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Ogawayama

Sport climbing near Kawakami, Nagano, Japan. The rope and quickdraws to bring, and the send-temps forecast.

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What to bring

Bring a 70 m rope. It lowers off 95% of the 150 sport pitches listed here. A 60 m does 85%.

About 13 quickdraws. Few pitches here list their bolts, so that's estimated from pitch length.

What each rope covers

  • 50 m71%
  • 60 m85%
  • 70 m95%
  • 80 m97%
Median
15 m
Most common
15 m
Longest pitch
50 m

Route data from theCrag contributors (CC BY-NC-SA), collected 2026-09. Single-pitch sport routes only. theCrag

Conditions

Rope & draws

Bring

70m

60 m works for most routes

Draws

~13

Your 70 m covers 95% of pitches

Median
15 m
Most common
15 m
Longest pitch
50 m

Draws: Estimate: about 1 bolt per 2.5 m

Your 70 m lowers off 95% of pitches here (up to ~30 m). Check the topo for longer ones and knot the end.
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Rope length

Route height (ground to anchor)

30m

Rope reaches

10 m of rope to spare.

Needed 60 mRope 70 m

Longest route or pitch

35 m

Comfortably ~30 m

  • •Knot the belayer’s end.
  • •Watch the middle mark.
  • •Topo heights are estimates.
  • •Traverses and roofs use extra rope.

Longest pitches at Ogawayama

  1. Petashiman5.14b50 m17 bolts
  2. Rasen Kaidan5.12d50 m12 bolts
  3. Long Long Ogawayama5.11a45 m17 bolts
  4. Tororo5.12a40 m18 bolts
  5. Rasen Maru5.12c35 m9 bolts

Rope by wall

The shortest rope that lowers off 90% of a wall's pitches (80 m where none does), and the share it covers.

WallRopeLongest
I Nishimatazawa Downstream58 pitches60 mcovers 93%30 m
V Kimpusan Forest Road42 pitches70 mcovers 98%35 m
II Nishimatazawa Midstream32 pitches60 mcovers 91%50 m
IV Campsite Area11 pitches80 mcovers 82%45 m

Route data from theCrag contributors (CC BY-NC-SA), collected 2026-09. Single-pitch sport routes only. theCrag

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