On New Year's Day, 1982, six of us decided to climb Snow Mountain, a not impractical idea for amateurs, as paths lead to the top and rest stations have been built along the way.
山胞泰雅族稱雪山為「巴布哈蓋」，泰雅族語「巴布」是山的意思，所以又譯為「哈蓋山」。清代台灣府志稱為雪山或雪翁山。