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Abandoned gold mine







tree and rock












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







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

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




Batongguan Trail 八通關步道

Batongguan Trail 八通關步道


corn in Dongpu
at the trailhead
Bed and breakfast above Dongpu

2019

Wolfgang investigates the dead deer
Sika deer ?



Danda stream 丹大溪


Danda stream 丹大溪
Danda stream 丹大溪
another group comes down

looking for a passage upstream on the other side
Philip and Ronan look for a passage under the cliffs



slate cliffs in second canyon
the slot that stopped our progress (video)
slate cliffs in second canyon
pondering next steps
slate cliffs in second canyon
slate cliffs in second canyon


making our way up the second slot canyon
Danda stream 丹大溪
Danda stream 丹大溪
Second slot (video)

Danda stream 丹大溪 coloration
Danda stream 丹大溪
Danda stream 丹大溪canyon
Danda stream 丹大溪
Danda stream 丹大溪 canyon
Danda stream 丹大溪 coloration
Danda stream 丹大溪
Danda stream 丹大溪 coloration
Danda stream 丹大溪 sediment shelf
quartz ?
slippage
walking along layers of storm-deposited sediment
Danda stream 丹大溪
Barking deer 台灣山羌 (táiwān shān qiāng) Formosan Reeve's Muntjac
Judy pushes on
Leigh at camp (video)
stream below second camp
bluff above the second camp
Philip at the second camp
camp iste in the morning
lentils for breakfast
Danda stream 丹大溪 at second camp
second camp
moonscape downstream from second campsite
badlands (video)
landslide
approaching camp (video)
Danda stream 丹大溪 canyon
climbing out of the slot
Danda stream 丹大溪 canyon
slate landscape
Danda stream 丹大溪 canyon
Danda stream 丹大溪 canyon
Danda stream 丹大溪 canyon
a side stream
first slot canyon (video)
water-carved canyon
inside walls of sediment
Willie leading us through the slot
Danda stream 丹大溪
entering the first slot
entering the first slot
there is a group camping on the bluff on the left
Approaching the first slot canyon
layers of sediment remember past storms
Danda stream 丹大溪

Danda stream 丹大溪
the canyon begins to narrow
looking up the landslide
a fresh landslide
following the path cut by the river
Danda stream 丹大溪
following the path cut by the river
Danda stream 丹大溪
Landslide ahead
Danda stream 丹大溪
Danda stream 丹大溪

2018

108 km ride up the Nanheng 南橫 with Bruce
108 km ride up the Nanheng 南橫 with Bruce
Bishan Hot Springs 碧山溫泉
Wulu 霧鹿
Bishan Hot Springs 碧山溫泉

waiting for construction
road work coming into Wulu 霧鹿


the road below
Bruce coming down in Motien 摩天
Motien 摩天
Motien 摩天
road repairs in Motien 摩天
Liyuan 栗園
Motien 摩天
Motien 摩天
above Lidao 利稻
above Lidao 利稻

Lidao tunnel 利稻隧道
road work below
184 km ride with Bruce
11k walk to Lelegu Hot Springs 樂樂谷溫泉
11k walk to Lelegu Hot Springs 樂樂谷溫泉
walking through farms in Dongpu 東埔 at the beginning of the trail
snow peas?
Feral cabbage in flower
Dongpu 東埔 below
trail lined by water piping
Chenyoulan stream 陳有蘭溪

Chenyoulan stream 陳有蘭溪
Lelegu Hot Springs 樂樂谷溫泉
Lelegu Hot Springs 樂樂谷溫泉
Lelegu Hot Springs 樂樂谷溫泉
Lelegu Hot Springs 樂樂谷溫泉

Chenyoulan stream 陳有蘭溪


narrows in Chenyoulan stream 陳有蘭溪
17.45k walk on the Batongguan trail 八通關古道
17.45k walk on the Batongguan trail 八通關古道
farming in Dongpu 東埔 with cabbage, tomato, bean intercropping




Feral plum?


Lele Police Station 樂樂駐在所
Ground orchid with pink flowers




Yunu Waterfall 乙女瀑布
Yunu Waterfall 乙女瀑布
Yunu Waterfall 乙女瀑布


Lele Police Station 樂樂駐在所
Lele Police Station 樂樂駐在所
section of trail destroyed by landslide
Ecological Area entry permits required
Mabloasih trail 馬博橫段
Yunlong Waterfall 雲龍瀑布
Yunlong Waterfall 雲龍瀑布
Yunlong Waterfall 雲龍瀑布


Lelegu Hot Springs 樂樂谷溫泉 trail is closed


rest area for hikers near trail head
Dongpu 東埔
chickens and turkeys
in Dongpu 東埔