Mt Loch (1887m) Day Hike
If you’re looking for an easy hike near Mt Hotham that delivers amazing views without a full day’s commitment, Mt Loch hike is a great option for you! Standing as…
If you’re looking for an easy hike near Mt Hotham that delivers amazing views without a full day’s commitment, Mt Loch hike is a great option for you! Standing as…
Mt Wills is a lesser known trail hike that delivers incredible “bang for your buck”. At 1750m, it sits on par with the elevation of most of Falls Creek and…
Known as the “Island in the Sky,” Mount Buffalo is an unexpected yet accessible granite plateau in Victoria’s north-east. With a starting elevation of around 1300m, the park features a…
A steep but beautiful alpine hike with expansive high-country views, spectacular outlooks back toward Dead Horse Gap, and a summit perspective toward Mount Kosciuszko where the final patches of snow…
This hike to Akakuradake (1545m) is a 5.5km return hike with 321m of elevation gain that starts and finishes at the Hakkōda Ropeway Sanchō-kōen Station (山頂公園駅). The Hakkōda Mountains (八甲田山)…
Finding hikes with exposed jagged peaks and ridge lines is not easy in Australia. In fact most of the things we call “mountains” here, including our tallest peak, feel like…
Much like Shikoku, Osaka and Nara aren’t the first places that come to mind when foreigners think about snow or tall mountains in Japan. Despite that we enjoyed a magical…
This 24.5km overnight loop (or circuit) hike to The Bluff is a massive trek with 1,661m of elevation gain (most of which is on the first day). Starting from the…
A moderate but well located (accessible by train) hike in the heart of Shikoku. Kajigamori is not the biggest and most beautiful mountain around but it is accessible by train…
The Kepler Track is a well-known multi-day “Great Walk”, but what if you don’t have the time for a great walk, the weather is bad or like us …you just…
This hike to Yakedake’s North Peak (焼岳北峰) is a 7km return trek with 811m of elevation gain in Nagano. Starting at an elevation of 1,600m near Nakanoyu, it tops out…
Mount Kamegamori (瓶ヶ森, 1897m) sits on the border of Tokushima and Kochi Prefectures and spectacularly overlooks the famous (and tallest on Shikoku) Ishizuchi-san. It is short and fairly easy 3km…
If you’re chasing a classic ridgeline and exposed peak hike, the Mt Feathertop via the Razorback hike is the gold standard. As Victoria’s second highest mountain at 1,922m, Feathertop is…
Mt Tsurugi 剣山 is easily the most well known hike in the Iya Valley. The climb offers an accessible way to experience the peaks of Shikoku, featuring an optional single…
Mount Kunimi (国見山) is a 1409m peak close to the popular gateway to the Iya Valley, Oboke. Kunimizan is on the Shikoku Hyakkumeizan “100 Famous Mountains” list. It is a…