Khao Jeen Lae, Sport climbing

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1 Kitchen Wall 2 Temple Area 3 Star Wall 4 Sukhumvit (Red Wall) 6 Secret Garden

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Summary

Over 100 routes, single and some multi pitch climbing, just 2-hours away from Bangkok.

Description

Khao Jeen Lae is a limestone peak located 14km east north east of Lopburi town, 160km north of Bangkok. There are five areas called "Temple Area", "Kitchen Wall" , "Secret Garden" , "Easter Island" " and Sukhumvit Wall (Currently under development).

Khao Jeen Lae is in Lopburi Thailand. The tower with a few established multipitch routes that go up to 200 metres.

NOTE: AVAILABLE LEGACY CLIMBING GUIDES

These topos have been kindly provided to us from current and previous developers. They are not comprehensive of all the routes in the area but can help guide your climbing trip whilst we work on getting the crag up to date. Thank you for your patience! Mimi Chindasook & Matt Chatfield (6 Dec 2023)

Access issues

Tolerated

Khao Jeen Lae's Temple Area is accessed via Wat Pa Suwannahong temple and is a sacred place of worship. To get to the cliff you actually have to walk through the temple and up to the main face.

The monks have been extremely nice to us climbers. The only request they have made is that climbers going to the cliff come by and say hello, and again when they leave so they know that you are safe. Please make a small donation (20 baht - 100 baht) in the donation box available on the steps if you can, this will help us maintain a good relationship with the monks.

As of March 2023, there is a 20 climber limit per day in order to preserve a peaceful relationship with the temple and the surrounding community. Please register here before your trip

Please make sure you have left the crag before 6pm as the temple doesn't want people coming down in the dark. This is very important for keeping good relationship with the temple and the crag open.

PARKING INFORMATION

If there is space please park in the driveway of 1st Pitch Thailand (available on google to find) across the street from the temple. Please do not park along the barbed wire fence. Tractors need to pass there during the day. You can access the toilet at the back of the house also. You can leave a donation for facilities via QR code on the middle door of the house. Thankyou

Approach

Currently, there are two ways to access the crag. Through the temple to the 'Temple Area' or through the back of the mountain to the 'Secret Garden' area.

Pick your poison: Temple Access is steep but faster access to more crags. Back Access is longer, more relaxed walking.

Temple Access: Go through the locked white fence of the temple. Don't hop the fence but go through the holes. From then on, walk to the back of the temple, you will see two sets of steps. Take the right one that looks steep all the way up until you hit a dirt path. Then continue on the dirt path until you hit a clearing. You will have arrived at 'Temple Area - Left Side'.
Back Access: Walk down the dirt path for a while, past the house with the geese and into a farm like clearing. Turn left onto the first obvious dirt path that you see, keep following this path (it will eventually have a bunch of tyre marks) for around 5 minutes until you run into this abandoned wooden shed. Once you see the shed, walk for another minute until you see a small entrance to the bushes. The entrance is marked by a tree with two brown ropes tied at the top (look HIGH) and a blue water bottle between the branches. Follow the obvious path in until you reach the climbing area "Secret Garden Area - Right Side" .