff in the air is probably pollen - allergy season is upon us - the air is filled with Cedar and other pollen. We are not usually bothered much by this, but this year even our eyes are itchy.
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One final shot from the summit of Mt. Takao and then a shot of the trail as we approach I-Ccho-Daira, on our way to Mt. Kobotoke-Shiro-yama.
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Heading down the Hikage Creek Forest Road we found more signs of spring - a single flower of Viola grypoceras. The shop at the summit of Mt. Kobotoke-Shiro-yama was not open today and we wondered why. We were planning to have a bowl of their delicious Nameko (a kind of mushroom) soup with the lunch which we brought with us. Then, a short distance down the Hikage Creek Forest Road we found out why the shop was not open! SNOW!!! It has the road blocked and in some places it looks like there is probably some road damage caused by snow slides.
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We never dreamed that there could be THIS MUCH snow on the Hikage Creek Forest Road. All 3 of these shots show me as I walk across the snow drift. We thought there was a lot of snow here last year when we took the center photo in Row 1 HERE last year. |
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These 2 photos were taken at a lower elevation on the Hikage Creek Forest Road - in this area they had cleared the snow.
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