【 Type of attraction open for tourism 】

• Length of trail: About 85km.
• Time required for the trip: The entire trip takes about 7-9 days.
• Difficulty: The trip stretching through Batunguan, Shiuguluan, Dashuiku or Xiangyang, Sanchao and Lake Jiaming is of medium difficulty for most people and the entire trip is of high difficulty.

【 Management 】

• Environmental limit: Ecological Reserve of Jade Mountain National Park.
• Intensity of development/Type of facility: Not apt for exploration and it is proposed to limit tourists, as in Type 3 Trails of the National Trail System.

The entire trail in this section of Shiuguluan of the Central Cordillera measures some 85km and it passes through Batunguan Mountain, Shiuguluan Mountain, Dashuiku Mountain, Dafenjian Mountain, Lulu Mountain, Yun Peak, Nanshuangtou Mountain, Sancha Mountain and Xiangyang Mountain, totaling 10 peaks. As the third-highest mountain in Taiwan, following Jade Mountain and Snow Mountain, Shiuguluan Mountain is 3,860m above sea level. Dafenjian Mountain stands at 3,222m and its peak is among the 3 highest in Taiwan. Sancha Mountain is 3,494m above sea level and is one of the 10 highest mountains in Taiwan.

This sector of Shiuguluan has an outstanding terrain, with the Xiangyang Steep Wall, Lake Jiaming, the Sancha Mountain Prairie, Lakuyin Valley, Dafen Lake and the Laonun Valley. The Shiuguluan Mountains vary between 2,400m~3,600m above sea level and their plantation covers high mountain prairii and flat land, including a coniferous tree ecosystem and broad-leafed ecosystems. The main plants are round-shaped pines on Jade Mountain, high mountain azalea, Taiwanese cold fir and Taiwanese hemlock spruce, (昆欄樹) and (長尾樹等). Mammals are scarce in the area and there are only Taiwanese monkeys, white-belly squirrels, mountain deer and wild goats. As for local birds, there are blue-belly owls, black-tailed pheasants, partridges, yellow sparrows, line-winged thrushes, Taiwanese lesser coucals, white-eared thrushes,, yellow-chest thrushes, crown thrushes, little wing (鶇), (紫嘯鶇), white-head(鶇) and red sparrows.

The Dashuiku that drops abruptly from the collapsed wall in the north is just as a trademark of the site.   By Guo, Y. Yuri	The Shiuguping is the south extension of the Shiuguluan Mountain. The white woods are remains of past forest fires.   By Guo, Y. Yuri
The high and overwhelming Mabolas Mountain, with its collapsed walls on the north and east, is known as one of the top 10 peaks on the island.   By Guo, Y. Yuri	Between June and July, French chrysanthemum is common in the trail from the Guangao Station to Guangaoping, Batong Prairie, the Jade Mountain trail and even the north peak of the Jade Mountain.   By Guo, Y. Yuri
A view of the mountains in the southern section, the Nandashuiku Mountain, the Dafenjian Mountain, the Tafen Mountain, the Nanshuangtou Mountain, the Sancha Mountain and the Nanyi Sector.   By Guo, Y. Yuri	At 3,562m, the Yun Peak is the highest peak of the Central Cordillera between Dashuiku and Xiangyang Mountain.   By Guo, Y. Yuri
Dashiku in autumn and winter turns yellow and withered.   By Guo, Y. Yuri	The Nandashuiku top is a piece of vast grassland, The Dashuiku Pond is found between the north of the mountain and the Dashuiku Mountain.   By Guo, Y. Yuri
Overlooking the Jade Mountain Fault, Ridge of Taiwan, from the South No. 2 section west.   By LAI Xingyi	On the way to Sancha Mountain from Xiangyang Mountain, the Xinkang Mountain, Peak in East Taiwan is just behind.   By LAI Xingyi
The vast Jiaming Lake in front of Sancha Mountain is said to be formed by aerolite.   By LAI Xingyi	Loking south from Xiangyang Mountain, one may see the 3 mountains of the South Cross Island Highway, Kuhanoxin, Guanshanling, Taguangshan and Guangshan among others.   By LAI Xingyi
Xinkang Mountain is said to be the best company to mountaineers going up the South No. 2 sector. From Xiangyang Mountain and till Dashuiku, Xinkang Mountain tapers, though it remains the focus when one overlooks east.   By Guo, Y. Yuri	As main peak of the Central cordillera, Xiangyang Mountain has its west the renowned Xiangyang Collapsed wall.   By Guo, Y. Yuri