Shuishan Mountain Hiking Trail Introduction
⚠️ Temporarily closed due to storm damage and not yet reopened ⚠️ The entrance to the Shui She Mountain Hiking Trail is located next to the Sun Moon Lake Youth Activity Center restaurant. The trail is 5.6 kilometers long, with the first 1.6 kilometers consisting of stone steps, followed by a primitive forest path. The total elevation gain is 1,300 meters, and the round trip takes about 8 hours, requiring good preparation and physical fitness. At the summit, hikers can overlook Sun Moon Lake and admire the scenery of the Central Mountain Range. Due to the high elevation, the trail features a range of vegetation from low-elevation broadleaf forests to mid-elevation coniferous and broadleaf mixed forests, offering diverse and rich bird, insect, and animal ecology, making it an excellent route for ecological observation.
