Mt. Ena climbing record

For this climb 　Exertion Level：★★☆☆☆ 　Difficulty Level：★☆☆☆☆ 　Scenic Level：★★☆☆☆

For this climb
Exertion Level：★★☆☆☆
Difficulty Level：★☆☆☆☆
Scenic Level：★★☆☆☆

This Mountain's Information

□ Altitude：2,191m
□ Location：Nakatsugawa City, Gifu Prefecture (Click to view larger map)

Schedule

□ Duration：1 Day
□ Term of Climbing：05.02.2017 ～ 05.02.2017
□ Date at Summit： 05.02.2017

Weather

□ Weather：Mostly Sunny
□ Highest Temperature：14.0°C
□ Lowest Temperature：1.0°C

Climbing Course

□ Distance：12.5km
□ Cumulative Elevation：1,200m
□ Course：Hirogawahara Course
□ Further Information：Time Schedule

5:00 Parking Lot → 5:20 Hirogawahara Climbing Entrance → 8:00 Mt. Ena Summit → 9:00 Starting Descent → 10:40 Parking Lot

Approach to Starting Point

□ Transportation：Car
□ Time to Starting Point：About 2.5 hours from Mt. Arashimadake to parking lot, and about 4.5 hours from parking lot to Omiya by car
□ Further Information：Mt. Arashimadake － Tokai-Hokuriku Highway － Tokai-Kanjo Highway － Central Highway －（Mt. Ena）－ Central Highway － Metropolitan Highway － Omiya Station
※ There is a toilet at the parking lot. But I have no idea its conditions because I didn't use it.

Location

The Map of Climbing Course

Altitude × Temperature

Download GPS Data

2017-05-02_Mt.Ena.gpx　

My Impressions

　I had already climbed two mountains before attempting this one, so I was already tired before I started. The Car-trip was not comfortable, due to the chilly weather. Even in spring, it was just one degree Celsius. I suppose the temperature at the place that I stayed goes down so easily because it is located in the valley, where there is a mountain-stream. That might have been why the temperature was lower than usual. The chilly weather didn't matter to me. As I started my climb, I warmed up immediately.
　There are three possible paths to choose from. I chose the shortest one. I didn't know much about this mountain, so I thought the most popular course would be the best for me, as there would be many more climbers there, than other courses so I wouldn't get lost. On this course, I met a few dozen people during my climb.
　This mountain is known for limited visibility at the summit, so I wasn't looking forward to seeing any great views at the top. You can't see much at the top because the summit is surrounded by tall trees. I tried to find a clearing among the trees. Finally, I found a spot from which I could see almost all of the alps' mountains like Mt. Ontake, Mt. Yari, Mt. Kiso-Komagatake and so on.
　I stayed for about one hour at the summit. I usually stay less than 10 minutes at a summit. The nice weather and views made me comfortable, so I felt that the time flew by. Many of climbers didn't realize there was a spot like the one I'd found, so they gave up and missed out on the fabulous views. But, I didn't tell them about the spot I found because I didn't want to interrupt their climb.

Video Gallery

Video Collection on VIMEO

Photo Gallery

This mountain was surrounded by a lot of flowers and trees.

The snow has completely melted until the first walking about 1.5 hours.

It has just 3.1km of distance from starting point.

As I went up, I could see the views of alps mountains.

I wore spike-crampons because the path mixed snow with ice was slippy. But, it is not necessity. Almost all of climbers didn't use that kind of equipment.