Tenmaku-yama

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Tenmaku-yama (天幕山, 1052m) is a low-lying but prominent peak in the Kitami mountains, known for its easily accessed, sublime powder snow. With lappable slopes to the west and south of the summit, keen skiers with a day to kill will love a nice-weather day out on Tenmaku-yama. This route, access-ing the southern ridge via a steep climb up the ridge’s eastern flanks, tries to make the most of the down-hill slopes available. In the middle is a gorgeous wander through old-growth trees on a flat ridge.

LOCATIONTenmaku-yama sits about 10km east of Kamikawa Town in northern Hokkaido, to the north of the northern reaches of the Daisetsuzan range. This ski touring route up Tenmaku-yama starts at the entrance to a forest road off Route 274, about 12km east of Kamikawa village. See the Transport section for notes about alternative parking if this forestry road

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entrance is already full with cars.

GENERAL NOTESThere appears to be ‘many ways to skin the cat’ on this route, when it comes to ascending up the mountain. It appears (on Yamareco.com) that one of the more popular options is to walk slightly down National Highway 274 to join with the southeastern ridge at its terminus near the train tracks. Don’t do this. Crossing train tracks in Japan anywhere other than a level crossing is 100% illegal. The only feasible option for getting across the train tracks on this route is to cross at the level crossing on the snowed in forestry road. This leaves two options for routes. One is to follow the forestry road for just under 1.5km before climbing up to the upper ridge. This appears to be a relatively popular route.

The route we took involves less trudging along the forestry road, and rather climbs up the well-anchored but steep eastern flanks of the southeastern ridge, after about 500m on the forestry road, under the high-tension power lines. This allows for a steep tree-run on the way back, and still treats skiers to the gorgeous, mostly flat-land ridge-line walk through the forest along the southeastern ridge. Either way, the important thing to note is to only cross the train tracks at the level crossing.

ROUTE TIMING AND NOTESThis route is sporadically marked with tape tied to trees. Such markings are not official, however, so it’s best to assume you’ll be navigating on your own. Bank on just under two hours from car to summit, and about 40 minutes back down. Add on about an hour if skiing/lapping the western or other faces.

With skis in hand, walk along the forestry road to the level crossing. Check both ways and walk across if it’s safe to do so. Don’t cross with skis on (see General Notes for reasons for this). Once on the other side of the tracks, put the skis on and skin about 400m up the forestry road to where high tension power lines, marked on the topomap, cut across the valley, high above.Find a suitable snowbridge to cross the creek on and cut tight zigzags up the steep slope to the top of the southeastern ridge. From here, it’s mellow 1.5km walk through a mix of old- and new-growth forest to the base of the main southeast slope below the summit. Cut a long, sweeping, climbing traverse to the summit. Online, others note the south-western face from the summit has some

good lapping potential. The final return, however, is back the way you came – good skiing down the southeastern face, then some flat-land poling along the ridge before a final steep tree-run back to the forestry road. Remember to remove skis before crossing the level crossing on the way back.

TRANSPORTBy car: At the trailhead, there’s room for about 5-6 cars. If this is full, there’s a much larger official Route 274 parking area about 450m up the road. The trail-head is easily accessed via the Asahika-wa-Monbetsu Expressway – get off at the Kamikawa-Sounkyo Interchange (上川層雲峡IC) if coming from the Asahikawa direction, or the Ukishima Interchange (浮島IC) if coming from the Engaru direc-tion.Public transport: This route is not accessible by public transport.

SAFETY NOTESSkiers should take care when crossing the railway level crossing. Do not ski across the tracks – walk across with skis in hand. In winter, the level crossing warning lights and bells are not in oper-ation – check both ways and cross if the way is clear.

ONSEN NEARBYThere aren’t many onsen very close to Kitami Pass, or in Kamikawa Village. If your travels are taking you to Sounkyo, then the Kurodake no Yu (黒岳の湯) in Sounkyo (600yen per person) is a nice place for a soak. This place also serves delicious Italian food (pasta and pizza) in the ground floor restaurant. If staying at the great-value Rikugeian AirBnB in Pip-pu, then we’d recommend the Yuyu Pippu hot pools just up the road (游湯ぴっぷ, 500yen). Yuyu Pippu also serves good value food in their restaurant. ■

3.5hrsTime

558mTotal Climb

1052mHighest point

6.7kmDistance

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Jan-MarBest season

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