Basianshan Main Peak Trail

The tallest of the Seven Heroes of Guguan is Baxian Mountain which is 2,366m above sea level. It takes about 8 hours to walk the trail back and forth at a leisure pace. The first half is steeper. After the ridgeline, the walk is smooth and easy. The entire trail is sheltered by the forest. The vegetation changes from evergreen broadleaf forests to mixed conifer-broadleaf forests that go through obvious changes in different seasons and the colors are diverse and beautiful. Baxian Mountain used to be an important lumber yard in Taiwan. Many traces of lumbering operations can be seen along the trail. The even forest road used to be the railway for lumber transportation.