Mount Kurobegorō Explained

Mount Kurobegorō
Other Name:	黒部五郎岳
Elevation M:	2897.48
Elevation Ref:	^[1]
Map:	Japan
Map Size:	220
Label Position:	none
Listing:	List of mountains in Japan 100 Famous Japanese Mountains
Language:	Japanese
Pronunciation:	pronounced as /ja/
Location:	Takayama, Gifu Prefecture Hida, Gifu Prefecture Toyama, Toyama Prefecture Japan
Range:	Hida Mountains
Coordinates:	36.3925°N 137.54°W
Coordinates Ref:	^[2]
Topo:	Geospatial Information Authority 25000:1 三俣蓮華岳 50000:1 槍ヶ岳
Easiest Route:	Hike

is one of the 100 Famous Japanese Mountains,^[3] reaching the height of 2839.580NaN0. It is situated in Japan's Hida Mountains in Gifu Prefecture and Toyama Prefecture. It was specified for Chūbu-Sangaku National Park on December 4, 1934.^[4]

Outline

The origin of the mountain's name is the meaning that the stone rolls. It is called "gōro" in Japanese. This mountain is also located at the source of the Kurobe River. Then it is called "Kurobe-Gorō".On the hillside on the east side, there is big Cirque geographical features that is the hollow where the shovel was scooped out.The upper part of this mountain is situated in Tree line region, Siberian Dwarf Pine and Alpine plant grow naturally. There are quite a lot of kinds of alpine plants in the surrounding, and it is selected to "the 100 famous Japanese mountains of flower" by Sumie Tanaka.^[5]

Mountaineering

In December 1931, Buntarō Katō of Japanese mountain climber climbed it alone.

Main ascent routes

There are several climbing routes to the top of the mountain.^[6] ^[7]

Hietsu-shin-dō
Kamioka-shin-dō
Arimine-guchi
The west Ginza diamond course (from Oritate – Mount Kurobegorō – to Mount Yari)

There are the Ridge Line and Cirque routes from the Kurobegorō hut to the top.

Mountain hut

Thera are several mountain huts around Mount Kurobegorō.

– in the col between Mount Kurobegorō and Mount Mitsumatarenge (with Campsite)
– in the col between Mount Yakushi and Mount Tarō (with Campsite)
– in the col between Mount Mitsumatagenge and Mount Washiba (with Campsite)

Alpine plant

A lot of Alpine plant are seen in the surrounding.

Geography

Nearby mountains

Mountain	Elevation	Distance from the Top	Note
Mt. Yakushi 薬師岳	2926.010NaN0	8.51NaN1	100 Famous Japanese Mountains
Mt. Kitanamata 北ノ俣岳	26620NaN0	41NaN1
Mt. Kurobegorō 黒部五郎岳	2839.580NaN0	01NaN1	100 Famous Japanese Mountains
Mt. Mitsumatarenge 三俣蓮華岳	2841.230NaN0	4.31NaN1	300 Famous Japanese Mountains Boundary of three prefectures Toyama, Gifu and Nagano
Mt. Kasa 笠ヶ岳	2897.480NaN0	01NaN1	100 Famous Japanese Mountains
Mt. Yari 槍ヶ岳	31800NaN0	11.21NaN1	100 Famous Japanese Mountains

Rivers

The mountain is the source of the following rivers, each of which flows to the Sea of Japan.

Nakanomata River (tributary of the Takahara River)
Kanekido River (tributary of the Jōganji River)
Uma River and Gorō River (tributaries of the Kurobe River)

Notes and References

Web site: Information inspection service of the Triangulation station. Geospatial Information Authority of Japan,(高山-槍ヶ岳-三俣蓮華岳). Japanese. December 29, 2010. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20090609164634/http://sokuservice1.gsi.go.jp/datums/. June 9, 2009.
Web site: Map inspection service. Geospatial Information Authority of Japan,(高山-槍ヶ岳-三俣蓮華岳). Japanese . December 29, 2010.
Book: 100 Famous Japanese Mountains . Kyūya Fukada . Kyūya Fukada . The Asahi Shimbun Company. 4-02-260871-4. 198 . Japanese . 1982.
Web site: Chūbu-Sangaku National Park. Ministry of the Environment (Japan). December 29, 2010. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120227172634/http://www.env.go.jp/en/nature/nps/park/parks/chubu.html. February 27, 2012.
Book: 100 Famous Japanese Mountains of flower . Sumie Tanaka . Bungeishunjū. 4-16-352790-7. 221–224. Japanese . 1995.
Book: Alpen guide: Kamikōchi, Mount Yari and Mount Hotaka . YAMA-KEI Publishers. 4-635-01319-7. Japanese . 2000.
Book: Mountain and plateau map of Mount Tsurugi and Mount Tate . Shobunsha Publications. 978-4-398-75716-6. Japanese . 2010.