Snow Biking in Japan

cycling training on snow with road racing bikes with studded tires

Mt.Tokachidake (Mt.Tokachi) 110

Temperature: minus 11 degrees Celsius at the Tokachidake Hot Springs (Tokachidake Onsen).

The road was snow covered from the foot of the mountain. However, as the sunshine is strong in this period of year, he had thought the snow would be gone at low altitudes at the end of the training. So he did his training only at high altitudes where the snow was stable. The snow on the road was muddy although the snow had been cleared once. The snow was muddy especially above 1100m of altitude. The muddy snow made it difficult to ride normally. He repeated the climbing and the descent between the summit and 900m of altitude.

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