Mount Ma-Lun

These are some pictures from a hike I took with some teachers up to Mount Ma-Lun. The hike was 7 km long and climbed 3000 feet. In other words, it was a steep climb. It was in Taichung County near the hot springs resort town of Kukuan.






There are some old structures on the trail. Some are aboriginal and some are from the workers who built a railroad up here back in the 1940s.


The trail is overgrown but steep. At higher elevations it resembles trails I've hiked in the Pacific Northwest of the U.S.


The remains of an old school for the kids of the railroad workers. The railroad went right past this location but I could not find any evidence of the rail bed.












This is a short video from the summit. Those clouds were flying just about my head. Sometimes, it's good to have your head in the clouds.