Distance
5hrs
Time
Ascent
Highest point
Difficulty
Best season
Last updated Jul 13, 2021
This route is at the southern end of the Mashike Range, and just west of Mt. Pinneshiri, which overlooks the Takikawa Plains, about 60km north of Sapporo City.
The route is well marked and well defined. Note that there is an ‘A’ and ‘B’ route to the summit. Take either of them up, and the other one down, to avoid back-tracking.
About 3 hours from trailhead to summit, and 2 hours back down to the carpark.
There are only sporadic route markers, but the trail is well defined.
Transport
Public transport:
This route is not accessible by public transport.
By car:
There is a large parking area in front of the Domin-no-mori Campground (location).
Hut(s)
None
NOTE: The GSI 1/25000 topo map(s) above can be purchased for 350yen each from Kinokuniya bookstore next to Sapporo Station or online (in Japanese).
route safety
Much of the route is on ridgelines, which are quite exposed. Make sure to bring plenty of water – there isn’t much shade up on the tops
Weather forecast
Onsen nearby
If you are headed back to Sapporo, there is a nice onsen in Tsukigata Town – the Tsukigata Yurikago Onsen near the campground (here).
Guide Options
If you’d like to hike this route and/or explore other hikes in the central Hokkaido area together with a local certified guide, get in touch with Yasuko Kikuchi. Born and raised in Hokkaido, she’s a JMGA-certified guide now based in Sapporo. Her outdoor experience is broad and worldwide, having worked as a Canadian Ski Patrol member, and has sumitted a number of 6,000m+ peaks around the world. She speaks good English. In addition to Yasuko, also see a full list of English-speaking Hokkaido Mountain Guides Association (HMGA) guides on the HMGA website here.
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The summit of Mt. Kamuishiri is a grandiose one. An embossed metal plate sits embedded in concrete, and points out the surrounding peaks. A summer haze prevented us from seeing much of those larger peaks to the east and north, so we gobbled some lunch and started on down the B-course. This would take us on a loop back to our starting point.
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Category
Grade
Points
Strenuousness
Vertical Gain
35
Time ascending
3
Technicality
Altitude
6
Hazards
Navigation
Totals
44/100
GRADES range from A (very difficult) to D (easy). Hazards include exposure to avalanche and fall risk. More details here. Rating rubric adapted from Hokkaido Yukiyama Guidebook 北海道雪山ガイド.
2 thoughts on “Kamuishiri-yama Day Hike”
Hi Rob,
Thanks for sharing all those great trips, it is my number one source of inspiration when planning trips in Hokkaido!
I am planning to do this one in late September. Seems like the Hokkaidowild map is not available #404 NOT FOUND# If by any chance the map is still available it would be great!
Hi Thomas, thank you for the kind words! Unfortunately, I posted this trail before I was making the English-language topomaps, and therefore it’s still on the to-do list 🙂 It’s a well defined trail though, so I’m sure you’d be OK with something like OpenTopomaps on your smartphone (https://opentopomap.org/#map=16/43.50040/141.66162). I hope this helps!