From Mandarin Duck Lake in Ilan County we ascended a dangerously steep old mountain trail that took us across Mt. Hsichiuszu of the Snow Mountains and then Mt. Hsuehpai. Our destination was the Szumakuszu Tribal Village.
那是一條陡峭而險峻的古道山徑，從宜蘭縣的鴛鴦湖，越過雪山山脈西丘斯山及雪白山的數條陵線，目的地是新竹縣尖石鄉最偏遠的斯馬庫斯部落。