2019

5.5 k Xindian river 新店溪 trace from Jiajiuliao 加九寮 to Guishan 龜山
5.5 k Xindian river 新店溪 trace from Jiajiuliao 加九寮 to Guishan 龜山
two dives (video)

2018

encouraging Kanie to swim
dogs in the stream
sun protection
dogs exploring the stream
deep enough to get wet
wild amaranth in the stream bed
Jiajiuliao 加九寮 bridge
Weiwei in the dry river bed
Honghegu 紅河谷
privately used national land
trailhead to Xiangtianhu 向天湖

2016

trail closed
bus to trailhead



looking north
4.6 km walk, climbing 288 m




Taipei
road below, looking north

qilin 麒麟

Oldham's Azalea 金毛杜鵑 (jīnmáo dùjuān) Rhododendron oldhamii Maxim.



contractor failure





restored ruins
restored ruins




looking west toward Sanxia 三峽






Guanyin 觀音
Guanyin cave 觀音洞
cave inscriptions
in the bandits' cave






primates feeding



Taipei
seedy scat

Class 1 Triangulation point 一等三角點






Taipei from Lion's head mountain 獅頭山, 857m
The peak



neglected infrastructure
Tammy coming up

Dan at the top of the first vertical climb
Dan ascends



Lion's head mountain is a historic site
Oldham's Azalea 金毛杜鵑 (jīnmáo dùjuān) Rhododendron oldhamii Maxim.


Xindian felwort 新店當藥 (xīndiàn dāng yào) Swertia shintenensis Hayata

Taipei basin
Kukutsu internment camp memorial

2015

returning in the river bed

we turn around near the top of the valley
in the main river bed

tumbling stream
storm sculpture

stream crossing

hikers repairing the trail
landslide

stream crossing



confluence with Nanshixi 南勢溪
Julong resort 巨龍山莊
Jiajiuliao bridge 加九寮景觀橋
Jiajiuliao stream 加九寮溪
Jiajiuliao stream 加九寮溪
snapped poles
damaged road to Wulai 烏來 (video)
Jiajiuliao bridge 加九寮景觀橋
Boulders in the stream
Major construction on the main road to Wulai 烏來

2009

Philip at the saddle point

2005

new bridge at Jiajiuliao 加九寮
Bruce and Michael at the 紅河谷-樂樂谷越嶺路 saddle point

Bruce, upstream from the Xiongkong bridge 熊空橋