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Mt. Jonen-dake (常念岳)
Hiking Schedule & Elevation Profile


With all the high-tech, fancy GPS gadgets these days, many folks will likely get a good chuckle out of this, but I felt the info below might possibly be of some benefit to future Mt. Jonen-dake hikers, so I've decided to post the hiking schedule & elevation profile from my Aug. 22, 2010 hike. I've also calculated the steepness (% grade) for the various sections of the trail. So here it is, for whatever it's worth:



Hiking Schedule & Elevation Profile
Ichinosawa Trailhead (一ノ沢登山口) to
Mt. Jonen-dake Summit (常念岳頂上)
Aug. 22, 2010


Time Place/event Elev. (m) Distance since last place (km) Elev. gain (m) Approx.
% Grade
5:00 Leave Ichinosawa trailhead 1260 - - -
5:10 Shrine 1320* 0.5 60 12
5:40 Otaki 1610 1.6 290 18
6:15 Eboshi 1750 0.8 140 18
6:40 Kasahara 1900 0.6 150 25
7:45 Last Water 2250 1.2 250 21
8:15 Bench 2400 0.5 150 30
8:35 Arrive
Jonen-goya
2460 0.5 60 12
9:00 Leave
Jonen-goya
2460 - - -
10:15 Arrive Jonen-dake summit 2857 0.9 397 44
10:35 Leave Jonen-dake summit 2857 - - -
11:35 Arrive
Jonen-goya
2460 - - -
12:20 Leave
Jonen-goya
2460 - - -
12:40 Bench 2400 - - -
13:00 Last Water 2250 - - -
14:15 Kasahara 1900 - - -
14:35 Eboshi 1750 - - -
15:15 Otaki 1610 - - -
16:05 Shrine 1320* - - -
16:15 Arrive Ichinosawa trailhead 1260 - - -
* the trail sign says 1480m, but that is obviously a mistake

               Total round-trip hiking distance: 13.2 km                            
 Total hiking time (including breaks): 11 hrs. 15 min.



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