Ogawayama

Ogawayama

Ogawayama

Mountain in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan

Ogawayama (小川山) is a 2,418m tall mountain on the border of Nagano and Yamanashi prefectures in Japan. It is a famous rock climbing area. The rock in Ogawayama consists of granite.

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Some famous boulders can be found in Ogawayama. Such as Captain Ahab, the first boulder problem opened in Japan in 1980,[1] and the notorious Banshousha slab boulder. There is multipitch climbing up to 9 pitches. The routes are generally not bolted.[2]

References

  1. [1]
    "GLOBAL - Climbing News". Retrieved 2016-11-11.
  2. [2]
    Jonas Wiklund (November 2006). "Bouldering in Ogawayama". UKClimbing.com. Retrieved 2016-11-11.


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