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Mount Norikura
- Easiest route
- 1.1 km+242 m · about 0.5 h
- Prominence
- 1,230 m4,035 ft
- Isolation
- 21 km
- Tonight
- 2°CLight rain · Wind 16 km/h W
Mount Norikura is a 3,026 m (9,928 ft) volcano in the Hida Mountains, Gifu Prefecture, Japan.
All facts
- Elevation
- 3,026 m · 9,928 ft
- Nearest higher peak
- Hotaka Mountains (3,190 m)
- Range
- Hida Mountains
- Region
- Gifu Prefecture, Japan
- Protected area
- Chūbu-Sangaku National Park
- Spanish name
- Monte Norikura
- Coordinates
- 36.1065° N, 137.5540° E
How to get to the top of Mount Norikura
The shortest mapped walking route from where a car can get you, with distance and climb from the terrain model.
From Road end, 0.9 km N of Mount Norikura
- Distance
- 1.1 kmone way
- Climb
- +242 m(794 ft up)
- Time up
- about 0.5 h
- Difficulty
- Grade not mapped
Routes © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the ODbL. Climb from the terrain model. Trails change and maps miss things: check conditions locally.
Mount Norikura 3D map
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Mount Norikura terrain and contours
100 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. The route drawn is the easiest mapped one. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.
West → east through the summit
Mount Norikura weather
Today · Heavy rain · 2 / 5°C (36 / 41°F) · 11.4 mm · Wind 16 km/h W
Mount Norikura forecast for the summit, about 3,026 m.
- Today2°5°11.4 mm16 km/h W
- Sun3°5°22.4 mm15 km/h W
- Mon2°3°20.0 mm9 km/h E
- Tue-6°4°1.4 mm15 km/h NW
- Wed-12°-4°–14 km/h NW
- Thu-5°-1°0.1 mm10 km/h SW
- Fri-3°4°0.3 mm12 km/h W
- Sat-7°0°5.4 mm13 km/h W
- Sun-9°-2°–9 km/h W
- Mon-6°-3°1.8 mm13 km/h W
Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 23, 23:19 UTC.
Camping & parking near Mount Norikura
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Mount Norikura, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest hut
頂上小屋
Nearest parking
Tatamidaira
Nearest campsite
一の瀬キャンプ場 (ichinose camp area)
All mapped places 9
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| 頂上小屋Hut | 0.1 km NNW |
| 肩の小屋Hut | 0.9 km N |
| Hut | 0.9 km NNW |
| TatamidairaParking | 2.0 km N |
| Parking | 3.0 km N |
| 三本滝駐車場Parking | 4.0 km ENE |
| 一の瀬キャンプ場 (ichinose camp area)Campsite | 5.7 km E |
| 飛騨たかね野麦オートビレッジCampsite | 5.8 km S |
| AiMiX南乗鞍BASECampsite | 5.9 km SSW |
How steep is the route to Mount Norikura?
The easiest mapped route, 1.1 km from 2,768 m to 3,026 m. Steepest stretch: 31°.
- 0–15°0.8 km
- 15–30°0.3 km
Grades are averaged between profile points about 20 m apart, so short steeper steps don’t show.
Land cover
ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.
Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.
Nearby summits
Named peaks within 4.5 km, measured from the Mount Norikura summit.
Summit list 7
- 1Mt. Byobu2,968 m 0.6 km SW
- 2高天ヶ原2,829 m 0.9 km SE
- 3Mt. Marishiten Dake2,872 m 1.1 km N
- 4Mount Fujimi2,817 m 1.7 km N
- 5里見岳2,824 m 1.9 km NNW
- 6Mt. Ebisu2,831 m 2.3 km N
- 7Mt. Ohguro2,772 m 2.4 km NNE
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 4.5 km; 157 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Komakusa35
- Mountain Harebell24
- Aleutian heather16
- Alpine Accentor15
- Pedicularis japonica15
- Lingonberry14
Where Mount Norikura sits
- Range
- Japanese Alps12Hida Mountains9
- Region
- Gifu Prefecture5Japan153Asia964
- Protected area
- Chūbu-Sangaku National Park8
Nearby places
Mount YakePeak · 2,455 m↑14 km NNE
Kamikōchi↑17 km NNE
Karasawa Cirque↑23 km NNE
Mount OntakePeak · 3,067 m↑25 km SSW
Mount YariPeak · 3,180 m↑28 km NNE
More in the Hida Mountains 5
Mount Norikura downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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How accurate is this?
11 m low This 3D map reads 3,015 m at the summit; the official height is 3,026 m.
Why: a 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a sharp summit gets rounded off.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 3,026 m | — |
| Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page) | 3,015 m | -11 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 3,000 m | -26 m |
Data sources
- Terrain
- Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
- Imagery
- Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-10-11)
- Land cover
- © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
- Facts
- Wikidata (CC0)
- Routes, Camping & parking
- © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
- Summits
- © OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
- Wildlife
- iNaturalist community observations, counts only
- Accuracy comparison, Panorama
- Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
- Forecast
- Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
- Sources
- Official website · Wikidata · OpenStreetMap · GeoNames · Wikipedia