Although no record can now be found of many stages of the trail's construction, Yang and his companions were nonetheless able to find many valuable remnants: the sites of military camps, stone steps, memorial stones commemorating the trail's building, and even porcelain bowls used by the Ching troops and sake bottles left behind by Japanese soldiers.
雖然許多開路的經過已無跡可尋，但他和同伴卻尋獲不少寶貴資料：古道上的營盤址、石階、開路紀念碑，甚至清兵用的陶碗、日軍遺留山上的酒瓶。