Solo hike on December 22nd, 2015 ...

At Qixingshan Park (七星山公園) on Yangmingshan (陽明山)

The trail from Qixingshan Park to Menghuan Lake

Looking at the trail that leads up from Lengshuikeng (冷水坑)

Looking at Menghuan Lake (夢幻湖) on Yangmingshan (陽明山)

Tuesday December 22nd, 2015 (29°)

A lovely morning view from my balcony — up early to celebrate the last day of my 30s

Today's hiking route (about 8KM or so)

Taipei City down below covered in early morning mist (about 9am)

At the main peak of Qixing Mountain (七星山) on Yangmingshan (陽明山)

Sunday December 13th, 2015

Our route according to the Map My Hike app

Standing inside the crater near Xiangtian Pond (向天池)


Looking into the crater near the Xiangtian Pond

Sunday December 15th, 2015 (27°)

Looking at Taipei City, Guanyinshan and Danshui from the top of Miantianshan (面天山)

Walking up to the top of Miantianshan (面天山) on Yangmingshan (陽明山)



Sunday November 22nd, 2015

Enjoying the view on Thumb Mountain (拇指山)

Tianbao Temple (天寶聖道宮)

Overlooking Taipei City from Thumb Mountain


Sunday November 22nd, 2015

The hiking path from Panther Mountain (豹山溪) to Tianbao Temple (天寶聖道宮)




Sunday November 22nd, 2015 (26°)

Hushanfeng (虎山峰)

Panther Mountain (豹山溪)


Our (approximate) route — five hours exploring (some new) trails

Wednesday November 18th, 2015 (31°+)

Favorite hiking place as it's out back of my community — Neigou Mountain (內溝山)

Loving the clouds

Best part of the hike

Loving the GoPro

Saturday November 14th, 2015 (24°)

Never did make it to Wuzhishan but made it to the base of Yangmingshan

The trail was thin and slippery in parts with clouds rushing through the trees

The group I took out (Israeli, Canadian, American, German and two Taiwanese)

This was where the trail pulled us out and we had another hour long walk before we found a bus stop

Saturday November 14th, 2015 (24°)

Hiking from the known to the unknown. Our route: Dahu Park MRT ➜ Yuanjue Waterfall ➜ Yuanjue Temple ➜ Daluntou Trailhead ➜ Trail to Wuzhishan. It was a 12KM hike that took five hours to complete.




Sunday November 8th, 2015 (30°)

A lovely hike along the Monkey Mountain Trail in Muzha (GoPro images)



Overlooking the smog in New Taipei City (iPhone pano image)

Saturday November 7th, 2015

One of my favorite ridge hikes in New Taipei City — Huangdidian (皇帝殿)

Lots of ropes and ladders along the trail with a gazillion steps to get up and down on either end

30° with 0% chance of rain made it a perfect day for this hike

One of a few ladders along the trail