Making our way through Nantou County in light rain toward the trail head

Bed and breakfast above Dongpu
The Source Hot Spring B&B
String beans ready
Breadbasket for the island's temperate crops
green persimmons 柿子
Farming along our path
Tradescantia, Inch Plant, or Wandering Dude

Western section of Batongguan traverse trail
at the trailhead
corn in Dongpu
Bench terraces of the Shalixian

Refreshments shop at the trailhead


Batongguan Trail 八通關步道


Batongguan Trail 八通關步道

Batongguan Trail 八通關步道
Batongguan Trail 八通關步道

Lele Cabin 樂樂山屋
Lele Cabin 樂樂山屋
Lele Cabin 樂樂山屋
Lele Cabin 樂樂山屋
trail camera set

Batongguan Trail 八通關步道

Batongguan Trail 八通關步道
Bunun porters
foxglove
Himalayan nettle 大蠍子草 (dà xiēzǐ cǎo "scorpion grass") Girardinia diversifolia
Foxglove 紫花洋地黃 (zǐ huā yáng dì huáng) Digitalis purpurea Linn.
Himalayan nettle 大蠍子草 (dà xiēzǐ cǎo "scorpion grass") Girardinia diversifolia
小囊山珊瑚 (xiǎo náng shān shān hú) Galeola falconeri Hook. f.
Batongguan Trail 八通關步道

old trees hold the trail up

Foxglove 紫花洋地黃 (zǐ huā yáng dì huáng) Digitalis purpurea Linn.
Taiwanese creeping bramble 高山懸鉤子 (gāoshān xuán gōuzǐ) Rubus rolfei
foxglove lined trail
Foxglove 紫花洋地黃 (zǐ huā yáng dì huáng) Digitalis purpurea Linn.
Guangao Cabin 觀高山屋
Guangao Cabin 觀高山屋 composting toilets
Guangao Cabin 觀高山屋
Guangao Cabin 觀高山屋
old site of Guangao Cabin 觀高山屋
Foxglove 紫花洋地黃 (zǐ huā yáng dì huáng) Digitalis purpurea Linn.
Batongguan Trail 八通關步道





arrow bamboo





Chenyoulan 陳有蘭溪 watershed leading back NW toward Dongpu 東蒲
Junda watershed 郡大溪 to the north







Glandular Rose, Alpine Rose 高山薔薇 (gāoshān qiángwēi) Rosa transmorrisonensis












Taiwan red pine 台灣二葉松 (táiwān èryè sōng) Pinus taiwanensis

Taiwan Pieris 台灣馬醉木 (táiwān mǎzuìmù) Pieris taiwanensis Hayata




Batongguan Trail 八通關步道

Batongguan Trail 八通關步道
Batongguan Trail 八通關步道
tree and rock



Batongguan Trail 八通關步道
Batongguan Trail 八通關步道

Batongguan Trail 八通關步道

Central Gold Mine Cabin 中央金礦山屋










Abandoned gold mine









































Batongguan Trail 八通關步道


Batongguan Trail 八通關步道









Batongguan Trail 八通關步道






Batongguan Trail 八通關步道
Batongguan Trail 八通關步道


old and new bridges

Batongguan Trail 八通關步道


Batongguan Trail 八通關步道
Batongguan Trail 八通關步道
beginning of landslide detour

Batongguan Trail 八通關步道









Don't collapse






































Foxglove 紫花洋地黃 (zǐ huā yáng dì huáng) Digitalis purpurea Linn.

Guangao Cabin 觀高山屋
Guangao Cabin composting toilets
Guangao Cabin 觀高山屋
Guangao Cabin 觀高山屋
Guangao Cabin 觀高山屋
Guangao Cabin 觀高山屋
Guangao Cabin 觀高山屋
shoe soles tapped on
Guangao Cabin 觀高山屋



Batongguan Trail 八通關步道

Batongguan Trail 八通關步道



Foxglove 紫花洋地黃 (zǐ huā yáng dì huáng) Digitalis purpurea Linn.











































































Yushan Pink 玉山石竹 (yù shān shí zhú)Dianthus pygmaeus Hayata