向平山

志高湖からラクテンチ経由の周回ルートで行ってきました。 湖、里山、滝、廃墟となかなかの贅沢コース。 後半は少しバテ気味になり体力的にはちょいキツいコースでした💦 前回は時計周りで行き道迷いも何度かしましたが、半時計周りはピンテも確認しやすかったのでスムーズに進む事が出来たような気がします。

今回は師匠とここと志高湖周辺のお山をぐるっと巡ってきました✨🏞️ 綺麗な志高湖に癒され🦢涼しくていいお天気の中のお山巡りはとっても楽しかったです❗️ 途中のグレーピーク、向平山では苦手な踏み跡なしの激登り激下り🌀😵‍💫ざれてる激下りが苦手で🥹練習をしなくては🥹 ラクテンチは連休なので人がたくさん🎡 そこから立石山への登山道はガラリと雰囲気が変わって、荒れていてるのと急登とで色々と面白かったです😅 使われなくなったロープウェイの下を登る急登もかなり足が鍛えられました🤣💦廃墟になったロープウェイ乗り場も、使われなくなりそのままになってちょっと寂しい感じ🥹 昭和にタイムスリップしたあとは、アップダウンを繰り返し、志高湖🦢へゴール💞ファミリーで賑わう中、美味しいアイス🍦とアイスコーヒーで癒されました🥰 なかなかマニアックな💞見どころ満載なルートで楽しかったです🤭明礬温泉♨️と、おうどんを楽しみ帰路につきました🙋✨ 志高湖が本当に素敵で、キャンプされてる方も沢山いていつか志高湖でキャンプ🏕️なんて出来たらなぁ😊💕 師匠いつもありがとうございます✨😆今回も素敵なお山と優しい山友さんに感謝です🍀☺️✨

Started from the lower level of Rakutenchi. Went up through the trail, reached mt. Otobaru and then continued on the path towards Otobaru waterfall. At the fork I took a little detour to check on the waterfall. There used to be two waterfalls there when I had gone in the past but now there is only one, I think after an earthquake. Went back to the junction and continued the trail which goes round the waterfall. It is not well maintained, at some point a part of the trail had gone down and in another point it was blocked by two fallen trees which you had to go over them. After reaching a subodam I saw a car wreckage and went down to check it out, was kinda spooky. After a while the trail opened up and became a lumberjack road. Kept on walking, at some points where the road had probably deteriorated they had put metal plates with the sign of Mickey Mouse. Passed by a parked track with nobody inside and while I was hiking one more car passed me by, these were the two cars I saw walking on that road. A small 5-10 minutes detour took me to the mt. Shihonhata summit, there were no views. A bit more walking after and at some point there was an orange sign for the trail towards mt. Mukaihira, had to walk under an electricity tower. At some point I reached what looked like the end of the trail on a little ridge, need to be careful there as it's easy to make a mistake, had to a turn behind a sign and go steep down. And finally the last part was a pretty steep up, had to hold myself from trees. Reached mt. Mukaihira summit, no views there either. Had to be careful on the way down as it was really steep! Went back through the same way but just before I reach the junction for the waterfall I decided to check on a little path and found a little surprise there :) Continued down and reached Rakutenchi lower level, it was a nice hike. And when I went home I found out a tick had hitched a ride with me, so be careful of ticks if you hike there.