Rock climbing on Echigo-Komagatake in Japan, 1 day

Come and spend a day rock climbing on the beautiful Echigo-Komagatake mountain in the Niigata prefecture of Japan with IFMGA certified guide Tatsuo.

Group

1 Day

Oct

High

Intermediate

Highlights

* Climb on Echigo-Komagatake, one of Japan's 100 most famous mountains.

* Enjoy the incredible views of the peak's surrounding area.

* Explore the Kinzansawa mine as you climb on the Sanashi walls.

Description

One of the 100 most famous mountains in Japan, Echigo-Komagatake (2002m) is a fantastic peak. Gorgeous and surrounded by lush natural landscape it is the perfect place to explore and spend a day. However, on this full day trip, you won’t just be exploring or admiring. Instead, you will be rock climbing on this incredible peak.

During this climbing trip, we will be scaling the giant Sanashi walls. These incredible walls will present participants with a challenging, thrilling and fun climbing experience. Moreover, the Sanashi walls of Echigo-Komagatake are near the enormous Kinzansawa mine. This mine will give you an added dimension to the area, as the site is amazing to view, particularly from up close, as you will be throughout the day.

An absolutely gorgeous surrounding area makes this trip to Echigo-Komagatake a must for anybody visiting the Niigata prefecture of Japan. And with the climb itself being a great chance to practice your existing skills, while also learning some new ones, I know you’ll have a wonderful experience.

If you would like to add some outdoor adventure to your visit to Japan, just send me a request. I have no doubt you’ll love climbing on the famed Echigo-Komagatake mountain.

Would you like to enjoy another rock climbing trip near Niigata? Then join me on this full day multi-pitch climbing trip on Mount Liji.

There is also a private version of this trip, and other similar rock climbing trips that you can check out here.

Price includes

- Guiding fee

About the guide

Tatsuo

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Mountain Guide

I'm an IFMGA certified mountain guide, based in Saitama, in the vicinity of Tokyo.

At around the age of 12, I was captured by charms of the mountains as I started hiking with my friends in Japan. My main passion changed from hiking, to rock climbing, to winter mountains, to climbing abroad, but I was never let go by the mountain charms since then..

I've been guiding since 1995 and have also been trained at ENSA, the French mountaineering school in Chamonix.
As a climber, I've opened numerous new free climbing and multi pitch routes and accomplished a lot of first ascents all over Japan.
My experience extends abroad as well, having climbed the classic big wall rock climbing routes on El Capitan (Yosemite), Marmolada / Cime Grande (Dolomites), Lotus flower Tower (Canada), Trango Towers (Karakoram), and Fitz Roy (Patagonia), and in alpine climbing, the famous north faces of the Alps (Eiger, Matterhorn, Drus), as well as ice falls and high altitude mountains (Aconcagua, Amadablam, K2).

Guiding is not something anyone can do.
A mountain guide needs to be an advanced climber. But being a good mountain guide requires completely different set of skills including rope works and it's not enough to just be an expert climber. As a mountain guide, I aspire to continuously learn new techniques and develop myself as a guide, so as to guide clients safely and surely.
Finally, it is not enough to just have the right skills and knowledge to be a good mountain guide. One must understand the needs of each client and try his / her best to ensure clients' mountain experience is enjoyable and memorable and /or that the clients have learnt the techniques to become a better climber / mountaineer. This is my motto.

Lastly, please note that I don't speak English fluently so I will be communicating to you in mixture of English and gestures (or Japanese, if you can understand!).

I hope you get to enjoy the mountains in Japan or elsewhere with me!

Languages

Japanese | English

Certificates

JMGA

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