2017

start of walk, Huisun Forest Recreation Area 惠蓀林場
the trail down to the river, gated
full group in blue
Side trails in Huisun Forest Area 惠蓀林場
area amenities
research area
Miguel at the overlook
Beigang stream 北港溪, looking downstream
back to the trail up and out
HuiSun Hot Spring 惠蓀溫泉
HuiSun Hot Spring 惠蓀溫泉
looking downstream from the spring
HuiSun Hot Spring 惠蓀溫泉, in the cliff
HuiSun Hot Spring 惠蓀溫泉, clear green







a tricky passage
lofty cliffs at the beginning of the canyon
Beigang stream 北港溪
a small hot spring pool near the beginning
Beigang stream 北港溪

Beigang stream 北港溪
First crossing where the trail comes down to the river
our driver
our crew
Lushan 廬山 village
Lushan 廬山 village
Lushan 廬山 village
wasp nest
back to Lushan 廬山 village
back to Lushan 廬山 village
local
above Jingying hot springs 精英溫泉
stacked stone and pepper crop
spraying the tea
flourescent pot lamp
indigenous color
mountain gardening
fruit tree cultivation

above Jingying hot springs 精英溫泉
Jingying waterfall 精英瀑布
hot springs above Jingying waterfall
hot springs above Jingying waterfall 精英瀑布
back to Jingying Waterfall 精英瀑布
Yunhai Hot Spring 雲海溫泉
Yunhai Hot spring 雲海溫泉
Daluowan stream 塔羅灣溪
Daluowan stream 塔羅灣溪
Daluowan stream 塔羅灣溪
second dam
alluvial wash out

Daluowan stream 塔羅灣溪
cliffs
fill above the dam
Daluowan stream 塔羅灣溪


climbing the second dam face
Richard stays below the second dam
second dam
Daluowan stream 塔羅灣溪
hot springs above Jingying waterfall 精英瀑布
Jingying Hot springs 精英溫泉
the first sediment retention dam 攔沙壩
the first set of sediment retention dams 攔沙壩
above Jingying waterfall 精英瀑布
Daluowan stream 塔羅灣溪
Jingying waterfall 精英瀑布
above Jingying falls 精英瀑布
above Jingying 精英瀑布
Jingying Hot Springs 精英溫泉
crossing Daluowan stream 塔羅灣溪
down to Jingying hot springs 精英溫泉
the road down to the stream

2016

with the YangMingShan team at Wuling 武陵
view from Wuling

2013

Chinese hemlock 台灣鐵杉 (táiwān tiě shān) Tsuga chinensis







Tianchi cabin visible























negative ions and 芬多精 (phytoncides)














hemp-agrimony 台灣澤蘭 (táiwān zé lán) Eupatorium cannabinum ssp. asiaticum
Taiwan stranvaesia 玉山假沙梨 (yùshān jiǎ shālí) Photinia niitakayamensis




Taiwan white pine 台灣五針松 (táiwān wǔ zhēn sōng) Pinus morrisonicola




台灣黃堇 (táiwān huáng jǐn) Corydalis tashiroi
Nenggao wildlife

toad lily 台灣油點草 (táiwān yóu diǎn cǎo) Tricyrtis formosana







Charcoal kiln remains




The Birds of Nenggao Area




匍堇菜 (pú jǐn cài) Viola arcuata
匍堇菜 (pú jǐn cài) Viola arcuata
































Yunhai line station 雲海保線所
Johnstone's Bush Robin 栗背林鴝 (lì bèi lín qú) Tarsiger johnstoniae
Yunhai 雲海

History of the Yunhai line station 雲海保線所













Wild hongfongcai










Taiwan Dandelion 台灣蒲公英 (táiwān púgōngyīng) Taraxacum formosanum


Needham's Lace 台灣八角金盤 (táiwān bājiǎo jīn pán) Fatsia polycarpa Hayata








Plant formation of laurel and oak forests







Forest variety along the Nenggao trail


Needham's Lace 台灣八角金盤 (táiwān bājiǎo jīn pán) Fatsia polycarpa Hayata







蓪草 seedlings with many companions
Tenacious vegetation
Curly-cue dried grass
marble, quartz formation
rare stable edge
Layers
Pieces of slate collect in the folds
Look down the first major valley from the slipping land
A bridge not long for the future
Fragile landscape
A trekking group led by a professional guide make their start up the trail
Philip at the trailhead (captioned in MS Gallery)
View of Lushan Village 廬山部落 above Wushe 霧社
View of Lushan Village 廬山部落 above Wushe 霧社