古い火口、初めての小觀音山ループ（小觀音山西西峰～大屯溪～北峰～主峰～(夜)～七星山主峰～東峰）

I solo-ed hiking the 小觀音山 loop for the first time. It's partly cloudy, RH was about 70~75%. The loop I hiked: 大屯山鞍部停車場↗西峰～西西峰↘大屯溪↗北峰～主峰～戰備道 Along the loop, I could see the largest volcanic crater in Taiwan. It's very beautiful. Between 西西峰～大屯溪, I experienced a super steep incline. And It took me 2 hours to go down this 1 km section because it's super slippery! It rained 3 days ago, but it was still muddy and slippery. And there were not too much I could grab except for those bamboos. And between 大屯溪～北峰, it's again a super steep incline to go uphill, but it's much better since it was almost dry. Finally, on the 北峰, I happened to see the cloud sea, it's awesome but unfortunately I didn't have too much time to take landscape pictures. === For your information === 小觀音山: - the largest volcanic crater (火山口) in Taiwan - all the trails are maintained by mountaineers - a mountain in clouds 小觀音山 popular trail: - V形: 登山口～西西峰～戰備道～主峰～北峰 - go back to 戰備道 after reaching 西西峰, not going down to 大屯溪 - good for taking photos - popular for mountaineers 小觀音山 loop trail: - O形: 登山口～西西峰～大屯溪～北峰～主峰 - 4+ hours - DO NOT COME at bad weathers, very very easy to get lost - ONLY COME on sunny days (and perhaps weekends for safety) Began from: - 清天宮 - Taipei City bus S6 (小6) from 北投站 Ended at: - 陽明山国家公園遊客中心 - Taipei City bus S9 (小9) to 北投站 Toilets: - 0.0km 清天宮 (public toilet) - 4.7km 二子坪遊客中心 - 13.2km 小油坑遊客中心 (水、売店は 0900~1630) - 18.1km 陽明山國家公園遊客中心 (水は 0900~1630) === Trail status === 小觀音山: - dirt road, muddy - narrow 小觀音山西西峰～大屯溪: - very steep incline - super slippery - there are ropes to grab in some sections 大屯溪～小觀音山北峰: - steep incline - there are ropes to grab in only a few sections 戰備道〜: - cement concrete road 〜七星山小油坑登山口: - tarred road - highway その他: - stone steps