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Mount Iwate Yanagisawa Trail (Old)

In the Ou Mountains

Local route5.3 km · 3.3 mi

Next nearby hike: Mount Iwate Yanagisawa Trail (New) 1.2 mi · 2.0 kmExplore Ou Mountains →

Iwate Prefecture, JapanIwate PrefectureMount Iwate Yanagisawa Trail (New) · Iwate PrefectureEndStart5 kmN ↑

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Best time to hike

No month meets all three rules below at this spot.

  1. J-3°-12°137
  2. F-3°-10°122
  3. M1°-6°180
  4. A9°-1°190
  5. M15°6°218
  6. J19°11°243
  7. J22°16°378
  8. A24°17°383
  9. S19°12°347
  10. O13°5°224
  11. N6°-2°220
  12. D-1°-8°179

Average high °C · low °C · precipitation mm per month. Highlighted: best months.

How we pick months

Best months are those where the 1981–2010 average daily high is 10–27 °C (50–81 °F), the average overnight low is 0 °C (32 °F) or warmer, and average precipitation is 200 mm (7.9 in) or less. Values are long-term monthly averages for the ~1 km cell at the trail point on the map, from CHELSA V2.1 climatologies (Karger et al., CC0), not a forecast. Higher or more exposed parts of a route can be colder, wetter or snowier.

About this trail

Mount Iwate Yanagisawa Trail (Old) is a local hiking route of about 5.3 km (3.3 mi) in Iwate Prefecture, Japan. It is in the Ou Mountains. It lies about 8.9 km northwest of Takizawa.

Short summary written from the trail facts on this page.

Trail facts

Mapped length
5.3 km · 3.3 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
Mountain range
Ou Mountains (GMBA)
Nearest town
8.9 km NW of Takizawa (Takizawa-shi, Iwate) · GeoNames
Country
Japan
Region
Iwate Prefecture
Continent
Asia
Route type
Local route
Route centre
39.8435, 141.0195
Route start
39.8344, 141.0392
OpenStreetMap
relation 18843225
How it’s scored

Hikers can rate difficulty from 1 to 10 (1 = flat, short, easy walk for anyone; 3 = gentle hills, a little effort; 5 = moderate climbs, some fitness needed; 7 = steep or long, solid fitness required; 10 = extremely strenuous or technical; long steep climbing; experienced hikers only). The community average is shown once at least 3 people have rated the trail; until then the official or computed score is used when we have one.

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