Mountain Biking
Mountain biking season is from Golden week until November. There are also some amazing trails to the south in Matsumoto which can be ridden from March.
There is great mountain biking in Hakuba. A variety of trails loop along both sides of the valley through mixed forest and up and down ridges and across rivers. the trails range from technical single-track to swooping single-track through meadows of mountain flowers, to rock gardens, rollercoaster berms, drop offs, you name it! Iwatake, Hakuba 47 and Aokiko and soon Happo all offer lift access to mountain bikes and a range of courses. Aokiko especially has a range of fantastic technical single-track courses with all sorts of riding graded for difficulty.
We have along with Sweet Riders built some north shore style bridges and drop offs in an area called the garden of pleasure where a lot of the Aokiko trails converge. Many a happy afternoon can be spent trying out the challenging to downright scary bridges, ramps,drop-offs and jumps! Bikes can be rented from Evergreen or Sweet Riders