September 27, 2018 3:39 pm
Trip # 2 The Highlanders Route
- Created: September 27, 2018 3:39 pm
- Updated: January 19, 2023 7:55 am
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Route type: Mountain Jeep & Single Track
Difficulty grade: Challenging
- Distance Instructions
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- Distance 25 km
- Time 4 h 10 min
- Speed 6.0 km/h
- Min altitude 350 m
- Peak 1573 m
- Climb 824 m
- Descent 2034 m
The Bike # 2 “The Highlanders Route” Start biking from the top of Doi Pui mountain, where landmarks below include the village of Doi Pui, revered Doi Suthep temple and Bhubing Palace. The Bike # 2 “The Highlanders Route” features National forest and Plantation access dirt road with ruts, rock gardens, mud and sand traps, some steep down hills, turning into advanced single track completely unused by vehicular traffic. Very rewarding trip if you are an experienced mountain biker.
After preparations and signup at the our shop , a 45 minute drive takes us to the top of Doi Pui Mountain, 1600m elev. Here in the Doi Suthep National Park, 1200m above Chiang Mai, we begin our journey. Our safety briefing at the top confirms that participants are ready to tackle this hard xc ride. An easy descent brings with a couple uphills on the way to the Coffee Plantation, here we regroup and some might choose to switch to a less strenuous and technically demanding ride, for those ready to go the short break at the Plantation gets us ready to head on. Riding DH on flowing Jeep Track we turn west at the forest intersection where we, enjoying higher speeds reach the High Country Royal Planting Project, we enter the great divide, a barely used and unmaintained path. What once was double track has over the years turned into very technical single track riding.