Snow Biking in Japan

cycling training on snow with road racing bikes with studded tires

Mt.Tokachidake (Mt.Tokachi) 164

Temperature: minus 2 degrees Celsius at the Tokachidake Hot Springs (Tokachidake Onsen).

Atmospheric pressure pattern was typical of winter. However, the seasonal wind was not so strong that the snow on the road wasn’t crusted. The road surface temperature was so high that the snow on the road melted soon. It snowed hard from time to time. Every time it snowed, the road was snow covered once again. The road was snow covered above 1100m of altitude. He repeated the interval training above there.

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