or sometimes Mount Horoshiri is located in the Hidaka Mountains,

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. Its name was derived from a phonetic

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transcription of the Ainu words for "great mountain", ''poro-shiri''. It is the highest mountain in the Hidaka range, and is one of the 100 famous mountains in Japan.

Climbing route

Nukabira course

The course is a two-day course. On the first day, drive 35 km from to the . From the gate it is a 5 km (2 hours) hike to the on the . From the dam it is another 4 km (3 hours) to the . The cottage is maintained by the Biratori Alpine Club and sits 950 m above sea level. For the second day, the route climbs 1.5 km (2 hours) from the mountain cottage to　the . The route continues another 2.5 km (2 hours) along the field of alpine flowers past the to the summit. The route then turns north and runs 3 km (2 hours) along the to the summit of Mount Tottabetsu (1959m). From there it is a 1 km (30 minute) walk to Mount Naka Tottabetsu. The route then descends 3 km (2 hours) to the Mount Poroshiri Mountain Cottage.

Niikappu River course

The Niikappu River course starts at . From there the trail proceeds to , which forms Lake Poroshiri. From the dam the trail goes to a survey cabin along the Poroshiri River and then onto the mountain ridge before ascending to the summit.

References

* Shyun Umezawa, Yasuhiko Sugawara, and Jun Nakagawa, ''Hokkaidō Natsuyama Gaido 4: Hidaka Sanmyaku no Yamayama'' (北海道夏山ガイド4日高山脈の山やま),

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, Hokkaidō Shimbunshya, 1991. Poroshiri {{Hokkaido-geo-stub