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.
Mount Ishizuchi-zan (Tsuchigoya)-
- Stamina Level
- ★★
- Difficulty Level
- B
- Total Course Time
- 3.8
- Route Length (km)
- 9.2
Mount Ishizuchi → Kamegamori (Jōju (Ropeway) / Kamegamori parking area)-
- Stamina Level
- ★★★★
- Difficulty Level
- B
- Total Course Time
- 8.3
- Route Length (km)
- 16.4
Mount Iyo-fuji (Mt. Kanpū-zan Tunnel South Entrance)-
- Stamina Level
- ★★
- Difficulty Level
- B
- Total Course Time
- 3.8
- Route Length (km)
- 5.9
Mount Ōzare-yama (Mt. Ōta-ogoe Trailhead)-
- Stamina Level
- ★★
- Difficulty Level
- A
- Total Course Time
- 3.3
- Route Length (km)
- 4.7
Omogo-kei Gorge – Mount Ishizuchi (Omogo – Tsuchigoya)-
- Stamina Level
- ★★★★
- Difficulty Level
- C
- Total Course Time
- 7.5
- Route Length (km)
- 12.8
Kamegamori (Kamegamori parking area)-
- Stamina Level
- ★
- Difficulty Level
- A
- Total Course Time
- 1.5
- Route Length (km)
- 3
Kamegamori → 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
Mount 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
Mount Kanmuri (Takayabu Trailhead) -
- Stamina Level
- ★★
- Difficulty Level
- B
- Total Course Time
- 4.4
- Route Length (km)
- 8.3
Mount 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
Mount 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
Mount 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
Mount Tebako-yama – Mount Tsutsujō-zan (Ōtaki Trailhead – Tsuchigoya)-
- Stamina Level
- ★★★
- Difficulty Level
- C
- Total Course Time
- 6.1
- Route Length (km)
- 11.5
Mount Dōgamori (Umega-ichi)-
- Stamina Level
- ★★
- Difficulty Level
- B
- Total Course Time
- 4.7
- Route Length (km)
- 7.3
Mount Dōgamori – Mount Ishizuchi (Hoino – Tsuchigoya)-
- Stamina Level
- ★★★★★
- Difficulty Level
- C
- Total Course Time
- 8.4
- Route Length (km)
- 17.2
Mount Noji-mine (Asatani Trailhead)-
- Stamina Level
- ★
- Difficulty Level
- A
- Total Course Time
- 2.4
- Route Length (km)
- 3.1
Mount Higashimitsumori-yama (Mt. Ōta-ogoe Trailhead)-
- Stamina Level
- ★★
- Difficulty Level
- B
- Total Course Time
- 3.1
- Route Length (km)
- 4.5
Mount 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
Mount Mitsumori-yama (Mt. Mitsumori-yama Trailhead) < Mitsumori-tōge Pass>-
- Stamina Level
- ★★
- Difficulty Level
- B
- Total Course Time
- 3.4
- Route Length (km)
- 5.6
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 a
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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