Tag - Subashiri Trail

Hikers and clouds as we descend from Mt. Fuji

Climbing Mt. Fuji: The Descent

Mt. Fuji Summit Time: ~9am   Elevation: 3,775m To read about our ascent, click here! To read about our time at the summit, click here! The ascending trail is too steep and too crowded to have people descend on it at the same time, so the decent is actually carried out on a...

Climbing Mt. Fuji: The Summit Shuffle

Subashiri Trail Station 7.5 Time: 1am   Elevation: 3,200m To read the first part of this series, the ascent, click here! It’s so much fun to sleep on a rock-hard futon cramped between two other people in a hot room surrounded by snorers, 600m in vertical elevation away...

A tower of rocks on the Subashiri Trail, Mt. Fuji

Climbing Mt. Fuji: The Ascent

I cannot believe that this time last year, Hunter, Nikkita, and I were climbing Mt. Fuji together! Since the mountain is closed to hikers this season because of Covid-19, read on and hike with us instead! Tune in tomorrow for part two, The Summit Shuffle! The Subashiri Trail 5th Station...