Early-bird tourists treated to frost and golden mist on Doi Inthanon

[snoop1130]

Early-bird tourists treated to frost and golden mist on Doi Inthanon

By The Nation

 

 

Tourists who flocked to Doi Inthanon early Monday morning were treated to a beautiful white frost that blanked the mountaintop, as a new high-pressure front from China caused the mercury to fall to zero degrees Celsius.

 

Kritsayam Kongsattree, chief of the Doi Inthanon National Park in Chiang Mai’s Jom Thong district, said that this winter’s frosts had happened on the mountaintop so many times that he had lost count.

 

He said today’s lowest temperature at the top of Doi Inthanon had been recorded at zero degrees early in the morning, while the Kiew Mae Pan viewpoint, where tourists enjoyed the first rays of sunrise, had seen the temperature drop to 5 degrees. 

 

The temperature at the park office halfway up the mountain was 8C, he added.

 

Kritsayam also said that because the sky was so clear of cloud, tourists had enjoyed watching a sea of early-morning mist, which turned gold due to the rays of the rising sun.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30362656

 

— The Nation 2019-01-21

[bluesofa]

7 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

Tourists who flocked to Doi Inthanon early Monday morning were treated to a beautiful white frost

As a ferang, it still baffles me that someone wants to experience cold weather. I've had enough if it to last a lifetime thanks.

 

[mok199]

.Mabey thais just need ice on the roads to showcase their skills...

[unamazedloso]

whoopty dooo! 

 

[connda]

Snow report from my old ski area:
77" up top / 42" base area with 6" new in the last 24 hours.

Hummm. ????  Frost isn't much of a draw.  Especially at the 10 times the Thai price for foreigner's entrance fee to the park pricing scheme.  Nope.  Not impressed at all.  And...Thais are not charged 10 times what a US person is charged for a lift ticket where I used to ski.  In the US they call that "discrimination" and it's against the law - legally and morally. 

[mmushr00m]

Should come over here, -18c and 25cm of snow.

So cold my go pro froze.