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Mount Yake
- Mapped trail
- 3.1 km+740 m · about 2 h · T3Ends 110 m below the summit.
- Prominence
- 368 m1,206 ft
- Isolation
- 4.2 km
- Tonight
- 6°CLight rain · Wind 17 km/h W
Mount Yake is a 2,455 m (8,054 ft) volcano in the Hida Mountains, Nagano Prefecture, Japan.
All facts
- Elevation
- 2,455 m · 8,054 ft
- Nearest higher peak
- Mount Kasumizawa (2,646 m)
- Range
- Hida Mountains
- Region
- Nagano Prefecture, Japan
- Protected area
- Chūbu-Sangaku National Park
- Coordinates
- 36.2265° N, 137.5879° E
How to get to the top of Mount Yake
3 mapped walking routes from where a car can get you, with distance and climb from the terrain model.
Easiest route: from 新中の湯登山口 (trailhead)
- Distance
- 3.1 kmone way
- Climb
- +740 m−18 m (2,428 ft up)
- Time up
- about 2 h
- Difficulty
- T3Demanding: exposed spots, some easy scrambling
The mapped trail ends 110 m below the summit. Above that there is no mapped path: expect glacier, scrambling or open ground, and go with a guide if you have no route-finding experience.
Other routes 2
Routes © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the ODbL. Climb from the terrain model. Trails change and maps miss things: check conditions locally.
Mount Yake 3D map
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Mount Yake terrain and contours
50 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. The route drawn is the easiest mapped one, from 新中の湯登山口. 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 Yake weather
Today · Heavy rain · 6 / 9°C (43 / 48°F) · 10.6 mm · Wind 17 km/h W
Mount Yake forecast for the summit, about 2,455 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 1,619 m.
- Today6°9°10.6 mm17 km/h WBase 11 / 14°
- Sun7°8°22.3 mm15 km/h WBase 12 / 13°
- Mon6°8°16.2 mm8 km/h SEBase 11 / 13°
- Tue-3°7°1.9 mm15 km/h WBase 2 / 12°
- Wed-8°-1°–13 km/h NWBase -3 / 4°
- Thu-2°3°0.1 mm10 km/h WBase 3 / 8°
- Fri1°6°0.8 mm12 km/h WBase 6 / 11°
- Sat-3°4°7.4 mm13 km/h WBase 2 / 9°
- Sun-6°1°–11 km/h WBase -1 / 6°
- Mon-3°0°2.0 mm16 km/h WBase 2 / 5°
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 Yake
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Mount Yake, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest hut
焼岳小屋
Nearest parking
2.6 km SSE
Nearest trailhead
新中の湯登山口
Nearest campsite
合掌の森中尾キャンプ場
How steep is the route to Mount Yake?
The easiest mapped route, 3.1 km from 1,619 m to 2,341 m. Steepest stretch: 37°.
- 0–15°1.7 km
- 15–30°1.4 km
Grades are averaged between profile points about 40 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.
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3 km; 112 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Mallard8
- Common selfheal8
- Japanese Macaque6
- Japanese rodgersia6
- Brown Trout4
- Pearly everlasting4
Where Mount Yake sits
- Range
- Japanese Alps12Hida Mountains9
- Region
- Nagano Prefecture18Japan153Asia964
- Protected area
- Chūbu-Sangaku National Park8
Nearby places
Kamikōchi↑4.7 km ENE
Karasawa Cirque↑9.8 km NE
Mount NorikuraPeak · 3,026 m↑14 km SSW
Mount YariPeak · 3,180 m↑14 km NNE
Mount TsubakuroPeak · 2,763 m↑23 km NNE
More in the Hida Mountains 4
Mount Yake downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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How accurate is this?
within 10 m This 3D map reads 2,449 m at the summit; the official height is 2,455 m.
A 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 2,455 m | — |
| Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page) | 2,449 m | -6 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 2,440 m | -15 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 2025 (scene 2025-11-30)
- 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
- Wikidata · OpenStreetMap · GeoNames · Wikipedia