Friday 27 April 2018

Pine Tree Trails & Twin Peak, Bukit Fraser, Selangor.

Sedikit tentang Pine Tree Trails daripada blog https://www.malaysia-traveller.com.


"Pine Tree Hill Trail is the longest trail in Fraser's Hill and also the most challenging.

The trail was started during the British era to gain access to a mountain peak that commanded a majestic view of Fraser's Hill and the surrounding summits.

It trail derived its name from 5 old stag-headed endemic conifers of the dacrydium comosum species. Only one of these trees (which are only found in Malaysia) still remains at the summit of Pine Tree Hill.

The Trail's highest point is 1505m above sea level. Although this is only 300 metres higher than the starting altitude of around 1200m, the path undulates considerably and the actual height climbed is probably closer to 1500m.

The trail is 5.5km long and most people take 7 to 8 hours to trek to the summit and back again."

Itu saja kajian I sebelum memanjat Pine Tree Trails & Twin Peak Selasa lepas. Cukuplah sebab memang jenis tak study, takut mental. Setakat ini I buat syarat to myself, elak gunung terletak di Hulu Langat (pacat) dan set my mind that every mountain has its story and beauty.  Tetapi persediaan asas kena lengkap. Yang ini tak boleh malas. Tentang line up, suasana gunung, trail dan trek I tak kisah sangat asalkan I yakin guider is an experienced guider and I  have my buddy with me for the trip. Sebelum pergi, wajib pastikan bag day pack lengkap, antaranya bateri mencukupi, wisel, ubat-ubatan dan sebagainya.

Pine Tree Trails memang dah lama jadi idaman kerana gambar-gambar yang dikongsi kawan-kawan social media. So scenic and magnificent I can't deny it's calling when Weekday Hikers arranging this trip.

Reaching the sun. 

Catatan trip kami:

Tarikh : 24 April 2018
Masuk : 7.30am
Puncak Pine Tree : 11ish
Pine Tree to Twin Peak: 40mins
Keluar : 4.30pm (I went out at 6.06pm)
Theme : White, Red with dash of Black. (We are so brave, we wear white in mud)


The trail is relatively tropical, with humidity almost 80% it was a cold and breezy at some . The beauty or maybe the curse is the trail is shape like a W so you know that you will go down the slop then up then down again, the up before you go out. As it is a single trail hike you will double back the same route. Down, Up, Down and Up.

Usually, going out from a trail is going down until your exit point. meaning that your heart beat will slowing down as you walk out after so much cardio but not this mountains. You will hike up to get out.

The phone line was basically dead from trail head but towards the 2nd peak and last peak it was so clear. I had fun spamming my insta-story hehe. Then it's gone when we started to go back to starting point to go out.

This is where I started loosing phone signal


Dapat line! Yeay!!! 

Perjalanan bermula dengan menuruni tangga buatan kayu dan seterusnya denai dan akar kayu, ada juga kawasan yang berselut bertanah gambut. Perjalanan agak berangin deselango bunyian unggas dan monyet. Sebelum puncak Pine Tree, terdapat kawasan berbatu curam 90darjah dan kami menggunakan tali untuk menaikinya. Disini banyak menggunakan tenaga upper body untuk naik keatas. Bagus untuk our body motor system to coordinate hand and leg movements.

Upon reaching Pine Tree Peak we are not fortunate to see the 360 degree view as it was fogging or maybe I was too tired I didn't bothered so much. I just lay down on my back and try to sleep it off. But after seeing the team pictures, I think the fog is quite thick.

Terbaring sudah. 

Yup. Foggy. 
Setelah berehat sekejap, kami ke Twin Peak lebih kurang 40 minit perjalanan dan kami telah melintasi negeri Pahang. Tanahnya hitam. Mungkin ada bijih.

Towards Twin Peak. 


Now, we have to go back before 2pm before it gets dark. Terdapat dua tangga batu that I have mind marked as an exit point forgetting that there's a loop before reaching the arch. I went mental after the 2nd tanga batu and I almost loose it when there's tangga kayu that I didn't count and forgot the never ending loop.

It is only 800mtr but it felt so far like a never ending treadmill and it is true Pine Tree Trails need a lot of your mental strength.

Tips: Exit

pondok roboh ada 3
pondok ok 1 (before pondok roboh 3)
tangga batu 2 (satu rendah & satu tinggi)
tangga batu 2 atau 3
Loops
Arch.

During hiking you will be greeted with so much beautiful moss, climbers and flowers and also the sound of birds and monkeys. Do enjoy it. It is so serene and one time I felt like in Rivendell minus the big river. Truly, you will feel so small with magnificent trees and amazing creations in Pine Tree and it is He is the Creator. Masya Allah Maha Pencipta.



 












I think Pine Tree & Twin Peak is actually for experienced hikers and having done that I'm so proud of myself as a newbies. Alhamdullilah, I manages weight of my bag well, had enough drinks before and drink little during, had proper meal before and enough sleep. It helped me reserving stamina needed for the trip.

With help of the team and responsible sweepers, Pine Tree and Twin Peak checked. 





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