Xizhoushan Trail — Attraction in Taoyuan City

Very steep hiking trail that ends at a nice rest area. The forest there is just amazing! There are also a lot of other nice trails leaving from the rest area to other parts of the shimen reservoir Area, so longer hiking tours are possible. Downside: very few signs or Maps on the trail, no food or water, too, adventurial...

Unable to even reach the trailhead. Scooting up to the trailhead, owners let their dogs out to patrol and ward off visitors. Dogs snarling and barking (much more than normal wild Taiwanese dogs trust me). Scared my wife so much we had to turn a around--we were...

記憶中的石門水庫是學校和家庭旅遊的熱門景點，那時遊艇總是載滿了遊客欣賞著河岸風光，亞洲樂園、活魚多吃、甚至阿姆坪烤肉至今都仍記憶深刻。多年後造訪石門水庫，是因為和同事朋友相約爬山，想找一處難易適中且離大台北地區不太遠的地點，而位於石門水庫旁的小百岳溪洲山才因此雀屏中選。

登溪洲山的路線頗多，較普及走法可由坪林站 (Google導航『溪洲山步道登山口』)、福山巖 (導航『福山巖登山步道』)、福南宮、石門苗圃或溪洲公園 (或南苑生態公園) 等處起登，其中福山巖和福南宮路線短卻較為陡峭；溪洲公園路線長，但若想一併走訪新溪洲山則可不用刻意繞路；而石門苗圃可以走得輕鬆愜意，當地人笑稱為復健路線，約莫一小時左右即可完登。在考量行程的時間和完整性後，此次採由坪林站起登...