Monday, February 18, 2013

Haykujoijki Cave Snowshoe Trip

On Feb 17th 2013 The Hokkaido International Outdoor Club enjoyed a fantastic trip to one of Hokkaido's magical places the 'Haykujoijki Cave' with it's magnificent natural ice sculptures .
It took about an hour to snowshoe to the cave. Once there we spent about two hours there looking around and having lunch. After lunch we snowshoed out taking a different from the one to cave. We took a route that lead us to the top and above the cave to a flat plateau which had a great view of nearby mountains and area. From there we snowshoed down and out and back to where our cars were parked. The route back took about 2 hours.

At the start of the trip to the cave
The group on the way to the cave
The route to the cave
In front of the cave
Haykujoijki Cave
Haykujoijki Cave
Haykujoijki Cave
Haykujoijki Cave
Inside Haykujoijki Cave
Inside Haykujoijki Cave
Inside Haykujoijki Cave
Haykujoijki Cave
Haykujoijki Cave
Leon Roode at Haykujoijki Cave
Outside Haykujoijki Cave
Having lunch outside Haykujoijki Cave
Having lunch outside Haykujoijki Cave
Having lunch outside Haykujoijki Cave
Heading up to the top of Haykujoijki Cave
Snowshoeing up to the top of Haykujoijki Cave
Snowshoeing up to the top of Haykujoijki Cave
On top of Haykujoijki Cave
On top of Haykujoijki Cave
On top of Haykujoijki Cave
On top of Haykujoijki Cave
Heading down from top of Haykujoijki Cave
The route down and out
Snowshoeing out from Haykujoijki Cave
Snowshoeing out from Haykujoijki Cave
Snowshoeing out from Haykujoijki Cave
Snowshoeing out from Haykujoijki Cave
Snowshoeing out from Haykujoijki Cave
Back at the car park from Haykujoijki Cave
Back in Sapporo after a 3 hour drive from Haykujoijki Cave

1 comment:

  1. Wow!
    That looks like an amazing trip! We will definitely keep our eyes on the Hokkaido international outdoor club for upcoming trips.
    Just Incredible!!

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