November 24th
Start&Finish:
The weather:
Outfit/Equipment:
Crowds:
Map:
Time:
Start&Finish: Ashigakubo station
The weather: Beautiful sunshine but cold, especially at the top!
Outfit/Equipment: warm trousers, long sleeve top, tshirt, light down vest, hiking shoes, hat.
Map: We followed this course.
Crowds: Not people evident when walking but lots of people eating bento at the top.
Time: 9:30 – 2pm
Difficulty: 25,286 steps
Believe it or not we actually managed to follow the map with (almost) no mistakes! It was rated as a more challenging course than the ones we had previously followed and it was a steeper, harder climb. It was a lot of fun though and not too difficult. There was a lookout point at the top where there was a wonderful view but an icy, biting wind so not really a place to linger at this time of year. The top of Maruyama is just under 1000m so it was also the highest mountain we’d climbed so far. The autumn colours were starting to appear and the odd tree lit up against the deep blue winter sky was stunning.
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