Happy new year everybody!
Once again to celebrate the new year Fuji Mountain Guides is offering an early bird discount to any registrations made for our Mt. Fuji tours in 2012. Between now and April 30th each booking will qualify for a 10% discount off the final price.
We’re looking forward to another great season of climbing Mt. Fuji!
-The FMG crew
Tokyo experienced a realtively cool summer this year but the warm weather extended into November which allowed us to climb Mt. Fuji at the end of October with ease. The cold weather has now rolled in though and snow is starting to pile up on Mt. Fuji. Here is a picture of the iconic Mt. Fuji, taken a couple of days ago from Fujikawa, Shizuoka.
Dates for the 2012 Mt. Fuji climbing season have been announced and posted on the FMG website http://www.fujimountainguides.com
If you wish to join our 1 day tour please contact FMG at info@fujimountainguides.com and let us know which date you wish to climb as well as the number of people you wish to climb with. The 1 day tour is extremely strenuous and should not be partaken by anyone who is not actively fit.
If anyone is interested in climbing during September any time after the last dates posted on our website please contact info@fujimountainguides.com with the specific date you have in mind to climb Fuji.
The price for a single individual to join our 2 day tour has been reduced from ¥50,000 to ¥40,000 and the price for our 1 day tour has been reduced from ¥40,000 to ¥32,500 when 1 person signs up. There are discounts applied when more than one person signs up for either one of our tours. FMG serve’s mostly tourists flying in from overseas. With the Yen continually getting stronger, thus making it very expensive for visitors, FMG decided to lower the price for the 1 day and 2 day tours.
Best Regards,
Fuji Mountain Guides
There were 3 of us for the last Fuji Mountain Guides Mt. Fuji tour of 2011. It was a beautiful day for hiking, the air was crisp, the sun was out and we had a great view of the surrounding landscape. We were able to make good time and thankfully since the ice had melted, we were able to summit! It was extremely cold and windy at the top so we didn’t stick around for long and quickly made our way back down the mountain. After a long days hike, we enjoyed soaking in a nearby hot springs which felt like heaven! Thanks Humberto and Hayden for a great time spent climbing together! It was definitely a superb last run up Fuji for 2011!Luke Cummings
Head Guide FMG
A group of 3 went up Mt. Fuji on our 1 day tour yesterday September 23rd. As we started our climb we met climbers coming down the mountain saying it was snowing and icy at the 7th station, hence they turned around to climb back down. We started from the 5th station hiking in the rain but 10 minutes into our hike and the sun began to shine!
It was a race against time to reach the summit. With snow and ice along the trail from the 8th station on up we needed to reach the summit before nightfall in order to make the descent in daylight. Unfortunately we were only able to make it to the 8.5th station, but it was a great hike and a fun time spent with eachother! Thanks David, Donald and Matt for a fantastic climb up Mt. Fuji!
Luke Cummings
Head Guide FMG
Michael and Timothy McKeegan climbed Mt. Fuji with us on June 30/July 1st this year in honor of their son/brother who was nick named ‘Fuji’. ‘Fuji’ was killed in a car accident 5 years prior on July 1st 2006. Michael and Timothy wished to reach the summit of Mt. Fuji in time for the sunrise on July 1st and we did exactly that! The excursion was done in memory of Fuji as well as raising funds for a local road victims charity. Click here to read Michael and Timothy’s blog which gives an account of their experience on Mt. Fuji.
Although the Mt. Fuji climbing season officially ended August 31st, FMG will be conducting tours into September. The huts at the summit are all closed now but there still remain a few huts which are open on Mt. Fuji. We can run 2 day tours up until September 14 (Fujisan Hotel will close for the winter on September 15). We will not be running any more overnight 1 day climbs but we will run 1 day tours which start early in the morning and end in the evening. On this tour groups will start climbing around 9:00 a.m. and arrive back down the mountain around 6:00 p.m. A trip to a nearby hot springs resort will be included. Please contact Fuji Mountain Guides at info@fujimountainguides.com for more information on this tour.
Since climbing Mt. Fuji can be difficult and more dangerous without the huts open we strongly advise only those which are extremely fit and well prepared to participate in climbing Mt. Fuji.
It was a rather wet August this summer in Japan but we still managed to get a few good climbs in before the end of the official Mt. Fuji climbing season. Typhoons came early this year and brought along cold weather at the top. Hot chocolate and hot noodles at the mountain huts were a life saver. Thank you to everyone who participated on our Mt. Fuji tours for another great Mt. Fuji climbing season! It was a lot of fun!
Here are a few pictures from our August 7-8 Mt. Fuji tour. More pictures will follow.
-The FMG crew
We just wanted to take the time to remind everyone that Mt. Fuji is a real mountain and should be taken seriously! Seriously, don’t believe all those crazy blogs which say anyone can climb Mt. Fuji! Yes you might see pictures of grandma’s climbing Mt. Fuji, but these grandma’s have actually been training for months if not years, and are accustomed to climbing mountains. You might also see people climbing Fuji in just shorts, t-shirts and sneakers. If it were to rain, which it does a lot on Fuji (all of the sudden like) these hikers would be in mad trouble. On our tours this year we have run across numerous people on Mt. Fuji which have gone unprepared both in terms of fitness and equipment. Mt. Fuji is not a walk in the park! There have already been 3 deaths this summer alone… one person died merely from being too cold at the summit, and two others were blown off the mountain. Take Mt. Fuji seriously, come prepared both physically and mentally and you will be sure to have a much more enjoyable experience.
Please check out the review written by one of our participants this summer on our 2 day Mt. Fuji tour (click here). Due to a typhoon we were not able to make it up to the summit. On my next trip up Mt. Fuji the owners of the mountain hut at the summit said that they shut the outside doors and closed themselves in for 3 days since the wind was so bad! To everyone who’s looking to climb Mt. Fuji, PLEASE everyone come prepared to climb a real mountain!
-The FMG crew
Experienced a beautiful sunrise this past Tuesday, July 12th on our 2 day Mt. Fuji tour. Hiked throughout the night to reach the summit of Mt. Fuji and enjoyed clear skies witha view extending out to Tokyo! Check out the video below to see the goraiko!
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Professional guiding company leading tours up Mt. Fuji. Tours are conducted by bilingual English/Japanese speaking guides.
