Although they are two giants of the same mountain range, the characteristics of Mt. Ashibetsu and Mt. Yubari are completely different. If the former is a masculine "mountain of rocks", the latter is a feminine "mountain of flowers". The area near the top of Mt.
Yubari is wide, with flower gardens, swamps, and rocky peaks, and there are many valuable plants named after this mountain, such as Yubari and Yupari cherry trees. The
mountain trail is generally from Yubari in the west. There is a municipal mountain hut at the place where you drive along the Penkemo Yuparo River from Oyubari, but the car stops about 1 km before it. From here, there are two roads, a ridge and a stream, but they meet in the middle, wrap around the belly of Mt. Maedake (1501m) and go out to a spacious flower meadow to the top. It takes about 4 hours to climb. A dam is located further up this road.

 The other road is from the other side of the mountain, which is about 5 hours from the trailhead. There is no trail on the ridge leading to Mt. Ashibetsu, and the traverse is limited to the snowy season.

There are various theories about the meaning of the mountain name, but it is not clear.

In the old mountaineering records, there is a botanical survey in Taisho 5 (1916). The first winter climb was recorded by the Hokkaido University Party in Taisho 15 (1926).