大洞山

2023年04月18日(火) [日帰り]

• GPS: 03:34
• 距離: 9.3km
• 登り: 420m
• 下り: 631m

コースタイム

日帰り

• 山行: 3:02
• 休憩: 0:24
• 合計: 3:26

距離 9.3km 登り 420m 下り 642m

11:01 大垂水バス停
11:18 松枝峰
11:23 11:24 大洞山
11:28 尾上峰
11:34 11:35 コンピラ山
11:46 高岩山
11:50 中沢峠
11:55 11:56 中沢山
12:04 12:21 見晴台
12:30 入沢山
12:34 12:35 東山
12:40 12:41 西山峠
12:46 泰光寺山
12:59 13:00 三沢峠
13:03 榎窪山
13:24 草戸山
13:27 境川源流
13:32 草戸峠
13:44 13:45 拓殖大西尾根分岐
14:18 四辻
14:27 高尾山口駅

天候

Cloudy with occasional breaks of sun.

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利用交通機関：

電車 バス

This walk starts at Oodarumi Pass which is at the top of Route 20 which leads through the Takao mountain area to Lake Sagami on the other side. There is only a single bus in the morning that takes this route and which departs from Takaosanguchi Station at 10:24 on weekdays (see link below). This bus was extremely busy, to the extent that it was too full for all the people waiting for it to get on board and some had to be turned away. Fortunately we had arrived about twenty minutes before the bus was due to leave, so were close to the front of the queue.

The bus originates in Hachioji and passes through Takao, so one approach would be to try and get on board the bus at a stop before Takaosanguchi Station.

The walk ends at Takaosanguchi Station on the Keio line with regular (two or three an hour) express trains to Shinjuku.

Link to bus timetable: https://www.kanachu.co.jp/dia/diagram/timetable/cs:0000800353-24/nid:00128938/dts:1681840800

コース状況／危険箇所等

The course was well maintained and easy to follow, but in contrast to my most recent walk past from Kagenobu Mountain to Shiroyama, some of the paths are much narrower.

写真

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During the winter you should get a good view of the area around Lake Sagami for much of the early part of the walk.

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Don't dig up the flowers!

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The woods have been cleared along a short section of the walk with some benches to enjoy the view.

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感想

marukun

This walk is south of Route 20, the main road leading across the Takao area to Lake Sagami. Compared with the Takao range north of route 20 there is only a small section of mountain to walk through and relatively few paths, however this route follows a ridge that allows a very scenic view over the Lake Sagami area, although for most of the route the view was obscured by trees at this time of year. It would be well worth coming back in the winter to enjoy the views.

The start of the route is a little difficult to access, requiring either a bus (only one in the morning and so overcrowded that, the day we went, not everyone was able to get on) or a taxi, which from Takaosanguchi Station would probably be about JPY2,000-3,000. An alternative could be to take the cable car up to Mount Takao and then walk to the start of the walk on the north side of Route 20, but this would be quite a but longer than the route shown here.

However the walk itself was very pleasant and much less busy than the area around Mount Takao itself. Much of the first half to two thirds of the walk was throughbroadleafed areas (see the photos) and very little through the dark, pine tree forested areas you often find on the lower slopes of Japanese mountains.

The latter third or so of the walk, in particular after turning to the north, was much tougher though with a great deal of up and down, so make sure to save some energy to the end and try not to get dispirited as once again you find yet another climb looming in front of you.