Oct 25, 2013 - 1 min read

Leaving Gunma via the SCT

Snow Country Trail

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Not a bad way to wake up

Not a bad way to wake up (Photo: Matthew Shewchuk)

Looking through the haze

Looking through the haze (Photo: Matthew Shewchuk)

Passing the pass

Passing the pass (Photo: Matthew Shewchuk)

The other side (Photo: Matthew Shewchuk)

Shrine on the other side

Shrine on the other side (Photo: Matthew Shewchuk)

On the Niigata side

On the Niigata side (Photo: Matthew Shewchuk)

Summer flowers (Photo: Matthew Shewchuk)

Not a bad way to wake up

Looking through the haze

Passing the pass

Shrine on the other side

On the Niigata side

Following the Snow Country Trail from Gunma to Niigata, I managed to snag a sweet campsite with spectacular views down into the valley, only about an hour short of the pass. From this point the trail levels off as it passes one of the Mountain huts and its all downhill, literally. On the Niigata side, the SNC criss-crosses its way down into the valley. At this point in the season, the Niigata side was blooming with summer flowers. As I descended into the lush green native beech forests I could see the neighboring peak of Makihata, rising over the valley.

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