Counter-clockwise loop with some single track. This is a pretty cool find so close to Chiang Mai.
Still staying local with the Lifan 200 I decided to explore some new territory just off my pre-explored territory.
My goal was to ride a trail down to a village road and also to link up two villages, the first name unknown, the second, Ban Kunta.
Capt Slash had trailblazed from Ban Kunta northward, but I wanted to connect to his starting point from the southern village.
You can see from the image above I ALMOST made the connection. It was looking pretty gnarly on that trail and I was on the Lifan, so I did not want to commit...but now I wish I had.
Trail starts on the dirt portion of the 1230 before you get to the Viewpoint.
N18.77609 E099.28970
Take a right here:
It starts off as double track but that soon starts to disappear. Sorry, there are no photos at the bottom as I was busy dragging the bike around!
I turned around and headed up past the viewpoint to the turnoff to village #1 (N18.78909 E099.29595)
The ride into the lower village has sections of dirt and sections of concrete.
In the village I take a left at this little intersection (N18.78607 E099.33282)
A few hundred meters up the road is the start of the dirt section where I find a trail between the villages. I start the trek...
It starts off as double-track, but narrows down to single-track in sections.
Some of the ruts are pretty deep, and hidden by the leaves
And this is where you exit in Ban Kunta!!! (N18.79733 E099.34647)
At the road I take a right and not very far away I see the dirt trail heading north again into the mountains.
(Slash has done a trip report on this leg...)
I follow that trail up to the concrete section of the road
This is the intersection with the road. I take a left to head back through village #3 and to the 1230. I believe this is where Slash took a right and headed toward Chae Hom. I'll do that one another time.
A rest area along the way
Nice twisty bits
This is where you exit onto the 1230 (looking back at exit route)
Still staying local with the Lifan 200 I decided to explore some new territory just off my pre-explored territory.
My goal was to ride a trail down to a village road and also to link up two villages, the first name unknown, the second, Ban Kunta.
Capt Slash had trailblazed from Ban Kunta northward, but I wanted to connect to his starting point from the southern village.
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You can see from the image above I ALMOST made the connection. It was looking pretty gnarly on that trail and I was on the Lifan, so I did not want to commit...but now I wish I had.
Trail starts on the dirt portion of the 1230 before you get to the Viewpoint.
N18.77609 E099.28970
Take a right here:
It starts off as double track but that soon starts to disappear. Sorry, there are no photos at the bottom as I was busy dragging the bike around!
I turned around and headed up past the viewpoint to the turnoff to village #1 (N18.78909 E099.29595)
The ride into the lower village has sections of dirt and sections of concrete.
In the village I take a left at this little intersection (N18.78607 E099.33282)
A few hundred meters up the road is the start of the dirt section where I find a trail between the villages. I start the trek...
It starts off as double-track, but narrows down to single-track in sections.
Some of the ruts are pretty deep, and hidden by the leaves
And this is where you exit in Ban Kunta!!! (N18.79733 E099.34647)
At the road I take a right and not very far away I see the dirt trail heading north again into the mountains.
(Slash has done a trip report on this leg...)
I follow that trail up to the concrete section of the road
This is the intersection with the road. I take a left to head back through village #3 and to the 1230. I believe this is where Slash took a right and headed toward Chae Hom. I'll do that one another time.
A rest area along the way
Nice twisty bits
This is where you exit onto the 1230 (looking back at exit route)