"Climbed Mt. Fuji (Fujisan) with Dennis Broadwell of Mountain Gurus in his August 22 2018 summit group. We climbed up using the Fujinomiya-Gotemba routs and stayed in a hut up on the mountain. We forewent the "sunrise summit" as it was raining at 3 AM and instead saw sunrise from the hut and had a bluebird summit day. We descended via the Prince route. Cole joined me and he also circumnavigated the crater with Dennis since they both had more energy than the rest of us. " — 40in40 • Aug 22, 2018

"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

"Yoshida trail “bullet”. http://www.fujisan-climb.jp/en/trails/yoshida.html Caught a late express bus from Shinjuku to Mt Fuji 5th Station https://highway-buses.jp/ Eked out time eating noodles in the warmth of the base station cafe before setting off at an ultra slow plod in the pitch black at 2145hrs local after the cafe closed. Arrived at the crater rim over 2hrs before sunrise. Found a spot and waited it out with the gathering numbers to view the sunrise “Goraiko”. Curled up and tried to doze but the wait was unpleasant in the chill gusting wind amid sandblasting swirls of volcanic grit. I ended up wearing every piece of clothing in a vain effort to stay warm despite having left Tokyo in sticky 84 degree heat just hours before. The grit got everywhere including the zoom mechanism of my camera lens which jammed. Top tip: pack breathing mask, ski goggles and space blanket. The sunrise was fab after which I set off on a clockwise circuit of the crater. Finished back down at the 5th Station at 0820hrs and lazed in warm sun with an ice cream for an hour waiting for my bus back to Tokyo. I’d bought a return ticket but were I to repeat I’d go down on the Gotemba trail ‘great sand run..." — davidb • Aug 24, 2017

"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