(トムラウシ山) Mt. Tomuraushi Hike

Yikes. This is a very remote mountain.

Budget: JPY10,000 (~USD90) from Obihiro Station

• JPY10,000. Car rental + gas. 
  

Hike Date / Difficulty (Elevation: 2,143m / 7,031ft)

• 2021
• Difficulty: 5 out of 5.
• Route below is around via Onsen: 22.6kilometers, with an elevation change of ▲2,032m/ ▽2,032m (10h40m)
• via Parking: 17.6kilometers, with an elevation change of ▲1,740m/ ▽1,740m (8h40m)
• Map Link

When to Go
When I was checking the logs, there was one as early as March (just one who's brave enough), and a lot til October. So I'd say don't do it between November and March.

Special Notes

• Weather check: Japanese / English
• Loop of Mt. Asahi - Mt. Tomuraushi - Mt. Tokachi means a four day-3 night hike, covering around 63.7kms, with an elevation change of ▲4,899m/ ▽4,977m. 
• Trailheads.  
• Tomuraushi Onsen (トムラウシ温泉). Only one with public transportation access, if you can even call it that. 
• Train to Shintoku Station.
• From Obihiro Station, JPY2,130, 31 minutes. (via Obihiro Airport). Earliest ETA: 07:16am.
• From Kushiro Station, JPY6,360, 129 minutes (via Kushiro Airport). Earliest ETA: 08:34am.
• From Ashikawa Station, you'll have to go to Sapporo Station.
• From Sapporo Station, JPY6,360, 121 minutes. Earliest ETA: 08:49am.
• Shuttle, Shintoku Station (新徳駅) to Tomuraushi Onsen (トムラウシ温泉)
• via Shuttle. 
• Not operational for 2020.
• Reservations needed. Website here.
• Two buses a day: 08:45am and 04:15pm (which means if you are coming from Sapporo Station, you won't make it)
• via an Inn's pick up service (東大雪荘). Those staying in the inn can use the shuttle service, which is only available when the shuttle above is not in operation.
• Parking close to Tomuraushi Onsen. Google maps pin.  It's the shortest course, in fact, the trailhead is named "Tomuraushi Shortest Course trailhead". No public transport access.  
• Mountain huts.
• Paid: None.
• Free: None.
• Camping: 南沼キャンプ地, near the summit. 

Itinerary

• Start hike.