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Daisekkei
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Hitchhiking sign
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In front of Hakuba Station
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Hakuba Station
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The station-front shop where I rented my 700-yen crampons
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The ski jumps for the 1998 Nagano Winter Olympics
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Sarukura-so (mountain hut), elev. 1250m, where the trail begins
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The runoff from the Daisekkei (Great Snow Valley) forms the upper reaches of the Kita-Matsukawa River
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Hakuba-jiri-goya (mountain hut), elev. 1550m
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My hiking route --
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Upper reaches of the Kita-Matsukawa River
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Upper reaches of the Kita-Matsukawa River
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Enroute to Mt. Shirouma-dake
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"Almost heaven, West Virginia..."
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The beginning (bottom) of the Great Snow Valley
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Time to strap on the crampons
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Global warming?
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Daisekkei
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Atta boy, you made it to the top of the Great Snow Valley.
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Daisekkei
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Daisekkei
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Anybody know the name of this flower?
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Enroute to Mt. Shirouma-dake
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It's already the end of summer, so this stuff obviously never melts !
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Hiking route over to Yari-ga-take & Yari Onsen
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Chojo Shukusha (mountain hut), elev. 2730m
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View of Yari-ga-take
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Monument near the summit of Mt. Shirouma-dake
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The mammoth Hakuba-sanso,...
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View of Shozu-dake from the summit of Shirouma-dake
