Fujimi MTB Park - Japan
Fujimi Panorama is a ski resort in the winter and a mountain bike park during the summer. Located a few hours outside of Tokyo you are sure to have some fun getting to know gravity a little better.
There are three downhill courses at Fujimi, A, B, and C.
(Very creative ;-) )
Map courtesy of www.fujumipanorama.com
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Course A - Considered the
advanced downhill course, it is the steepest and the fastest of the
three with a length of 4.2km. The course is a combination of single track and what most of us would consider a truck trail.
Course A is all about speed, just put your pedals horizontal and have
someone give you a nudge down the hill. There are plenty of places to
catch a bunch of air as a function of the trail undulations vice built
up stunts. There are also plenty of places to screw yourself
royally if you don't watch your speed. There are no "Forced Air" sections so Course
A can be done on a XC or trail bike, you will just have to watch your
lines and speed much more so they if you were on a downhill rig. |
| Course B - Considered an upper intermediate downhill course, this is a great trail. It is approximately 5.2km and nearly all of it is single track. This is the most technical of the courses, with plenty of root drop offs and tight turns . Course B intersects with course C about halfway down the run. The lower portion of B (IMO) is very slick and it some spots is just not much fun at all. After our first complete run down B we started switching over to C course at the crossing, | |
| Course C - Considered a lower intermediate is a great way to introduce someone to speed of downhilling with out all of a bunch of challenges. It is 7.2km in length with most of it singletrack. This trail while it caters to folks just getting into downhilling a competent rider on an XC or trail bike will have a blast on this trail. |
Setting
up the bikes after we arrived.
Here
are some of the fellows hanging out at the top before heading down on a run.
Pictures from the 10 minute Gondola ride to the top
The view from the top
A few pictures from on the courses. Most of the time I was having too much fun to stop and take pictures.
We passed close by Mt Fuji on the trip there and back. Here is are a few shots from the van.
VIDEO
This video was shot in June of
2004. Right Click on the image to the left to download the video. File Size: 36MB
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