Abstract:Against the backdrop of ecological civilization construction and the implementation of the 'Green and Beautiful Guangdong' strategy, trails in urban forest parks commonly face prominent conflicts, including an imbalance between ecological protection and recreational use, a disconnect between experiential and educational functions, and insufficient adoption of low-intervention design. To address these issues, this study takes the forest trail of Maofeng Mountain Forest Park in Guangzhou as a case study. Employing literature reviews, field investigations, and a questionnaire survey, and grounded in the core concept of lowintervention ecological design, this paper investigates the overall layout and elemental design of the forest trails. The results indicate that by establishing a design principle system prioritizing ecology and implementing measures such as avoiding ecologically sensitive areas, hierarchical ecological control, biomimetic and environmentally integrated construction, and the integration of ecological education, the park planned and constructed a 20 km forest trail. This approach effectively protected the native environment and achieved high satisfaction ratings in terms of ecological comfort, landscape amenity, educational suitability, and facility accessibility, with all deficiency indicators remaining within a controllable range.
