General

A recently developed (and developing) area that somewhat surprisingly wasn’t ‘discovered’ (or exploited might be a better word) by boulderers until early-2023 despite hiding in relatively plain site for anyone who’s ever travelled down Jat’s Incline. Sunset Forest provides a huge number of boulders and lines on blocs of (typically) good quality, featured volcanic tuff, with relatively easy access, mostly good landings and blocs of all shapes and sizes (including a much higher degree of overhanging rock than most bouldering spots in HK.

As the area is ever expanding and getting to a volume of blocs and problems too large for a single webpage, the area has been sub-divided into a series of sectors as linked lower down.

Approach

The blocs are best approached from Choi Fai Estate at the bottom of Jat’s Incline, which has parking at the estate as well as minibus service (No. 16 from Ping Shek Estate in Choi Hung). From the bus stop, walk up Jat’s Incline until reaching a small concrete staircases slightly lower down the hill than the main staircase leading to the Sam Fung Temple (三峰廟), about 5 minutes from base of Jat’s Incline

Respect the Rock

This bouldering area (like most others) is within a designated Country Park area that contains sensitive flora and fauna and is widely used by numerous members of the non-climbing public. Please show the area the respect it deserves, follow a ‘leave-no-trace’ ethos (take your litter home and use the public toilet just down the road), keep noise to a minimum (i.e. no speakers/loud music) and, if you must have noodles, eat them at home rather than cooking at the crag (you don’t have to be the sharpest knife in the block to know that open flames in a densely vegetated forest is a pretty dumb thing to do).

The Blocs

With the exception of the Hillside and Roots Sectors, the various sectors at Sunset Forest are best accessed via a small concrete footpath a short distance down the road from the main staircase leading to the Sam Feng Temple. This concrete path leads you quickly to a small concrete platform, from which a small dirt trail accesses the forested hillside beyond in its back left corner. Follow this trail directly up and into the forest to quickly reach the blocs themselves.

For the Hillside and Roots Sectors, access is more quickly gained (but with a bit more vegetation to deal with along the paths) from small dirt trails located about 5 minutes higher up Jat’s Incline.

The links below (or the main toolbar) provide access to the details for each Sector:

Crown Sector

Whale Sector

Great Sail Sector

Kaze Sector

Raika Sector

Underworld Sector

Hilltop Sector

Hillside Sector

Roots Sector