Distance

2.9 km to summit

6.5 km total

Elevation

1,924 m start

2,288 m max

Vertical

331 m gain

Time

10 min to summit

24 min total

We hiked 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.

Our video log of the trip is at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-noK9UVWTk

Route name

Doi Pha Hom Pok Nature Trail

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