Run-site: Batang Kali Estate, near Ulu Yam
Travel Time: allow 60 – 80 minutes, depending on where you start from
Date: Sunday 5th March, 2023
Hares/Co-Hares: Iris and Zulaika, Gillian and Dylan
Registration: 1:30 onwards
Run Starts at: 2:00 pm
This Sunday our run-site (parking area) is hidden away among the palm trees of Batang Kali estate.
We have run here a couple of times in the last year, but each time we set a very different trail, and for March’s run we’re focussing on a scenic route, with impressive vistas of the mountains of Malaysia’s main range.
OK, it’s not quite the Alps, but it’s still very pleasant to look at, as you run/jog/walk along the trails.
There will be a short trail (2-3 km) and a long trail (4km) – the short trail is more suitable for the smaller kids and people without
There will be hotdogs and cold drinks, as usual, so please remember to bring some pocket money and a change of clothes.
PLEASE remember to register BEFORE the run, at our registration desk. Members just mark the registration sheet, and guests must fill in kids’ details (plus a phone number) on the guest sheet, and pay the guest fees of RM10 per kid.
EVERYONE (members and guests) must also sign out AFTER the run, so we know that nobody is lost.
Guests just pay RM10 per run, as always, or they can choose to join for the year.
Directions:
As with most run-sites, it’s easy to get there if you let Waze or Google Maps help you navigate – just click one of the icons below or follow the directions further down – but remember that it might not take you all the way:
The dirt road starts here, just after you turn off the main road:
The run-site is further in – you
To make sure you don’t get lost, it’s also a good idea to read the directions below:
Detailed Driving Directions
• Get to Ulu Yam Baru any way
The B23 Jalan Hulu Yam Baru-Batu Caves road is a good way from most starting points, but you can also go through Serendah (use the Rawang or Sungei Buaya exit from the N-S highway) and Antara Gapi
• Zero your tripmeter at the bridge over Sungei Liam, just before you enter Ulu Yam Baru town.
• At the t-junction immediately after the bridge, turn LEFT towards town.
• At 0.9km, in the middle of town, turn RIGHT onto the B113 towards Genting Highlands.
• Pass the Balai Polis on your left.
• At about 2.1km the road bends sharply to the left.
TURN RIGHT HERE AT THE SIGN ‘LADANG BATANG KALI’ (small tarmac road)
• Then take the first right, before the small estate manager’s house, into the estate (earth track) and continue about 1.3 kilometres to the run-site – this is about 300 metres past the run-site we’ve used before.
The track is OK, but some parts are a bit tricky for low-clearance sports cars, so we suggest you leave the Ferrari at home and bring the Perodua instead.
The runsite has plenty of parking near a small stream – or maybe a big stream if the current dry spell is replaced by a wet spell!
On On!
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