During their first winter they discovered that the mountain, situated some 2,000 meters above sea level, had at least 1,000 hours a year of temperatures below seven degrees centigrade, making it a rare region of low temperatures in semitropical Taiwan and highly suited for growing temperate-zone crops.
在梨山經過一個冬天的拓荒與觀察，農墾隊發覺在這海拔二千公尺的地方，年均溫在攝氏七度以下的時間最少有一千小時。在地處亞熱帶的台灣，是難得的低溫帶，極適合種植溫帶作物。