Hutou Mountain Trail Introduction
Hutoushan, located northwest of Ruisui, is a prominent ridge extending east from Danda Mountain, with an elevation of 1,747 meters. At its summit, there is a large rock that resembles a tiger perched on the mountain's peak, hence the name. An industrial road leads to the site, offering expansive views of the scenery between the Central Mountain Range and the Coastal Mountain Range. Hutoushan is situated at the southernmost end of the Coastal Mountain Range, surrounded by rock layers of the Liji Formation, making it an exotic rock block encased within the Liji Mixed Formation, composed of dolerite. In recent years, due to the near absence of hunters entering the area, the narrow paths in the mountains have become completely overgrown, significantly increasing the difficulty of reaching the summit. According to the older generation in Ruisui, during the Japanese colonial period, the Japanese were deeply afraid that the mountain tiger of Hutoushan would create disturbances (due to the mountain's geomantic energy), prompting them to use heavy iron chains to bind the tiger's neck and suppress its spirit, preventing it from causing trouble. Subsequent verification by summit challengers has confirmed that there are currently two mountain peaks bound by chains: one is Dahuotoushan (with an elevation of 1,745 meters), and the other is Xiaohuotoushan (Jiangbunanshan, with an elevation of over 600 meters).
