The snow-covered Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route has formed a stunning curve after the snow was cleared. The Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route winds through the Hida Mountains between Toyama and Nagano Prefectures in Japan, making it a popular tourist destination in the spring.
From the helicopter, the Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route paints a beautiful curve along the mountainside as snow clearing work on the road leading to Tateyama Town in Toyama Prefecture is completed.
The helicopter view shows that the area around the Tateyama Kogen Hotel and Tengudaira Mountain Lodge in Tateyama Town, Toyama Prefecture, is still covered in snow.
The Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route winds through the Hida Mountains (also known as the Northern Alps) between Toyama and Nagano Prefectures in Japan. Along this trail are ancient forests with 1,000-year-old trees; a vast wetland at an altitude of nearly 2,000 meters above sea level; and the Shomyo Falls, which stands at 350 meters, the tallest waterfall in Japan…
As spring arrives, 30-ton snowplows equipped with GPS tirelessly carve through the accumulated snow to allow buses to operate on the route.
Snow walls tower on both sides of the road. This phenomenon is known as the Snow Wall, or Yuki-no-Otani.
The walking path between the “Snow Wall” is designed alongside the parallel bus route.
