Kinabalu Park
Kinabalu Park, the entrance
to
Mount Kinabalu, is located at
1,585 metres above sea level
and is the main starting
point
for the summit trail that
leads to the top of Mount
Kinabalu. It covers an area
of 754sq km and is made up of
Mount Kinabalu, Mount
Tambayukon and the foothills.
The mountains have a
fascinating geological
history, taking 'just' a
million years to form. The
mighty Mount Kinabalu is
actually a granite massif
that
was later thrust upwards
through the crust of the
surface.
Subsequent erosion removed
thousands of feet of the
overlying sand and mud stone,
exposing this massif. During
the Ice Age, glaciers running
across the summit smoothed it
out, but the jagged peaks
that
stood out above the ice
surface remained unaffected,
retaining the extremely
ragged
surfaces. This rugged
mountain
remains the focal point of
the
National Park to this day.