Saturday, May 12, 2012

Rhododendrons de la montagne HeHuan 合歡北峰 3422m (Taïwan)

C'est la saison des rhododendrons et la montagne Hehuan, en particulier le sommet Nord (合歡北峰 3422m) est un bon endroit pour les admirer.
5AM: on part de la maison.
9AM: on commence la rando de 2km. Pas difficile.

It is the floral season of the rhododendrons and Mount Hehuan, North peak 3422m in particular, is a nice place to appreciate them.
5AM: we leave home.
9AM: we start the 2km hike. Not a difficult one.


Le premier km est assez raide.


The first km is quite steep.






Après, c'est plus facile, avec les grandes prairies de bambous.

Then, the hike gets easier, after reaching the bamboo grasslands (Yushan cane 玉山箭竹).


Même un petit chien Pékinois y arrive, alors...


Even a little Pekingese dog can do it, so...


Les premiers rhododendrons commencent à apparaître.
Ici, un très beau spécimen (玉山杜鵑)!


We can see the first rhododendron tree.
Here is a very nice specimen (玉山杜鵑)!


Celui-là a des fleurs blanches.


This one has white flowers.


Les fleurs de celui-là sont rose pâles.


This one has pale rose flowers.


Les rhododendrons de montagne poussent surtout sur les flancs.
Le plus grand rassemblement que j'ai vu se trouve à la montagne 大水窟山 3500m, mais il faut 3 jours pour y parvenir. Pas pour tout le monde.


Mountain rhododendrons mainly grow on the flanks.
The biggest group I have ever seen can be found at the Mountain 大水窟山 3500m, but needs 3 days to get there. Not for everyone.


11AM: Cette montagne est bien plus facile d'accès. On se croirait dans un souk au sommet!


11AM: This mountain is much easier to climb. The summit looks like a noisy marketplace!


12PM: on re-descend.
Il y a bientôt plus de monde que de rhododendrons!
Heureusement qu'on a commencé la rando tôt, donc évité la foule.


12PM: we go down.
Soon, there are more people than the rhododendron trees!
I am glad we started the hike early, so avoided the crowd.


On arrive à la route et la voiture.
Fin de cette rando!


We can see the road and our car.
End of today hike!

2 comments:

  1. I went to North peak last week, the weather was not very fine though, the rhododendron tree (紅毛杜鵑) blossom was very splendid!
    PS. I persuaded my wife to hike this time by showing your article and told her: See! Even a little Pekingese dog can do it! Don't sell yourself short! ^^

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    1. Right, but the little Pekingese dog is saying: 我也是被逼的 !

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