Snow Biking in Japan

cycling training on snow with road racing bikes with studded tires

Mt.Tokachidake (Mt.Tokachi) 33

Temperature: minus 21 degrees Celsius at the Tokachidake Hot Springs (Tokachidake Onsen).

It was minus 8 degrees Celsius at the foot of the mountain. However, this day, the temperature lapse rate was much greater than usual. Therefore, the temperature was very low at high altitudes in comparison with that of the low altitudes. Above 900m of altitude, the road was covered with hard ice beneath the fresh snow. After the interval training at the summit, he descended. You had more fresh snow on the road than the moment of the climb. He descended carefully so that the wheels not be taken by the deep fresh snow.

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