Kitami Pass
Temperature: minus 18 degrees Celsius at the Kitami Pass
Travelled distance: 33km
It was the first time to ride at the Kitami Pass. It was cold on the Kamikawa Basin because of the radiative cooling. Because of seasonal winds, it was snowing from time to time on the mountains. As a high-graded trunk highway bypasses this route, very few cars pass at the Kitami Pass except when the high-graded trunk highway is closed. This day, he saw only 5 cars on the national 333. Trees were covered with soft rime above 650m of altitude. It was beautiful. He repeated the interval training at the summit.
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