Daily Archives: March 18, 2017


I hadn’t expected such a grandiose summit at the top of Mt. Mekunnai (目国内岳 – 1,220m). The summit looks pointy from a distance, but we were not prepared for the great frozen mountain of boulders, encrusted in a winter’s worth of wind-blown snow and frost, that greeted us almost out of […]

Mt. Mekunnai Ski Tour (Niseko Range, Hokkaido, Japan)