Fuji 25.11.2013

DSCN0279 I took this train to go to Kawaguchiko Station at the foot of the mountain DSCN0287 heated Panasonic toilet seat in hotel DSCN0288 Complex controls for water jets DSCN0280 The next morning I saw this from the corridor window.
DSCN0281 It is a big mountain, 3700+m DSCN0282 There is some topography on the cone DSCN0283 Trails abound on this face DSCN0284 One would not likely get lost
DSCN0285 There is an ascending and a descending trail. DSCN0290 In the bus, the ideologic use of the mountains DSCN0344 The bus goes to 2350m, where we have the Fifth Station. DSCN0291 It is kind of like Timberline Lodge at Mt. Hood
DSCN0292 with typical photo shenanigans DSCN0294 I followed the only trail still open DSCN0295 and was soon all alone at tree line DSCN0296 The wind was very strong and whipped clouds around the mountain.
DSCN0297 Some kind of avalanche barrier at tree line DSCN0298 Sometimes the path was clear but mostly it was snowy. DSCN0299 Paper birches shredded by the winds DSCN0300 Sign and cinders
DSCN0301 Looking up the cone as the weather intensifies DSCN0302 Cloud wisps DSCN0306 Evidence of avalanches DSCN0307 Old birches
DSCN0309 the nature DSCN0314 Tree line ruin DSCN0315 Eroded hemlock at tree line DSCN0320 Guess which side the wind comes from
DSCN0321 Hemlock and lava DSCN0312 Cones DSCN0313 Cone close up DSCN0330 Birches "cones"
DSCN0322 Rhododendron flowers DSCN0323 Rhododendron DSCN0332 Bud DSCN0335 Shrub and overstory
DSCN0336 Back to the Fifth Station DSCN0337 Clouds streaming in from the south DSCN0340 Lenticular-like cloud around the cone DSCN0345 Trail map
DSCN0346 The rules to follow DSCN0347 but not just now DSCN0349 The southern Alps to the west DSCN0355 Temple (of the Winds?)
DSCN0358 Branches and cinder slopes DSCN0360 Temple detail DSCN0361 Temple detail DSCN0363 I think I saw this same lion on Wu Tai Shan in China
DSCN0364 Man and nature