At an elevation of 1,600 m, the footpath around the Sugatami-no-ike Pond on Mt. Asahidake can be reached by cable car from Asahidake Onsen, which is located at an elevation of approximately 1,100 m. Since it is possible to reach the field of alpine flowers in approximately 10 minutes, this area is visited by many tourists from spring to summer. hiking trails link the surrounding mountains, not only Mt. Kurodake but also Mt. Tomuraushi and the Tokachi Mountain Range, enabling visitors to enjoy a hike that suits their purpose and physical strength, using the Asahidake Onsen at the foothills as their base. In autumn, this area is the first in Japan to display autumn foliage, and if you are lucky, you may be able to see a beautiful landscape where red leaves contrast against the snow. The area around Mt. Asahidake is also an area of heavy snowfall with a snow depth of more than 2 m, allowing winter visitors to take walks using snowshoes among trees covered in thick snow, and to enjoy winter sports such as skiing in some of the best powder snow in the world.

Volcanic activity on Mt. Asahidake continues even today, and on hiking trails leading to the summit, flora is scarce due to the impact of fumaroles and hikers walk along a gravel path. On the other hand, around the Sugatami-no-ike Pond located at an elevation of 1,600 m, snow melts at a different rate due to conditions such as topography and sunlight, enabling visitors to enjoy a wide variety of alpine flora for a longer period of time. In particular, at Susoaidaira Plateau, which is approximately 2 hours from the cable car Sugatami Station, an expanse of chinguruma (aleutian avens) flowers bloom from mid- to late July. Along the footpath around the Sugatami-no-ike Pond, you can see not only alpine flowers, but also wild fauna such as nogoma (siberian rubythroat), hoshigarasu (spotted nutcracker), ginzammashiko (pine grosbeak) and ezoshimarisu (Tamias sibricus linaetus).