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2016-06-14 | A frog goes hiking: 桃山 (Tao shan)
It took a long time for us to actually make up our minds whether we should go or not. The weather forecast had been bad for several days and the chance for rain rather high. But because the actual precipitation had been low for days we ended up giving it a try.
And luckily we did try! Despite the absence of sunshine and the occasional drizzle we stayed almost dry. Also, thanks to the high cloud cover we still saw most of the surrounding mountains.
As I always do when the weather forecast is bad, I left my camera at home and took photos with my toy phone instead. The result wasn't half bad and where it was a little bit of retouching did the trick.
Here is 單攻桃山, a single-day trip to Tao shan and back.
Overview
(Click the image for a larger version.)
Elevation chart
武陵吊橋 (Wuling suspension bridge) to 桃山 (Tao shan) and back
GPS track
The night before: Dinner at the 武陵國民賓館 (Wuling hostel).
All-you-can-eat buffet, just what you need to load up for a day of hiking.
Rhododendron along the way.
Notice the forest in the background. The right side has apparently been reforested.
The view back down towards 武陵農場 (Wuling farm).
黑水塘 (Hei shui tang), a small pond along the hiking trail.
The trail has a great view of the surrounding mountains. The tallest peak in the left half of the photo is 南湖大山 (Nan hu da shan), the pointy one in the right half is 中央尖山 (Zhong yang jian shan).
A little further up you can actually see the whole length of 武陵農場 (Wuling farm).
Close to the top the always easy-to-recognize 大霸尖山 (Da ba jian shan) pops out above the forest.
And a little to the West you can see 池有山 (Chi you shan) in the front and 品田山 (Pin tian shan) in the back.
Looking back towards 雪山 (Xue shan). If you look closely you can see a little white blot; that's 三六九山莊 (369 mountain hut).
The steeper parts of the mountains are riddled with rhododendron.
The last few hundred meters.
And finally at the top! That was about five minutes before it started raining.
Time to dress up in rain gear ...
... and snap a few last photos.
In this direction another peak would have been waiting to be conquered: 喀拉業山 (Ke la ye shan). But it's another 5-6 kilometers to go and come back and I hear the view is rather disappointing. Maybe next time!