The mountain trail leading to the summit of Mount Tanigawa from four directions: north, south, east and west.

The easiest and most popular is the southern route via the cable car, and many families reach the summit on holidays.

Fuji (in fact barely half its height), the relief is stark, with some routes starting as low as at 500 metres (1,640 ft) above sea level and topping out at or near the summit.

When avalanche risk is high, the consequences can be particularly dangerous given the steep terrain and over 1000m of relief to gather force.

One is the emergency hut for 2-3 climbers near Ichinokura-dake (一ノ倉岳), which may be hard to find in deep snow and therefore unusable.

Japanese clothing and lifestyle retailer Snow Peak is named after Mount Tanigawa.