In the rugged heart of the island of Hokkaidō lie 17 peaks over 2000 m high, known as the "Roof of Hokkaidō". All are contained in Daisetsuzan National Park, a mountainous hiking paradise and Japan's largest national park at over 2,200 sq km (Daisetsuzan means "Great Snowy Mountains"). The 17 volcanic peaks in this challenge lie in 3 groups: Daisetsuzan Volcanic Group to the north, Tokachi Volcanic Group to the southwest, and Shikaribetsu Volcanic Group to the east. Some of these peaks have no official trail to the summit which gives this challenge a true wilderness flavor.
Highest peak
Asahi-dake
7,513 ft / 2,289 m
Most prominent peak
Asahi-dake
7,513 ft / 2,289 m prom
Most summited peak
Asahi-dake
20 summits
Most difficult peak
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Difficulty breakdown
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Highlights
Latest summits
"Ascended into the clouds. 10 others descended in the cloud and fog down the ridge. We pushed onto the summit. Decided to ski the backside in a nauseating zero visibility fog. Contoured back to gondola in a full whiteout. 6 hrs round trip." — alexjoseph • Feb 6, 2018
"Peak 4 on our four peak loop. The last section was full of fumaroles making it hard to breath. I was coughing a lot and the smoke left a bad taste in my mouth. This is a very active volcano" — seancasserly • Aug 10, 2017
"Easy half day hike from top of ropeway. Fumaroles were very active. If I had more time, I would have liked to do a multi peak loop around the daisetsuzan group to avoid all the tourists" — seancasserly • Aug 9, 2017
"Incredible day. Was snowing big light flakes on the approach, but we decided to go for it with forecast of calm and sunny. And it delivered. We bagged the false summit and then with volcanic steam, we traversed around the cone, almost bailed due to sulfur burning nostrils, but persevered to a yellow snow (sulfur) summit with stunning views of the range above the clouds. Then almost a 1000m ski descent including turns in the volcanic steam. 6 people on the summit on another incredible "explore" day!" — alexjoseph • Feb 5, 2017
"Top 5 ski days in lifetime. First bluebird day in a week. Summited Asahdake (highest in Hokaido) then did a 1100m descent traverse off the north side...crud to powder to wind blown ramp to volcanic crazy landscape contouring and finally powder shot to valley bottom. One skin up and then long skinless run all the way back to hostel." — alexjoseph • Feb 17, 2015