Mt Goryu

Looking across to Mt. Goryu (2,814m or 9,232 ft) from Mt Sobatsubu in the Japan Alps . I was recently passing though Tokyo and ducked out to the alps on the bullet train to catch up with a very old friend of mine from my rock climbing days. He now runs the beautiful White Silver Hakuba lodge with his wife. It’s an epic base to hit up the nine ski resorts in the valley. The Hakuba area receives over 10 meters (33 ft) of snow per year with 135 lifts accessing over 200 runs and a heap of backcountry. Japan is one of the most mountainous countries in the world with ~73% of its total land mass covered by mountains (a comparable level to Norway). Hakuba, Honshu, Japan

This was shot on a Canon EOS 6D Mark II and Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM at 400mm, ƒ/7.1, 1/400s, and ISO 400.

Robert Downie
Love Life, Love Photography

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