Kamihorokamettoku Refuge Hut

上ホロカメットク山避難小屋
Free Hut
Has water source
Has toilets
Mobile reception

Posted on Aug 27, 2021
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Posted on Aug 27, 2021

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The Kamihorokamettoku Hut (上ホロカメットク避難小屋) is a two-story wooden hut inspiringly located just below an exposed ridgeline between Furano-dake 富良野岳 and Tokachi-dake 十勝岳. The hut was rebuilt in 2022 - it's now a solid, dry, basic but comfortable hut. It is a is highly functional and a welcome reprise for hikers, especially in bad weather. Possible to camp outside hut.

Last updated Oct 18, 2023

Location

The Kamihorokamettoku Refuge hut is located 2km south-southwest of the Toachi-dake 十勝岳 summit, at an altitude of 1820m, here, at the southern end of the Daisetsuzan National Park.

General notes

The Kamihorokamettoku Hut is a newly-rebuilt (in 2022) two-story 35.6㎡ wooden hut inspiringly located just below an extraordinarily exposed section of ridgeline between Furano-dake 富良野岳 and Tokachi-dake. The hut is basic, but highly functional and a welcome reprise for hikers, especially in bad weather. The long-drop outhouse toilet is a welcome feature of the hut, particularly for hikers walking the Daisetsuzan Grand Traverse; it’s the only toilet in the entire southern portion of the Daisetsuzan Range.

  • Winter access to the hut: The Kamihorokamettoku Hut is often completely buried by snow in winter. Winter visitors may need to make use of a GPS and/or probe to locate the hut. You’ll likely need to dig down in the snow to locate the entrance. IMPORTANT: There have been frequent reports of doors being left open in winter at the hut, resulting in the entire hut filling with snow. When visiting in winter, make sure all doors are securely shut before leaving.
Capacity
Sleeps 30 people.
Official contact
Kamifurano Town (上富良野町)
TEL: 0167-45-6983
URL: http://www.daisetsuzan.or.jp/trail-news/hinan/
Maintenance
Kamifurano Alpine Association
上富良野山岳会
Booking

No need to book (bookings are not accepted nor possible).

Hut Fees

Free.

Facilities

Heating: None.

Water: There’s a large snow patch about 100m southwest of the hut which generally remains until mid to late August. Water obtained from the snowmelt should be purified or boiled before consumption (due to echinococcus parasite risk). From the hut, descend south along the lower horse-shoe trail for about 5 minutes. You may find a small trickle of snowmelt here from the snow patch just before a large dirt clearing in the alpine vegetation. If there isn’t any visible water near the trail, or it’s too scant to practically get into your water containers, from the clearing follow some rusty poles about 75m east-southeast away from the main trail following a shallow gully through the grass to a PVC pipe around here at N43.4056271 E142.6749047.

Kitchen/cooking: No kitchen or cooking facilities.

Bedding: Officially, it’s better to assume no bedding is available. That said, when we were there in October 2023, there was a moderate supply of heavy woolen blankets hanging in the hut, which we used as extra cushioning under our sleeping pads.

Elecricity: No.

Toilets: Basic long-drop outhouse toilets, just to the north of the hut. The hut requests all paper be packed out.

Cell reception: Very weak Docomo reception on the second floor of the hut, and relatively strong 4G reception on the ridge 50 meters up from the hut.

Hutkeeper

No hutkeeper present.

Related Maps

NOTE: For number references to official printed topographical maps, check the main route report ( Daisetsuzan Grand Traverse ).

Special Kamihorokamettoku Refuge  Hut Notes

The vast majority of huts in Hokkaido are 100% maintained through passionate volunteer time and effort. The Kamihorokamettoku Hut is no exception – the Kamifurano Alpine Association, local guides, and cash-strapped NPOs do what they can to keep this hut in usable condition. If you make a visit, please give the place a clean. Always leave a hut cleaner than you found it.

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Kamihorokamettoku Refuge Hut Difficulty Rating

Category

Grade

Points

Strenuousness

Vertical Gain

D

25

Time ascending

D

0

Technicality

Altitude

D

0

Hazards

D

Navigation

D

Totals

25/100

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.