The 23rd stop of hiking in Hong Kong—Wilson Trail Section 4 and 5
Wilson Trail Section 4 and 5 from Jinglan Tree to Tai Po Road (W032—060), with a total length of 14.5 kilometers (actually walked 19.7 kilometers, climbed 1800 meters, descended 1900 meters), took 5 and a half hours. The speed is slower than before, mainly because I added some projects.
Section 4 is from Jinglan Tree to Sha Tin Au (W032—046). You can find the W032 marker pole in Jinglan Tree Village, cross the village, cross a mountain, and arrive at Dalanhu Village. Starting from W037, there is a continuous two-kilometer climb to the top of Dongyang Mountain (533 meters). This is also the most difficult part of the entire Section 4. There is no elevation pole on the top of Dongyang Mountain, but you can look north to Sha Tin, look down on Sai Kung to the east, and look at Victoria Harbour to the south (Figure 4). The view of Sai Kung Bay here is particularly beautiful, with scattered islands like Thousand Island Lake, and the yachts are like pearls. From Dongyang Mountain down, it is basically along the road. Passing by Dalao Mountain Viewing Platform, there are two viewing platforms (Figure 7 and Figure 8). Figure 7 is by the road, overlooking Victoria Harbour; Figure 8 requires a little climb (Dongshan, 544 meters), overlooking Sai Kung. Continue to move forward, I turned right to the top of Dalao Mountain (Figure 13, 577 meters), which is a weather station. After passing W043, at the historical viewing platform (Figure 14) overlaps with MacLehose Trail Section 4, the weather was not good when I walked MacLehose last time, but it is clearer today. Continue along the road to Sha Tin Au, after walking this section, I went up the small road from Diaocao Rock to the top of Tsz Yun Mountain (Figure 15, 488 meters), which is a TV station's transmission station. Downhill along the mountain road, return to the end of Section 4, Sha Tin Au Lion Pavilion. Overlooking Victoria Harbour along the way, the scenery is picturesque.
Section 5 is from Sha Tin Au to Tai Po Road (W047—060). Wilson Trail separates from MacLehose at Sha Tin Au and goes north along the road opposite the Lion Pavilion. The entire Section 5 is not difficult, basically there is no climbing, all are flat roads and downhill roads. The scenery is also relatively boring, mainly looking at Sha Tin, overlooking Tai Mo Shan. After passing W053, you can look up to see the Husband-watching Rock (Figure 18). I walked an extra kilometer to climb to the Husband-watching Rock, which is an excellent angle to view Sha Tin (Figures 19 and 20), but the round trip consumes a lot of physical strength. After W058, I started to see 🐒 groups. Continue along the aqueduct, pass W060 down to Tai Po Road, turn right is the bus station.