Hiking down from Mt. Hiei (22.06.2025)


Start point Mountain Exit of the Eizan Ropeway (815m)
Endpoint Hieizan-Sakamoto Station (95m)
Characteristic Hike
Duration 4h 00min
Distance 7.5km
Vertical meters 175m
GPS
Ascents Mt. Hiei (848m) 22.06.2025
Visits of other PBEs Enryaku-ji Temple (685m) 22.06.2025
Visiting a graveyard right behind the Enryakuji Temple (just below the top of Mt. Hiei).
Visiting a graveyard right behind the Enryakuji Temple (just below the top of Mt. Hiei).
Height profile with indication of inclination (red: steep) as well as height meters up (blue markers).
Height profile with indication of inclination (red: steep) as well as height meters up (blue markers).
Note that this track has been created from memory, i.e., it was not recorded automatically.

Trip Summary

We wished to visit Mt. Hiei in the NE of central Kyoto, but were not ready to hike up to it, given the high summer temperatures. We thus chose to take, first, the Eizan Cable Car and, then, the Eizan Ropeway, up to a place near the top of Mt. Hiei. Walking eastwards from there, we first made it to the actual top of Mt. Hiei, before descending along a hiking trail to the graveyard behind the Enryakuji Temple. Walking through this graveyard in the forest, early in the morning, was a special moment. After visiting the Enryakuji Temple (several of the buildings), we then hiked down the mountain along a hiking trail towards the East (in parallel to the cable car that comes up from Sakamoto). It was impressive to see that quite a few others hiked in the opposite direction, i.e., up the mountain on this very warm day!

Photos

Selected photos are available as Google photo album.

Useful Resources

See also the related FB-page Hiking around Bergen, Norway.

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