In 2000 plans began for Jade Mountain study activities that focused on different groups of people, like "parents 'and children's tours" and "full mountain tours." Students who signed up had to take six or seven courses to acquire a knowledge base in such areas as Yushan's flora and fauna, ecology, topography, cultural history, and mountaineering ethics before they ascended the mountain.
從二○○○年開始，玉山學針對不同對象規劃「親子玉山」、「縱橫玉山」等梯次，報名的學員在上山前必須上六、七堂課，以對玉山的動植物生態、地形、人文歷史、登山倫理等有一個基本認識。