mt. kurohime snow shoe

I got the kit ready for some asaren on the bike this morning. Outside in the pajamas at 6am, the weather doesn't look too promising.

A change of plan, a hike of Mt. Kurohime. I know the different climbs of Mt. Yoneyama and Mt. Hachikoku well. However, I've never climbed Mt. Kurohime. I'm hoping someone has been up there recently and left a trail for me to follow.

I'm in luck a trail made by some old style kanjiki snow shoes, some CX skis and a sledge. I follow these for away until they diverge. I try to follow the ski track but it's too steep.

Then I realise. These are one person's tracks. Hike up on the snow shoes. Back down on the skis. That's the way to do it.

I return to the snow shoe tracks but they stop suddenly. Decide to follow the river to it's source. From here the only way is up. Steep and exposed. I zig zag up and up. The heart rate is about 160..

Decide to drop back down and try another route up. This time in the forest. Find a ridge and climb the spine to a peak.

Look at the watch, time to turn back.

Grab some water from the spring in Ukawa. Back home. Rollers. Shower. Breakfast.

Saturday's training:

1.Snow shoe (2h 15, 136 / 161 HR, 500 m climbing)

2.Rollers 150 HR x 40 mins