Mount Tanigawa stands between us here in Yubiso and Yuzawa over on the other side. Any of you who have driven up the expressway to Yuzawa will have been through the 13km tunnel that connect the two. The local train also runs under the mountain and if you're heading that way you might have to use Doai Station. The northbound platform has a massive 462 steps down to the tracks - not somewhere you want to be running to catch a train.
The sign that greets you at the top lets you know you've climbed 462 stairs but still have another 143 metres and 24 steps to go.
It also doubles as our training venue in between seasons as we make sure the guides and instructors are in shape for the mountains this winter. So if you find yourself there and come across a bunch of people puffing up and down the stairs, you'll know who they are.
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