Sunday, February 23, 2020

曽我山のオフロード

Today I plan to leave before noon and run off-road from Shibusawa Hills to Mt. Soga.
R134-Pacific Coast Bicycle Road- R1 to the other side of Ninomiya. Turn right at Oshikiri Bridge. Leave R1 and take Prefectural Road 709. Along the Nakamura River and the tributary Fujisawa River on the way to the starting point, Nakai Chuo Park. The Fujisawa River is calm and has a nice atmosphere.







Nakai Central Park. Plums and cherry blossoms are planted a lot. A lot of people.
Mt. Fuji is clearly visible beyond the grass and cherry blossoms.



From the vast parking lot of Nakai Park, go back a little and turn right onto the path.
Go down the zigzag and cross the bridge over the Iwakura River.
Turn left at the end of the bridge, and turn right at the fire brigade garage after about 200m.
If you go on a quiet road, you will cross a main street. The boulevard is a gentle climb, and the road ahead is steep. You can go either way, but go for the steep slope with the best scenery. The gear is loose in the final.



After climbing the slope with an altitude difference of 90m, you will hit the Tomei Expressway.
Cross the narrow bridge over the Tomei Expressway.



When you come to a slightly wider road, turn left. A pleasant road with gentle ups and downs.
About 100 meters after passing the nursing home Grace Hill Shonan is the entrance to the Shibusawa hill side off-road. From here, go down the ridge line to Nakamura River.
It feels good like this.



I thought that for a while.
A high-voltage wire to protect against wild boars...it can't be helped because it's not a public road.



Let's turn back.
Cross the bridge of the Tomei Expressway, return to the point where I just came across, and turn right. After that, go right at the Y-junction and go down to Nakamuragawa.
Cross the Nakamura River bridge and turn right immediately. After about 100m, cross prefectural road 77 and start an unexpected ascent to Soga Hills.
You can hear the roar of go-karts. There is also a squeaking sound when turning.
When the road becomes dirt, there is a circuit on the right overhead. It smells like burning rubber.
Fences are crooked everywhere.
I hope it doesn't fly off the course.
The dirt ends soon. Hit the pavement and turn right. It might be better to turn left here. Before Ikoi Village, join the originally planned road.
I took a long detour due to an unexpected boar stop.
Turn left onto the road to Mt. Soga.
Ikoi Village is also planted with cherry blossoms, which is nice.



From here, follow the ridgeline of Mt. Soga for a while.
The dirt road I was aiming for, now the simple pavement was progressing quite well.
The double track started around Mt. Asama.




Due to yesterday's rain, the saddle is muddy even on the ridge line.
While repeating climbing and descending, I arrived at the back trailhead of Mt. Fudo.
From here, instead of following the ridgeline trail, take the winding trail that runs along the slopes of Mt. Fudo.
single track.




There are places where it hurts to fall. Carefully... I slipped.
The fun singletrack ended quickly and I arrived at the front trailhead of Mt. Fudo.
Go down the farm road to Ropponmatsu.
Here, plum groves spread all over the slope, and beyond that, green mountains and the sea spread beyond, making for a superb view point.




If I take a picture of it, I can't really get the feel of it... (^^;) I
was planning to take a single track down from Ropponmatsu to Nakamuragawa, but it was canceled due to time constraints.
On the wide-area farm road, return to the prefectural road 709 that I just passed.
If I turn left here, it takes about 20 minutes along the Fujisawa River to Nakai Park.
Turn right onto R1. Let's go home.

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