Walk in the hills; moments i always miss

Icy trees. Mt. Gassan in Yamagata. January.

Mt Iwaigame-yama, a pyramid peak in the granitic Asahi Range, Early May 朝日連峰　祝瓶山　（長井）葉山奥の院より　５月初旬

Mt Hishigatake 菱ヶ岳（五頭連峰）

Snowy plain in the Gassan range.

Mt. Yudono-san near Mt. Gassan in January

The caldera wall of the Sumon-dake volcano in May.    守門大岳より守門岳　５月下旬

Snowy Asahi Range in May.   ５月末の朝日連峰　紫ナデより粟畑ごしに主稜線　奥中央に大朝日岳　その左へ小朝日，鳥原山

Peaks of Shiro-uma-dake at sunrise.   白馬連山の暁光　八方尾根　9月

Fall colors on Mt Shoji-ga-take   障子ヶ岳（朝日連峰）

Mt. Yudono-san near Mt. Gassan in April   湯殿山　志津付近より

Mt Gassan in April   月山と姥ヶ岳　志津付近より

蔵王から山形盆地の向こうに月山　前景・三宝荒神山　Mt Gassan from Mt Zao over the Yamagata Basin.

蔵王の火口湖・御釜    Frozen crater lake “O-kama (The Pot)” of Zao volcano, viewed from north.

樹氷原　蔵王山・御田ノ神　Snow monsters in Mt. Zao volcano.

御田ノ神湿原の樹氷　中景に中丸山，右遠景に月山　　Snow monsters (ice-armoured fir trees by being sprayed with undercooled mist in harsh conditions)

樹氷原ごしに北蔵王・雁戸山　遠景に泉ヶ岳～船形山   The twin peaks of Mt. Gando-san in the O’u Range

蔵王山・熊野岳　地蔵岳より   Mt. Kumano-dake of Zao volcano