Snowshoe Trekking

Snowshoe Trekking

Blue sky, endlessly-fresh dancing powder snow. Come and enjoy this fascinating winter wonderland! The field covered with a marsh and bushes in summer, changes to a white snow field ideal for snowshoe trekking in winter. No skills or previous experience is necessary. You can enjoy the snow-covered world from the very day you start. Snowshoe trekking can even be enjoyed by those who are not athletic. You can walk on lakes or ponds. You can find the tracks of rabbits and squirrels in the forest. Let's enjoy a great variety of nature which can only be seen in winter in Urabandai.

Venue Details

Venue Details
Websitehttps://book.fukushima.travel/products/5a5c2a43-94bd-57ad-b2a0-9abe115f4538?lng=en-US
Contact

Outdoor Taiken no Yado (Hotel with outdoor experience) Moku-Moku Shikisai no Oka, Sobara, Urabandai Kogen, Yama County, Fukushima Pref., 969-2701

81-241-32-3010

Best Season
  • Winter
Opening Hours

None

ParkingFree parking available for 12 cars.
Related infoSnowshoe Trekking
Half Day Courses:
- Wood and Lake Nature Course (3,500 yen)
- Mysterious Goshiki-Numa Ponds Course (3,500 yen)
- Crater Course (Yellow Fall) (4,000 to 4,800 yen)

Other courses, including full day courses, are available. Please check the website above for information on tour seasons, dates and booking.
Language
Japanese only.
Access Details
Access Moku-Moku Shikisai no Oka, Sobara, Urabandai Kogen, Yama County, Fukushima Pref., 969-2701
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Getting there

By car: 30 min from Inawashiro/Bandai Kogen Exit on the Ban-etsu Expressway Brief Directions: Inawashiro/Bandai Kogen Exit on the Ban-etsu Expressway → Route 115 → Route 459 → Prefectural road 2 → Village road Sobara-ko Sen By bus: Take the Bandai-Toto Bus from JR Inawashiro Station. 10 min walk from Sobara-ko Mae bus stop.

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    A Snowshoe Winter Frolic

    Explore a winter wonderland in the Urabandai area. Not feeling up to skiing the slopes of Urabandai? Try a more casual activity that everyone can enjoy; snowshoe trekking through the wintery scenery of Urabandai in Aizu. Take a taxi from Inawashiro Station to Moku-Moku Shizen Juku. It is here that your authentic snowshoe trekking tour will begin. Walk along the snowy paths and see sights not offered by other sightseeing tours in the area. See winter up close and even chance to walk upon frozen lakes or ponds—with the guidance of your travel guide. What sort of animal tracks will you be able to spot along the way as you trek through the fresh snow? Feel the uncharted course of Aizu wilderness. Now that you have become accustomed to the Aizu winter, let’s try some skiing or snowboarding at Hoshino Resorts Nekoma Snow Park & Resort! With slopes for beginners or veterans, you will love everything that Hoshino Resorts Nekoma Snow Park & Resort has to offer. There are a number of facilities that offer snowshoe trekking experiences in the Urabandai area.

    A Snowshoe Winter Frolic

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