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Mountain-climbing Routes

Guide to Mountain-climbing Routes

We’ve posted principal climbing routes in the Ishizuchi Mountain Range here
excerpted from the “Route Map & Grading for the Ishizuchi Mountain Range.”
Please refer to this guide when selecting climbing routes, whether you are a beginner or a veteran, as routes vary in their levels of difficulty and stamina requirements.
* “Route Map & Grading for the Ishizuchi Mountain Range” can be downloaded as a PDF.

7Mount Ishizuchi-zan (Tsuchigoya)
Stamina Level
★★
Difficulty Level
B
Total Course Time
3.8
Route Length (km)
9.2
12Mount Ishizuchi → Kamegamori (Jōju (Ropeway) / Kamegamori parking area)
Stamina Level
★★★★
Difficulty Level
B
Total Course Time
8.3
Route Length (km)
16.4
13Mount Iyo-fuji (Mt. Kanpū-zan Tunnel South Entrance)
Stamina Level
★★
Difficulty Level
B
Total Course Time
3.8
Route Length (km)
5.9
16Mount Ōzare-yama (Mt. Ōta-ogoe Trailhead)
Stamina Level
★★
Difficulty Level
A
Total Course Time
3.3
Route Length (km)
4.7
17Omogo-kei Gorge – Mount Ishizuchi (Omogo – Tsuchigoya)
Stamina Level
★★★★
Difficulty Level
C
Total Course Time
7.5
Route Length (km)
12.8
18Kamegamori (Kamegamori parking area)
Stamina Level
Difficulty Level
A
Total Course Time
1.5
Route Length (km)
3
21Kamegamori → Mount Sasaga-mine (Kamegamori parking area – Mt. Sasaga-mine Trailhead from Saijō-shi/ Saijō City side)
Stamina Level
★★★★
Difficulty Level
B
Total Course Time
10.2
Route Length (km)
16.7
25Mount Kanpū-zan – Mount Sasaga-mine (Mt. Kanpū-zan Tunnel South Entrance – Mt. Sasaga-mine Trailhead from Saijō-shi city side)
Stamina Level
★★★
Difficulty Level
B
Total Course Time
5.1
Route Length (km)
7.9
26Mount Kanmuri (Takayabu Trailhead)
Stamina Level
★★
Difficulty Level
B
Total Course Time
4.4
Route Length (km)
8.3
27Mount Kuromori-yama (Mt. Sasaga-mine Trailhead from Saijō-shi city side)
Stamina Level
★★
Difficulty Level
B
Total Course Time
4.5
Route Length (km)
7.6
31Mount Sasaga-mine → Mount Noji-mine (Mt. Sasaga-mine Trailhead from Saijō-shi city side – Asatani Trailhead)
Stamina Level
★★★★★★★★
Difficulty Level
B
Total Course Time
21.8
Route Length (km)
30
35Mount Saraga-mine → Mount Ishizumi-san (Kumakōgen-chō town Higashimyōjin Mominoki – Maegumihonmura)
Stamina Level
★★★★
Difficulty Level
B
Total Course Time
10.4
Route Length (km)
17.6
40Mount Tebako-yama – Mount Tsutsujō-zan (Ōtaki Trailhead – Tsuchigoya)
Stamina Level
★★★
Difficulty Level
C
Total Course Time
6.1
Route Length (km)
11.5
41Mount Dōgamori (Umega-ichi)
Stamina Level
★★
Difficulty Level
B
Total Course Time
4.7
Route Length (km)
7.3
43Mount Dōgamori – Mount Ishizuchi (Hoino – Tsuchigoya)
Stamina Level
★★★★★
Difficulty Level
C
Total Course Time
8.4
Route Length (km)
17.2
44Mount Noji-mine (Asatani Trailhead)
Stamina Level
Difficulty Level
A
Total Course Time
2.4
Route Length (km)
3.1
45Mount Higashimitsumori-yama (Mt. Ōta-ogoe Trailhead)
Stamina Level
★★
Difficulty Level
B
Total Course Time
3.1
Route Length (km)
4.5
48Mount Heikedaira → Mount Kanpū-zan (Takayabu Trailhead – Mt. Kanpū-zan Tunnel South Entrance)
Stamina Level
★★★
Difficulty Level
B
Total Course Time
7.3
Route Length (km)
12.8
50Mount Mitsumori-yama (Mt. Mitsumori-yama Trailhead) < Mitsumori-tōge Pass>
Stamina Level
★★
Difficulty Level
B
Total Course Time
3.4
Route Length (km)
5.6

YAMAP

Japan’s largest mountain-climbing & outdoors community, an offline GPS map app that can be used even in the mountains where there is no cellular coverage. After downloading the app onto your smartphone, it can be used free of charge with the setup of an account. Routes marked with ayamap in the “Grading Guide for the Ishizuchi Mountain Range” (PDF) are presented in the app’s map as well. Search for “Mount Ishizuchi” from the start screen after login and you will be able to make route selections after downloading the map.

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