Excerpt: The fall foliage in the Takase Gorge are known as one of the prefectures leading scenic spots. Mt. Yarigatake (3,180 m) is the source of the Minamata River that flows into the Takase River.
The river then flows through 3 dams, furthest upstream is the Takase Dam, followed by the Nanakura Dam and Omachi Dam.
[Takase Dam] Being the second highest dam in Japan, behind Kurobe dam, with the crest height of 176 m, Takase dam is the foremost rock-fill dam in the country. The dam was built using rock and gravel excavated from the area now flooded by the lake.
ブナ立尾根
Start of the twelve stages to Eboshi Hut
ブナ立尾根
With a gradient of ~23 degrees and ~6hrs trekking time, it is one of the three steepest ascent in the Northern Alps
烏帽子小屋 Eboshi Hut
烏帽子岳 Mt Eboshi 2628m
烏帽子 (hiragana えぼし, rōmaji eboshi): a type of black-lacquered court cap originating during the Heian period, previously worn only by men of a particular social status, and now worn in certain Shinto ceremonies and by gyoji presiding over sumo matches
三ッ岳 Mitsudake 2845m
野口五郎岳 Mt Noguchigoro 2924m
水晶小屋 Suisho Hut
鷲羽岳 Mt Washibadake 2924m
三俣山荘 Mitsumata Hut
三俣山荘 Mitsumata Hut - Camp Site
三俣山荘 Mitsumata Hut - Restaurant with view