MacRitchie - The Base Round
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 6.73 mi
- Elevation gain
- 1,437 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Easy
- Elevation loss
- 1,437 ft
- Max elevation
- 292 ft
- TrailRank
- 29
- Min elevation
- 43 ft
- Trail type
- Loop
- Time
- one hour 20 minutes
- Coordinates
- 890
- Uploaded
- August 21, 2015
- Recorded
- August 2015
near Caldecott Hill Estate (Sïngäpûru)
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Itinerary description
With the closing of the Green Corridor, this is one of the few trails left in Singapore. It shows: if you want to enjoy a run/hike in the weekend, make sure you do it before 8AM. After that time, you'll have to walk over the heads of others trying to enjoy nature.
This is still my favorite run in Singapore though. It's a nice and easy run around the lake with the occasional wild life. Too neat to be challenging other than for the heat. Do not underestimate the heat: bring your waterbottles/bag, possibly an extra fruit bar or your favorite sports food for some sugar. Also, this is yet another reason to get up before the masses and finish your run before 8AM in the weekend.
I went on my roadsters but you can wear your trailers as well. There are only a few truly rocky areas.
For those who need to do more km's, you can combine this via Riffle Range Road and move into Chestnut park. I will share later when I am in better shape.
Coming from downtown, you can take bus 167, get off at Macritchie reservoir, get back on at Mt Alvernia Hosp.
You may want to check beforehand: there is a pedestrian bridge to cross the road, it's the second stairs down, not the first.
If you need to stock up before your run or cool down after, Mushroom cafe is a good stop. Watch out for the monkeys though: with all the food around, they become quite the predators and I have seen them take things out of someone's hand.
This is still my favorite run in Singapore though. It's a nice and easy run around the lake with the occasional wild life. Too neat to be challenging other than for the heat. Do not underestimate the heat: bring your waterbottles/bag, possibly an extra fruit bar or your favorite sports food for some sugar. Also, this is yet another reason to get up before the masses and finish your run before 8AM in the weekend.
I went on my roadsters but you can wear your trailers as well. There are only a few truly rocky areas.
For those who need to do more km's, you can combine this via Riffle Range Road and move into Chestnut park. I will share later when I am in better shape.
Coming from downtown, you can take bus 167, get off at Macritchie reservoir, get back on at Mt Alvernia Hosp.
You may want to check beforehand: there is a pedestrian bridge to cross the road, it's the second stairs down, not the first.
If you need to stock up before your run or cool down after, Mushroom cafe is a good stop. Watch out for the monkeys though: with all the food around, they become quite the predators and I have seen them take things out of someone's hand.
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