Higher up, on the ridge, the forest disappears, giving way to grassy slopes of dwarf bamboo upon which are scattered a few charred trees--some standing, some fallen--from the 1999 fire.
從登山口往上，蕨類植物大量出現在森林底層；翻上稜線後，森林消失了，極目四望盡是修長的箭竹草坡，中間或立或躺著幾棵 1999 年森林大火遺留的焦黑枯木。