Snow Biking in Japan

cycling training on snow with road racing bikes with studded tires

Mt.Tokachidake (Mt.Tokachi) 87

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

There was a feeble inversion layer because a radiative cooling. But the sky was already covered with cloud at the start. The snow on the road was more or less compacted except for the 300m to the summit where it was covered with snowdrifts. During the interval training at the summit, it began to snow. The visibility went down from time to time because of ground blizzard.

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