Mt. Shiroumadake

Mt. Shiroumadake (Shiroma only) is a mountain at an altitude of 2932m in the rear Tateyama mountain range in the northern part of the Hida Mountains (Northern Alps). It spans Nagano and Toyama prefectures and is located in Chubuyama National Park. Along with the mountains of the rear Tateyama mountain range that continues to the south, it has a characteristic mountain landscape in which the slope of the both sides of the ridge line extending north to south is significantly different. There are no prefectural boundaries in the north-south area of ​​XNUM x m including the summit. There is a first triangle point at the top of the mountain, which is selected as the first 100 triangle mountains. In the valley on the east side is Hakuba Daisetsu, which is the largest snow mountain in Japan, with a large amount of snow in winter and avalanches from surrounding mountains. At the top of Yukige, a flower garden of one of Japan's leading alpine plants spreads in summer. It has been selected as Japan's Hundred Mountain, New Japan's Hundred Mountain, Flower's Hundred Mountain, and New Flower's Hundred Mountain. There is Hakuba-onsen, which is a hot spring located at one of Japan's highest heights, and a lotus-onsen at the north base of Hakuba Oike, at an altitude of XNUM x m in the middle of Mt. There are many elements that can be enjoyed, such as snowy valleys, flower fields, rocky areas, and mountain hot springs, and because transportation is relatively good, many climbers visit and get crowded in the summer. Hakuba Sanso, located just below the summit, is the largest cabin in Japan. Most of the summer mountain climbers climb through the Great Snow Mountain, and the Great Snow Mountain is often a long line during the summer vacation. However, it is necessary to be careful because Yukiegami has casualties due to falling rocks every few years. Until the middle of the Edo period on the Shinshu side, it is called "Nishidake" or "Nishiyama", and in Ecchu or Echigo Mt. Shiroumadake, Korenkazan, Hakuba Joruri Mt. Mountain) was called. The remains are still seen in Korenka Mountain and Renka Onsen, which are the highest peaks of Niigata Prefecture, continuing to the north. In addition, it was called Kamikomaga-tei on the western side of Koshinaka. Shimokomaga Pass for this exists in the north. The name "Shiroma-dake" comes from the fact that in spring it is thawed and rocks are exposed, and a black "day-throwing horse" snow form appears, so "day-throwing horse" → "day horse" → "shiroma" It is That is to say, the original notation was black "Yakuma-dake". On the occasion of the summit of Kita-Azumino-gun Mayor Omachi Primary School Chief Watanabe Toru et al. In 700 year, the notation of "Hakuba mountain climbing note" is left. In the 2,100 year (Taisho 1883 year), the topographic map of 1 / 50,000 by the land survey department recorded "Mt. Shiroumadake" instead of "Dr. It is suggested that it is a change of notation due to the fact that "Shirouma dake" was described as "Mt. Shiroumadake" early in the local area.