MacLehose Trail

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Tai Mo Shan Road weaving up the mountain along section 8 of the MacLehose Trail

The MacLehose Trail (traditional Chinese: 麥理浩徑), opened on 1979-10-26, is a hiking trail that crosses much of the New Territories, starting from Pak Tam Chung, Sai Kung, in the east to Tuen Mun in the west in the territory of Hong Kong. The whole trail is 100 kilometres long, marked by distance posts at 500m intervals along the path. It is named after Crawford Murray MacLehose, the longest serving governor of Hong Kong. MacLehose himself was an enthusiastic hiker. The trail passes through a variety of natural and beautiful scenery.

Tai Mo Shan Road (大帽山道) turn-off on Route Twisk, where MacLehose Trail Stage 8 connects to stage 9.

[edit] Stages

The trail comprises ten stages.

Pak Tam Chung to Long Ke, 10.6 km, 3.0 hours, Easy Walk
Long Ke to Pak Tam Au, 13.5 km, 5.0 hours, Fairly Difficult
Pak Tam Au to Kei Ling Ha, 10.2 km, 4.0 hours, Very Difficult
Kei Ling Ha to Tai Lo Shan, 12.7 km, 5.0 hours, Very Difficult
Tai Lo Shan to Tai Po Road, 10.6 km, 3.0 hours, Fairly Difficult
Tai Po Road to Shing Mun, 4.6 km, 1.5 hours, Easy Walk
Shing Mun to Lead Mine Pass, 6.2 km, 2.5 hours, Fairly Difficult
Lead Mine Pass to Route Twisk, 9.7 km, 4.0 hours, Fairly Difficult
Route Twisk to Tin Fu Tsai, 6.3 km, 2.5 hours, Easy Walk
Tin Fu Tsai to Tuen Mun, 15.6 km, 5.0 hours, Easy Walk

[edit] Trailwalker

Oxfam Trailwalker, a major fundraising event in Hong Kong, takes place annually in November on the MacLehose Trail (with a slight variation of the finishing point at Perowne Barracks in So Kwun Wat near Hong Kong Gold Coast rather than Tuen Mun).