[Taiwan] 桃園，北插天山 (Dongyanshan to Beichatienshan)

十二月初時，在同學的Line群組裡，跳出了一則訊息：「大家想不想去爬北插天山？」想想自己也很久沒有爬山了，同時同學想去的理由也很有趣，因為看到自己女兒的課本上有介紹，北插天山有很美的山毛櫸，說動了她，讓她很想去見識一番，再加上群組裡有位老手，去過好幾次，於是就報名了；我們上山的日子非常好，十二月廿二號，前一週都是晴朗的好天氣，讓上山的路，乾燥了許多，應該有比一般的路況要好走吧！
One day, a friend ask a question in one of my Line group, "Anyone wants to go to Beichatienshan with her?" He just read from the textbook of her daughter, which says the beech trees (Fagus hayatae) at Beichatienshan is really beautiful. Because of that, she wants to climb the mountain and see it. That's why we have this trekk on last Saturday, 12/22.

要爬北插天山，有好幾個起點，可從滿月圓，小烏來，還有我們這次的選擇─東眼山，不過東眼山算是行走距離比較長的起點，我們七點半從東眼山國家森林遊樂園的入口開始走，回到起點的時間已經接近晚上六點鐘了，整體算來是十個半小時，即使扣掉中間休息吃午餐的時間，也差不多走了九個小時，雖然我之前曾經去爬過五天四夜的大山行程，不過好像還沒有在一天內走這麼久的經驗，看統計，今天光爬山就消耗了四千卡，還是很值得的，哈～
As I knew, there are at least 3 trekks to go up to Beichatienshan, from Manyueyuan, from Xiao Wulai and from Dongyanshan Forest Recreation Area. We starts from Dongyanshan Forest Recreation Area at 7:30 AM, and almost 6:00 PM to back to our car. If we take out the rest time for cooking, we may walk for about 9 hours. When you check the Calorie I somsumed, more than 4,000, it's worthy, ha~

這裡借用了東眼山國家森林遊樂園的地圖，我們先從入口一路經過東眼山林道，地質走廊到東滿步道，大約是三公里的碎石子路，算是輕鬆的熱身，接著則是進入雨林(或是森林？)中的東滿步道，算是有點挑戰性，比一般郊山的步道要難一點，東滿步道全長7.8公里，連接東眼山與滿月圓，我們沿著東滿步道走約4.5公里，在一個三叉路口往北插天山的方向前進。
For the first 3 km is easy, all within the Dongyanshan Forest Recreation Area which is also for a usual tourist to visit. Followed with a hiking trail called Dongman Trail that connects Dongyanshan Forest Recreation Area and Manyueyuan National Forest Recreation Area. The total distance is 7.8 km. We arrived a fork to Beichatienshan around 4.5 km.

進行東滿步道之後，就是非常舒服的林道，滿滿的芬多精，如果不是擔心來回北插天山的時程，其實這段步道可以走得慢一點，多享受一下，我們大約在近十點時看到這則北插天山的告示牌，說明接下來前往北插天山的挑戰，事後分析，最後的這四公里左右的山路，我們花了比前面八公里還多的時間，前面2.5小時，後面近4小時，這難度還真是挺高的，看到這牌子，就時程上來說，其實還走不到一半，呵～
It's kind of easy walk for the first 8 km trail compares to the last 4 km. When you see the last sign, which reminds you how it may be for the following trail to Beichatienshan. We spent about 2.5 hours to arrive here, and almost another 4 hours to climb up to the top of Beichatienshan (including 30 to 40 mins for cooking lunch). Be prepared that when you see the sign, you may not get to the middle of this trekking yet.

穿過告示牌半小時左右的路程就會抵達水源地，有條小溪穿過，可以在這裡取用活水，煮些泡麵，茶或是咖啡，補充體力，緩和一下肌肉，準備好接下來的挑戰。
When pass the sign, soon you will arrive the rest place on the riverside. You can get fresh water for cooking and energize youself, then start the challenge.

接下來有許多這樣直上路段，踩著樹根，一步一步向上爬升，幾乎是每爬一段就要喘口氣，實在是累人...
The following trekking is like above. I didn't take many photos becaused it's really tough and make me feel tired.

 (山毛櫸，聽說秋天時會是最漂亮的！)

(These trees are the beech trees (Fagus hayatae).)

之所以說我們運氣好，就是因為有好天氣，才會有好風光，可以看得非常遠，上面這幾張照片我也都有上傳到Google Maps，或許直接看360度的環景照片會更美～
北插天山1
北插天山2
北插天山3
It's challenging, and the view is so beautiful. It's worthy. You can also check the panorama on the Google Maps:
Beichatienshan 1
Beichatienshan 2
Beichatienshan 3

抵達終點前，要小小地提醒一下，這個三叉路口要靠左走，不知道為何沒有路標，但如果往右走，那就會往南插天山走了，可是一座比北插天山更困難的二級山，小心別走錯了。
A remind for you that to the left-hand side at above fork of the road. The right-hand side will go to the Nanchatienshan.

北插天山，別有一番風味的山頂，這兒不像是一般印象中，孤傲地突出於四周，放眼四望，會帶來一種天蒼蒼地茫茫的孤寂感的山頂，反倒是座被樹木(有好幾棵山毛櫸)包圍的山頂，其實四面的景色反而不太好的山頂，但也因此讓人覺得較為溫暖，可和其他山友多在此哈拉兩句，不像那種典型的山頂，會被風吹得很冷，待個五分鐘，十分鐘就想下山了；但也因為沒有讓人有攻頂的感覺，居然有人脫口說出：「這樣就到了？」差點被眾山友圍歐呀，哈哈～
This is the top of Beichatienshan which is not typical, or I should say not meet the image of what people think. It's surrounding by beech trees.

不可免俗地來了一張攻頂照。
As a group of three people, we arrived.

我們一點半左右攻頂，沒待很久就開始下山，一路緊趕慢趕，終於在日落前離開山路，進入東眼山國家森林遊樂園的碎石子路，這樣就不擔心趕夜路了，雖然有帶頭燈，但在山林中，變數還是比較多，或許因為隔天就要變天，此時向外望去，雲海中的層層疊疊，真美，這真是一個漂亮的結尾呀！
Since it's a little bit late, we walk really fast for going down. The sunset is at 5:10 PM on December 22th. At that time, we already back to the Dongyanshan Forest Recreation Area. It's a good time to see the sea cloud and also to walk on the flat road in the dark.