The Best Trails in Gumma (Japan)

2013-05-05 前袈裟丸山

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sebastien.picard

Distance

6.39mi

Elevation +

3114f

TrailRank

68

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Short day hike to Mae Kesamaru in Gunma prefecture. Access: by car 国道 122 until 小中 and then 県道 268 until the intersection (7.2km) make a right and continue to the trail head (6.6 km). There is a lot of fallen rocks on...

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2014-07-20 谷川岳

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sebastien.picard

Distance

10.13mi

Elevation +

5285f

TrailRank

66

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Day hike to Tanigawa-dake. The rode the first train to Dai station, reaching there at 8:33. There are very few trains after Minakami (about 1 every 3 hours) and normally from my place in Tokyo I can't reach it even wi...

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2014-03-22 赤城山

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sebastien.picard

Distance

15.11mi

Elevation +

5171f

TrailRank

66

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Day hike to Akagi It's been a very long time I'm familiar with the shape of Akagi for it's visible from my in-law's. The strange thing is that I waited so long before going there. This time my plan was faulty as I fa...

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2014-05-17 妙義山縦走

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sebastien.picard

Distance

5.35mi

Elevation +

4491f

TrailRank

64

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Day hike to Myogi-san We pitched the tents at Michi no eki, it is just at the foot of the mountain and so quite convenient. The drawback is that there is a lot of traffic and it is very noisy.
From there one can see t...

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2014-04-20 武尊山

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sebastien.picard

Distance

6.62mi

Elevation +

4580f

TrailRank

64

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Day hike to Hotaka-yama, Gunma prefecture. Until few days earlier the forecast was rain but it changed to clouds so with a slight hope we might be above the clouds there was no longer anything holding us back. On o...

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2013-10-14 谷川岳

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sebastien.picard

Distance

14.50mi

Elevation +

8104f

TrailRank

64

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Long hike in Tanigawa The day finally came, after waiting for more than 6 months, to get to Tanigawa and it didn't disappoint. Considering that I'm limited to day-hikes and that it's about 4 hours to get there by trai...

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2015-06-01 一ノ倉沢南稜

Rock Climbing

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sebastien.picard

Distance

13.98mi

Elevation +

2093f

TrailRank

61

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Day climb on the South ridge of Ichinokura sawa (一ノ倉沢南稜） NB: Due to the sheer faces of the mountain in that area, the gps track is highly compromised and absolutely unreliable on the field. If you're thinking of downl...

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Mt. Narugami, Mt. Azuma - Kiryu

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Carlcarlcarl

Distance

8.67mi

Elevation +

3068f

TrailRank

37

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Great views from the top of Narugamiyama. Some nice viewpoints along the way. 99% of the trail is shaded by lush green canopy so ideal for a sunny day. You can take a bus almost to the start of the trailhead but yo...

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2019-12-07 谷川岳西黒尾根

Alpine Climbing

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sebastien.picard

Distance

10.83mi

Elevation +

4967f

TrailRank

34

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水上駅 5:34 ロープウェイ駐車場 7:39 1430m 10:46 谷川岳トマの耳 14:38 肩ノ広場 15:14 熊穴沢避難小屋 15:51 天神平　16:23:57 Taking advantage of the relatively warm and low-wind weather, after a week of daily snowfalls we went to Tanigawa-dake vi...

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2014-04-28 子持山縦走

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sebastien.picard

Distance

18.07mi

Elevation +

7198f

TrailRank

34

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Day hike to Komochi-yama From my wife's place to the station there are 4 km but the first train is particularly late: 6:02 AM so no need to rise before 4:30 AM. From Shikishima station it's a good 5 km to the trailh...

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2013-02-02　大幽洞窟

Snowshoe

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sebastien.picard

Distance

4.51mi

Elevation +

991f

TrailRank

32

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It took some time but finally the first snowshoe hike of the year. We went with Forest & Water for a 1-day tour in Minakami around Hotakayama. The trail we followed in not on the yama to kogen map, nor is the cave but ...

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小中新地林道

Off Road

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Tetsuya Akahori

Distance

8.65mi

Elevation +

748f

TrailRank

30

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Trail from Tonemachi-komatsu to Tochihara passing through: - dà lóng (6.9 km) #overlandingjapan #overlanding #camp #natureservice #toyotatrucks #hilux #gr #hilux4x4 #4wd #bodylift #offroad4x4 #offroadlovers #offroadi...

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Sakuhara-Sori Forest Road

Road Motorbike

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glenn.gv.gould

Distance

6.89mi

Elevation +

2621f

TrailRank

29

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This forest road connects Sori of Gumma Prefecture Midori City to Sakuhara of Tochigi prefecture Sano City.The road on the Midori City side was undergoing pavement work, but it opened on November 6, 2017. From now on, ri...

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2023JP 27 YOKOTEYAMA 横手山

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noGPS

Distance

10.13mi

Elevation +

2628f

TrailRank

27

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==== ATTENTION! ==== THIS IS NOT A CONTINUOS TRACK RECORDING. The real distance can be MUCH LONGER than the recorded one. The vertical distance (up and down) can be longer, too. USE A MAP to follow the route described be...

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2023JP 26 KUSATSU 草津町

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noGPS

Distance

15.43mi

Elevation +

1578f

TrailRank

25

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==== ATTENTION! ==== THIS IS NOT A CONTINUOS TRACK RECORDING. The real distance can be MUCH LONGER than the recorded one. The vertical distance (up and down) can be longer, too. USE A MAP to follow the route described be...

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2023JP 25 TSUMAGOI 嬬恋村

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noGPS

Distance

9.75mi

Elevation +

778f

TrailRank

25

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==== ATTENTION! ==== THIS IS NOT A CONTINUOS TRACK RECORDING. The real distance can be MUCH LONGER than the recorded one. The vertical distance (up and down) can be longer, too. USE A MAP to follow the route described be...

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2015-05-31 有笠山

Rock Climbing

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sebastien.picard

Distance

2.18mi

Elevation +

180f

TrailRank

25

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Earlier in the morning we were biding our time at Ichinokurasawa deai, expecting the rain would cease and that the afternoon sun may allow the rocks to dry, yet it didn't happen like that. The rain was gaining in intensi...

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2014-01-03 Louis, Papa et Maman à Seibu park

Walking

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sebastien.picard

Distance

0.50mi

Elevation +

13f

TrailRank

23

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Short walk at the Seibu park with Louis. Louis is already like me, he needs his fix, he needs wear the soles of his shoes, to put down the miles. Today I made him walk another km, running after other kids and big dogs, ...

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2014-01-01 Louis et Papa au parc

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sebastien.picard

Distance

0.45mi

Elevation +

56f

TrailRank

23

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First day of 2014 With Louis we went to a park to make him run. There was a playground with a slide and a few swings. Louis likes both and doesn't like when he has to stop playing. A few times he suddenly made a rush b...

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2013-12-30 Louis et Papa au coucher de soleil

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sebastien.picard

Distance

0.69mi

Elevation +

33f

TrailRank

23

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Just before the sun disappeared I went out with Louis. I couldn't find a great spot as there were many power lines and houses to occluded part of the sky. Louis enjoyed the ride on my shoulders and was happy to play wi...

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2013-07-14　Louis, Papa et Maman à 榛名山

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sebastien.picard

Distance

1.23mi

Elevation +

961f

TrailRank

23

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We took Louis to the mountains for the first time. We used the ropeway to get to the top of Haruna in Gunma and escape the heat of the plain. At around 1400m it was much cooler than mountains around Tokyo. Louis didn't s...

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2013-12-31 Louis, Papa et Maman à 子供の国

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sebastien.picard

Distance

1.55mi

Elevation +

390f

TrailRank

23

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The last day of 2013, We went to a park the 3 of us. Louis managed to walk more than 1 kilometer. It wasn't the first time, a few day ago I took him to the nearby supermarket and even further. Now he can walk without s...

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Mt. Akagi - 赤城山

Trail Running

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kusanagi

Distance

2.71mi

Elevation +

1145f

TrailRank

20

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A quick one! In fact I was on my way to Motegi’s Honda collection hall, but couldn’t help to stop and have a look at the mountain. Started the climb at 15:50 and reached the top 40 minutes later, at 16:50 was back in th...

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2014-04-29 Louis, Papa et Maman à フラワーパーク

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sebastien.picard

Distance

2.25mi

Elevation +

676f

TrailRank

20

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We went to flower park, there were carpets of tulips in full bloom besides lots of structures for kids.

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Ryokamisan Feb 11, 2011

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edukei

Distance

8.75mi

Elevation +

3825f

TrailRank

16

Trail from Hinata Ooya（日向大谷) to Ryokamisan (両神山）and back. This was done in heavy snow and the track may be off a bit. About 1300 total positive climb in 5.5km

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