Road Condition 710 Matsuda to Tanzawa Lake

[Malte]

Hello guys,

is it possible to ride the 710 from Matsuda to Tanzawa Lake on a road bike (is it a paved road)?

Thanks a lot,
Malte

 

[Ludwig]

I assume you mean the rindo leading over Hadano Toge to the lake. Actually a very scenic rindo - the views of Fuji-san (and also many of the Tanzawa mountains) are fantastic when the weather is good.

The rindo is paved, but is prone to landslides. I've done it a couple of times and it was never a clean ride. My most recent one involved very frequent crawls across big landslides. Some of them were so big and getting across them so cumbersome I doubt they have all been cleaned up by now and I cannot recommend trying it.

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/101303993

 

[Malte]

Hi Ludwig, I am having this tour in mind: http://www.mapmyride.com/routes/view/54187894. I am just concerned about the ~14km between km110-km124. So going from the Lake down to the valley of Matsuda (is that Hadano Toke?).

 

[Ludwig]

Right, this will not be fun because of the landslides and all the debries on the rindo.

You could go over Ashigara Toge instead.

BTW, I would recommend doing this loop in opposite direction.