During a walk in Otaki's backcountry today I was greeted with the wonderful sight of Otake-san donning its robe of white for the first time this season. Rain yesterday in the village had translated to a light blanket of snow down to about 2,500 meters.As I gazed upon the mountain cool breezes rolled down the canyon and whispered in my ears. . ."winter is on its way". I walked back to town through shafts of soft light that filtered through tree tops at the canyon's rim while papery leaves whirled clumsily about me like a team of drunkards.
My last Otaki autumn for a while. The snows will be coming soon.Goodnight Ontake-san.
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It's nice to see the first snow on Ontake again. One of these days I'm going to make a (late) winter ascent.
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