What an incredible sunrise! Mount Cho delivers again :)

In this episode, I head from camping on Mount Chogatake at the Chōgatake Hütte down into Kamikochi via Tokusawa-en. My Zpacks triplex tent stayed up great all night, but there was a lot of condensation in the morning after the temp dropped just before sunrise. I let it dry for a bit and got a later start hiking since I wasn't in a rush. Worth it to dry out!

The hike down started on the ridge, quickly went down into such a pretty forest (with LOTS of mud and bog like areas). Then, it become lots of steep steps down onto roots and rotted out wooden ladders. I didn't love the last mile down to Tokusawa, but I loved the forest right down from Mount Chogatake.

I met an awesome Japanese woman who named herself my "mountain momma"; she was with me to see the Okojo and Glory in the last episode. We had another great chat for breakfast, and I will always remember her! Shout out to my Mountain Momma!

The views along the way down of the Hotaka Mountain Range are insanely beautiful once again. Happy happy!

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