Bukit Runcing

Information

Elevation

2.224 m

Country

Indonesia (ID)

Location / Range

Bukit Barisan / Kerinci Seblat National Park (South Sumatra–Bengkulu border, Ulu Rawas district, North Musi Rawas)

Mountain type

Montane forest peak (non-volcanic) in the Bukit Barisan range, within Kerinci Seblat National Park

Volcanic?

No (non-volcanic)

Coordinates

-2.9195, 102.2042

Difficulty

Not documented as a regular hiking trail — a remote summit with no recorded official route; dense montane rainforest terrain far from settlements

Best Season

Not documented; in general the Kerinci Seblat area is drier around May–September

Permits & Rules

Located within Kerinci Seblat National Park (the UNESCO World Heritage site 'Tropical Rainforest Heritage of Sumatra'), so activities in this area in principle require a permit from the national park management

Hazards

Extreme remoteness, dense rainforest with no clear trails, and conservation-area wildlife (including Sumatran tiger habitat); field data is very limited

Description

Bukit Runcing is a forested mountain peak of about 2,224 metres in the interior of Sumatra, Indonesia, lying inside Kerinci Seblat National Park — the largest national park in Sumatra and part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site. According to the PeakVisor database, the peak sits in the Ulu Rawas district of Musi Rawas Utara Regency, South Sumatra province, near the border with Bengkulu, and is recorded as the highest of 21 peaks in the Ulu Rawas area, with a prominence of about 457 metres. Its nearest higher neighbour is Gunung Seblat (2,383 m), roughly 7.6 km to the north-west. The surrounding terrain is almost entirely montane rainforest with a very sparse population. Bukit Runcing has virtually no climbing documentation: there is no record of an official trail, and available information is limited to geographic data from mapping databases and encyclopaedias. Because of its remote location in the heart of a Sumatran tiger conservation area, the mountain is known more as part of the Kerinci Seblat landscape than as a popular hiking destination.