茂倉岳避難小屋
Gunma · Japon0 mUnguardedVerified listing
The place
茂倉岳避難小屋 (Mokura-dake Emergency Refuge) on the Tanigawa-dake ridge, on the Niigata/Gunma border (Japan), at 1,881 m elevation. Continuous Japan cluster (batches 233+248+260+261). An unstaffed emergency refuge on the ascent routes of Tanigawa-dake (1,977 m, one of the deadliest mountains in the world for climbing, 800+ deaths since 1931). Home to sasa (dwarf bamboo), Japanese white pine and rhododendrons.
The setting
Tanigawa-dake Niigata/Gunma Japan 1,881 m, continuous cluster batches 233-261, Tanigawa 1,977 m 800+ climbing deaths since 1931, sasa/white pine.
