4/3 新見温泉ー目国内岳ー岩内岳の縦走

Mt. Syakunage from around Niimi hot springs.

We climbed 30min from Niimi hot springs, and found Mt. Shakunage from here.

新見温泉から30分登ったところで、シャクナゲ岳が見えた。

Climbing with a ski & a snowboard to Mt. Mekunnai

We use mountain ski binding such as"Diamir" or "TLT". 

Snowboarders also use snowshoes or sprit boards. 

These equipments are indispensable for winter climbing in Hokkaido. 

通常は、ディアミールやTLTのような山岳スキー用の金具を使う。スノーボーダーは、スノーシューやスプリットボードを使う。いずれの装備も北海道の冬山には欠かせないものだ。

Smiling on the way to Mt. Mekunnai

We climbed the col of Mt. Mekunnai. We found a patch of blue sky occasionally. After that the wind through the pass was getting stronger and it made us wear a balaclava and a snow jacket. You can see Mt. Mekunnai behind us for which we were heading.

目国内岳手前のコルを目指して登る。時折、晴れ間が出てくるが、この後、風は強くなり、目出し帽とジャケットを着込む必要に迫られる。後に見えるピークが、最初の目標である目国内岳。

Climbing steep ridge

My ex-colleague college who belongs to Japan air force was attacking real steep ridge with ski in Mt. mekunnai.

目国内岳頂上への急な稜線をスキーで登る、昔の同僚。

Climbing ridge surrounded magnificent landscape

According to steep and hard slope, she changed a ski into a crampons 

and the others continually climbed with their own equipments. 

We were surrounded by a magnificent landscape in Niseko range on the way.

先頭の彼女は、スキーからアイゼンに履き替えて、他のメンバーはそのままの装備で登った。

稜線の登りでは、壮大なニセコ連峰の景色に包まれた。

 

Two ladies on the summit!

You can't see their faces(Sana and Rika) as they are covered with a balaclava.

 

Descending from the summit

Rika was trying to descend from the summit of Mt. Mekunnai. 

The view from there is Mt. Raiden which is located west side of Niseko range.

The Summit of Mt. Mekunnai

Many huge rocks are covered with icy snow due to wintry blasts.

 

Mt. Mekunnai

 funny lady

After descending Mt. Mekunnai 

we headed for Mt. Iwanai as you can see in this photo. 

On the way to Mt Iwanai from south side.

The summit of Mt Iwanai

Ocean views from the summit
When we reached the summit of Mt Iwanai, where we could see 
The Japan Sea view. We were going to ski form there.

 

Old ski course

Iwanai ski resort looks like the ruins. but the view from the course was really awesome and they had much snow. Yukako wanted to go down to " Old Dynamic course". The Japanese letters on the sign was so funny...

 

Niimi hot springs dinner

After finishing our ski trip, we were backed Niimi hot springs by my deposited car in Iwanai ski resort. Nimi onsen which  is along the route 268 was very nice because they had an open air mixed bath tub,and they provided light meal for all guests who paid 500yen to take bath.

The Over views of Niseko range

from North side of Niseko range.