Desyueshan National Forest Recreation Area

It's was a three day weekend. Monday was Peace Day in Taiwan. Peace Day, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/228_Incident,  recognizes the 228 Incident. I won't get into the history of the holiday, but it does have political ramifications to this day.

I went hiking for a day in Desyueshan National Forest http://www.taiwan-travel-experience.com/dasyueshan.html. The trail was not very long, but it was quite rugged and steep. It's also great to get away from the city noise and pollution. The national park is about a two hour drive from Taichung. Since it was a holiday weekend there were many people on the trail. I was very surprised to see the very young and the very old on this trail. When you look at my pictures you will understand. We hiked the Yuanzueishan-Shaolaishan trail. Yuanzueishan Mountain (Eagle Mountain) is pictured below. The trial follows the steep ridge of the mountain and some sections are 'technical' class 5 climbing. Lots of fun for a monkey boy like me.


Yuanzueishan Mountain (Eagle Mountain) is about 2300 (7,545 feet) meters high. Taiwan has the highest number and density of high mountains in the world.

Yeah, this is as steep as it looks.

Some hikers on the ridge of the mountain.