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Toh no dake via Yabitsu (solo) + ヤビツ峠~塔の岳 (ソロ)

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Summary : I need sunglasses and crampon to climb Tanzawa between Dec to March.   Even though I visited the same exact mountain in the last week, I wanted to climb up there from the other side my myself. I originally planned to start from the bus stop at  Yabitsu peak, but I heard the bus stop was temporarily closed down due to the snow fall last week. So, I decided to get off at the alternative bus stop at  Minoge  bus stop. It left Hadano station at 7:05 and reached the destination around 7:30ish. Hadano - Minoge time table Hadano - Yabsitu time table      It took 1 hour extra walk to get to Yabitsu peak using Kashiwagi path. The path is peaceful with natural fountain and old remains of villages. That was good. However, when I reached Yabitsu peak, there was a bus. Geez, the bus line was fine and operating. I should have taken the bus line to Yabitsu bus stop to save my energy for an hour's walk, but well, Kashiwagi path was beautiful and useful connecter between Yabi

Toh no dake via Baka ridge with dog 塔ノ岳 バカ尾根 with 犬+家族

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    Even though I am still under my rehabilitation regimen, I was craving for hiking. So I decided to climb up Toh no dake . This is the first attempt of the long hike after my injury.     I usually prefer Mt. Hiru in Tanzawa, located in the north side of the area, however, since my left arm is not completely recovered yet, I decided to climb more popular and well-managed mountain than rusty Mt. Hiru , so that the risk of tripping over on the route is relatively less, presumably.     The Ohkura route has steep stairs literary forever to the top of Toh no dake . The route is called Baka -O-Ne (A ridge with simple, stupid stairs) Since this route is quite well-known, well administrated and have huts and bathrooms.     We left home around 4:45 am, and reached to the 24 hour  parking lot  nearby the entry point of the hiking trail in Okura around 6:15 am. The parking fee is 800 yen for a day. The parking lot machine only accepts 1000 yen bill and coins.     It was cloudy on that