Wilson Trail

Wilson Trail

The Wilson Trail (zh-t|t=衛奕信徑) is a 78 km long-distance footpath in Hong Kong. It was named after David Wilson, Baron Wilson of Tillyorn, who was Governor of Hong Kong from 1987 to 1992. The Wilson Trail was developed by Friends of the Country Park and sponsored by various private organizations. The construction work of the Trail began in 1994. The Wilson Trail was first opened on January 21, 1996.

The trail is aligned north-south and runs from Stanley, in the south of Hong Kong Island to Nam Chung, in the northeastern New Territories. Of the four long-distance trails, the Wilson Trail is the newest. Since the trail crosses Victoria Harbour, it makes use of the MTR, Hong Kong's subway.

tages

It is divided into 10 stages:

# Stanley to Wong Nai Chung Gap, 4.8 km, 2.0 hours, Very Difficult
# Wong Nai Chung Gap to Yau Tong, 6.6 km, 2.5 hours, Fairly Difficult
# Yau Tong to Tseng Lan Shue, 9.3 km, 4.0 hours, Fairly Difficult
# Tseng Lan Shue to Sha Tin Au, 8.0 km, 3.0 hours, Very Difficult
# Sha Tin Au to Tai Po Road, 7.4 km, 2.5 hours, Easy Walk
# Tai Po Road to Shing Mun Reservoir, 5.3 km, 2.0 hours, Fairly Difficult
# Shing Mun Reservoir to Yuen Tun Ha, 10.2 km, 4.0 hours, Easy Walk
# Yuen Tun Ha to Kowloon Hang Shan, 9.0 km, 4.0 hours, Very Difficult
# Kowloon Hang Shan to Pat Sin Leng, 10.6 km, 4.5 hours, Very Difficult
# Pat Sin Leng to Nam Chung, 6.8 km, 2.0 hours, Fairly Difficult

Errors

Wilson Trail is one of the newest long-distance trails in Hong Kong. However, many hikers find the sign posts are unclear and full of errors. One of the most significant problems is that there are only 137 distance posts along the 78 km trail. They are supposed to be at 500 meter intervals. There are also complaints that some signs are missing or misplaced. However, the situation has improved in the recent years.

Raleigh Challenge

Raleigh International's "Raleigh Challenge - Wilson Trail" is the first hiking competition which covered the longest distance of the Wilson Trail, spanning across the Hong Kong Island, the Kowloon Peninsula and the New Territories from south to north.

External links

* [http://www.afcd.gov.hk/parks/trails/Eng/hiking/wtrail/wtrail.htm Introduction by government]
* [http://www.raleigh.org.hk/wilsontrail/ Raleigh Challenge: Wilson Trail]
* [http://www.afcd.gov.hk/english/country/cou_vis/cou_vis_cou/cou_vis_cou_ttqbe/cou_vis_cou_ttqbe.html Tai Tam Country Park by Hong Kong Governemnt]
* [http://www.hknature.net/vote/images/site/33/m32.pdf HK Nature Net]


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