MacLehose Trail is a 100km long trail, divided into 10 sections travelling from east to west. In this trip, I chose
to hike sections 7 and 8, which will pass through the highest peak in Hong Kong - Tai Mo Shan.
Section 7 started in Jubilee Reservoir (aka Shing Mun Reservoir), one of the oldest reservoirs built in Hong Kong. The trail
up is made of up about 2000 steps, reaching Needle Hill at 532 metres. The view was awesome. I saw from far Lion's Peak, one of the
representative peaks in Hong Kong colonial history.
This marked the start of my hike.
Jubilee Reservoir (Shot from lower dam).
Jubilee Reservoir.
Built in 1937.
East Dam.
It is running low this season.
Here we go !
I started at the Section 7.
Water tower (shot from East Dam).
There is a Distance Post every 500 Metres.
There is about 2000 steps up this section to Needle Hill.
Don't make the wrong turn!
View on the way up Needle Hill.
It is the town of Tsuen Wan behind the Reservoir.
Lion's Peak. It is the town of Shatin on the bottom of Lion's Peak.
On top of Needle Hill.
Yes, we will bring the litter HOME!
Another little hill after Needle Hill.
Enroute to Grassy Hill.
What is it ? It's cow dunk.
Tree planting project on Grassy Hill.
Up there is the top of Grassy Hill.
If it's a clear day, I should have seen this view, but ....
Top of Grassy Hill.
There's a chinese idiom. "A beautiful flower on top of cow dunk". FYI, I didn't do it.
Finish of the Section 7 marked the start of Section 8.
Started at 400 metre elevation.
Big boulders are lying everywhere on the way up Tai Mo Shan (Highest Peak in HK).
It got very misty as I climbed up in elevation.
Sometimes it made me wonder who put the boulders here.
Look at my hair, it's so wet due to the mist.
Last 25 Metres to the summit of Tai Mo Shan.
This is like a Forest Service Road.
The summit of Tai Mo Shan is actually a military controlled area. It is also a weather station. I'm risking my future to take this picture. Read the sign!
It was a very foggy and misty day. Practically beyond 700 metres, the fog was so dense that I see no farther than 100 feet.
I made it up Tai Mo Shan without seeing much of Hong Kong. I was quite disappointed. I guess I have to do it again next time.
There is an orienteering marker behind this big sign.
Just that unlucky, can't see anything on top of the highest peak in HK.
The way down Tai Mo Shan is through a fully paved road, named "Tai Mo Shan Road".
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