andy_w
Warming-Up
- Feb 4, 2009
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Rather than mess up Lees thread "Ome to Uenohara" again, I thought I'd start a new thread here.
As Lee and Steve say, the climb is paved all the way to the peak, then you descend perhaps 50m down to the cabin on top of Wada. When you sit on the benches there, you see the stony path leading north - the stones only last as far as you can see, they end at the first bend. The climb has plenty of leaves of course this time of year, and there are small stones here and there, but certainly no major problems for road tyres. The road up to Jimba onsen from the east has far worse sections, Deej.
When you descend Wada the normal route to the east, eventually you end up at a T junction with a small combini. Go left here, and you rise slowly up a very scenic valley with small houses to the start of the climb.
The climb starts at a chain across the road between two yellow hoops embedded in the ground. You will find another chain across the road 200m up the road, at first glance you think you will need to carry the bike over, but it is simple to continue riding here, a small gap just after the chain allows you to drop down and take the road to the left.
After that, just head up, avoiding small stones hidden in the leaves.
The summit is just beyond a great view of the mountains, theres a large rock with a mirror on top at the highest point.
http://www.mapmyride.com/route/jp/wado touge/893125758620499502
So my time was 25min 8 seconds, a new world record!
I am sure it won't last long.
The ride in total came to be 82km, I dont have GPS but there is around 2000m of ascent from mapmyride. It really was a case of one descent taking you into the next ascent, no break in between - the profile looks cool. All the descents are technical, I didnt get above 49km until the final descent of Otarumi touge.
http://www.mapmyride.com/route/jp/jimba san/131125750818981270
Thanks Deej and Steve, the original pioneers of these rindos!
As Lee and Steve say, the climb is paved all the way to the peak, then you descend perhaps 50m down to the cabin on top of Wada. When you sit on the benches there, you see the stony path leading north - the stones only last as far as you can see, they end at the first bend. The climb has plenty of leaves of course this time of year, and there are small stones here and there, but certainly no major problems for road tyres. The road up to Jimba onsen from the east has far worse sections, Deej.
When you descend Wada the normal route to the east, eventually you end up at a T junction with a small combini. Go left here, and you rise slowly up a very scenic valley with small houses to the start of the climb.
The climb starts at a chain across the road between two yellow hoops embedded in the ground. You will find another chain across the road 200m up the road, at first glance you think you will need to carry the bike over, but it is simple to continue riding here, a small gap just after the chain allows you to drop down and take the road to the left.
After that, just head up, avoiding small stones hidden in the leaves.
The summit is just beyond a great view of the mountains, theres a large rock with a mirror on top at the highest point.
http://www.mapmyride.com/route/jp/wado touge/893125758620499502
So my time was 25min 8 seconds, a new world record!
I am sure it won't last long.The ride in total came to be 82km, I dont have GPS but there is around 2000m of ascent from mapmyride. It really was a case of one descent taking you into the next ascent, no break in between - the profile looks cool. All the descents are technical, I didnt get above 49km until the final descent of Otarumi touge.
http://www.mapmyride.com/route/jp/jimba san/131125750818981270
Thanks Deej and Steve, the original pioneers of these rindos!
