Kiew Lom - Doi Pha Hom Pok (Doi Pha Luang) - Kiew Lom
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 4.02 mi
- Elevation gain
- 1,325 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Moderate
- Elevation loss
- 1,325 ft
- Max elevation
- 7,403 ft
- TrailRank
- 49
- Min elevation
- 6,157 ft
- Trail type
- Loop
- Coordinates
- 593
- Uploaded
- December 13, 2016
- Recorded
- December 2016
near Ban Pha Luang, เชียงใหม่ (ไทย)
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Itinerary description
A hike from national park campsite at Kiew Lom to the summit of Thailand's 2nd highest mountain, Doi Pha Hom Pok (2285m), and back.
The trail is marked by 7 information boards. We walked up in the dark, starting at 5am, to be on the summit for the sunrise at 6:30am. Most people leave earlier than that. It would also make a good sunset summit, descending afterwards in the dark. The whole walk can be done in around 4 hours including summit time. There are nice views to the west over the mountains of Myanmar, and over north Thailand to the east. We saw some interesting flora but no fauna. There were about 15 people on the summit when we arrived.
The Kiew Lom campsite is good. A 4-wheel drive vehicle is needed for the drive up to there. The westerly checkpoint near Fang would not let us in with our Nissan X-Trail, saying it was too low, and we should buy a trip in their pickup taxi, however the easterly checkpoint near Mae Sao let us in. There is a 2nd fine campsite nearby called หน่วยพิทักษ์อุทยานแห่งชาติที่ ดป.4 (Little House on the Prairie Project) that you can find in Google Earth.
The trail is marked by 7 information boards. We walked up in the dark, starting at 5am, to be on the summit for the sunrise at 6:30am. Most people leave earlier than that. It would also make a good sunset summit, descending afterwards in the dark. The whole walk can be done in around 4 hours including summit time. There are nice views to the west over the mountains of Myanmar, and over north Thailand to the east. We saw some interesting flora but no fauna. There were about 15 people on the summit when we arrived.
The Kiew Lom campsite is good. A 4-wheel drive vehicle is needed for the drive up to there. The westerly checkpoint near Fang would not let us in with our Nissan X-Trail, saying it was too low, and we should buy a trip in their pickup taxi, however the easterly checkpoint near Mae Sao let us in. There is a 2nd fine campsite nearby called หน่วยพิทักษ์อุทยานแห่งชาติที่ ดป.4 (Little House on the Prairie Project) that you can find in Google Earth.
Waypoints
Waypoint
6,265 ft
Summit
Campsite
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@binai The route we were allowed to take our Nissan X-Trail was from 19°59'54.83"N 99°15'20.29"E (confusingly, both approaches are numbered 3037). Unfortunately I can't really remember the quality of the road. I remember thinking it wasn't bad enough to force people to have a 4WD with high clearance, but there may of course have been bad sections on the part to the west we were not allowed to drive along. You may have to just go to the easterly entrance and ask them. At the worst you could turn back and join a trip with their pickup from the westerly entrance.