大滝キャンプ場（船形山登山口）

船形山登山口。 紅葉の時期は朝から満車。 山深く夜は星がキレイだろうか。

林道は悪路の為、車を選ぶ 普通車では行くべからず キャンプ場入口からはなぜか舗装されている

船形山登頂の最短ルート。ただし道中がかなり険しく、車高の低いクルマでは苦労すると思います。

10月3日_キャンプ場は名のみでとても荒廃しています。たどり着くまでの林道が、まさに林道!タイヤがパンクするレベルです。ぜひ一度体験して下さい。ただ今回は船形山登山が目的、楽しい孤独な一人山旅でした。

確かに案内通りに行くと険しい林道が待ち構えているが、県道147号線の旗坂経由の林道だとそこまで荒れておらず、4WD車で車高がよほど低くなければ意外と苦労することなくたどり着けると思う

無料で使える？キャンプ場です。ちゃんとした水道トイレがありませんが、湧き水？の炊事場と臨時の仮設トイレが近くにあります。ここまで行くのにキツめの林道を通らないと行けないので行ける車が限られてます。ワイルドな本格的なキャンプをしたい人向けです。

県道147から約７㎞の道程は本当に過酷極まりない‼️ 駐車場は上の段と下の段に別れる。水がドバドバ流れているのは下の段、下山した時に靴が洗えて嬉しかった。

It is a camp ground but also the trailhead. There is water but just the mountain stream. There is parking spot. I am posting my hiking experience here for those who like to know more about hiking to Mt. Funagata. I had a chance to hike the Mt. Funagata on August 18th. There were only few flowers around but the weather was great and the scenery at the summit was breathtaking. Here is some helpful details. There are 3 main hiking trails and another path connecting the Mt. Izumigatake. I was planning to start from the Otaki trail but unfortunately the road shown on the Google map was not for regular cars. So I ended up with the Hatasaka trail. There is a camp ground and free parking area here. You can see the trail map and the details. The altitude is 620 here so the total elevation was 880 m. It is 7.5 km and 4hr 10 min is the suggested time to hikeU up. After 3.9 km there is a connection path to the Otaki trailhead. Considering the challenging path after this point I decided to go to the Otaki trail head to make the peak and return from the Hatasaka trail to make the loop. The length of the total trial for both sides are almost the same but it is much easier this way. Check the photos. I made the summit in 3,5 hrs including the resting times. There is no water supply except the creek on the Hatasaka trail. After about 4 km you walk through the creek. Luckily it wasn’t raining but was very slippery. Do not recommend this path on a rainy day. Most of the path was narrow and bamboo grass and bushes are making it harder to walk. It is mainly forest until you get closer to the summit. The view was amazing at the top. There is also an emergency hut here. Take your time and enjoy the view. The descending took 2,5 hours from the Hatasaka trail. There was another hut on the way. The door was open and no one was there. It is for emergency as far as I understood. Don’t forget to write on the guest book there. Although it wasn’t a challenging path I got tired since it was a bit long trail. All the sigs are in Japanese so make sure you know them. They were also broken some of them were hard to see. Hope this comment helps you. Enjoy your hike.