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About Beidawushan
The Difficulty Rating: ★★★☆☆
Beidawushan (北大武山) is the southernmost mountain that is taller than 3000 meters in Taiwan, also the southernmost Baiyue (百岳).
Between its peak and South Section 1 (南一段) it is the lower area on Central Mountain Range where no mountain is over 3000 meters (中央山脈主脊陷落區). Because there is no peak there on the list of Baiyue, only a small number of very experienced hikers may be willing to visit the area, making it a mysterious mountainous area to most of people. This also applies to the southern side of Beidawushan where the elevation of the peaks on Central Mountain Range subside gradually.
Relative to the flanking sections of the main ridge of Beidawushan, the hiking trail to this mountain is one of the most popular trails in southern Taiwan. Hikers have to apply for the beds of Kuaigu Lodge (檜谷山莊) / campsite well in advance. This trail is susceptible to severe weather and may be close from time to time.
This post is about my 2-day hike in December, 2010. The hike to the top of Beidawushan was straightforward without great difficulty but I felt it a pretty long track. The second day was a big day. We departed from Kuaigu Lodge a few hours ahead of the dawn, arriving the summit shortly after the sunrise and returned via the same track which was hidden in the wood of impressive Taiwan hemlock.
I remembered after the long day, we had to rush the meal somewhere in Pingtung (which made a teammate unhappy) in the hope of returning to Taipei before the MRT close. I could not remember if our bus made it or not but we did arrive Taipei around the midnight.
