Return to Big Snow Mountain

5-26-18 

      Big Snow Mountain is still there. The road has been mostly repaved and the rock slides that destroyed two passes removed, though a new slide was evidently pushed aside to make a passable lane. The road past the visitors’ center was open; it was closed when we went up with Amanda last time she was here. We went back to that little muddy lake. By 2:30 pm, we were tired and left for home. We got home at 5 pm. The hotel we had stayed oat a few years ago was closed and being renovated; it would have been a nicer trip for me if we could have stayed at a hotel up there overnight. Leona balked at making reservations at the 18%er Hotel (so called because retired government employees of the KMT era that stay there receive that much interest on their pensions) but we met the three-layer pork on rice proprietors (closing the shop yesterday for their daughter’s birthday trip) and he said he knows someone inside who can get us a discount when we do go. We should go overnight during the peak of the Perseid Meteor Shower between August 9-13^th. I trust Leona will agree.

     Here is a chronological recap of our day trip:

At 16 km road mark, there's a road off to a walk bridge over a stream.

At 26 km, just before the tunnel, there's a trail that goes 7 km
steeply around the mountain to the visitors center. 

 After an egg salad sandwich on pumpernickel, tuna salad on English muffin, salad with egg salad and kosher pickle, Doritos chips for lunch at the visitors center

At Big Snow Mountain