Gino
Founder of Trace Taiwan. Most of the Traces you can find attached to my profile will be located fairly close to Taipei. Many of these can be completed in a single day if your willing to get up early.
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Gino
River:
半屏溪 / Bàn píng xīArea:
KeelungRegion:
NorthStart:
25.122280, 121.879145A short fairly easy river trace located within an hour of Taipei. The river and surrounding rocks contain tons of pretty colors. In the end, you will be rewarded with a beautiful waterfall sitting behind a perfect swimming pool. Great place for people without much experience to get a taste of river tracing. The first half of the trace is enjoyable t ... hough nothing special. The second half has some great views of the surrounding mountains and feels much more "natural". When you park you can either jump over the fence and find a way into the river on the other side, or you can cross the highway and enter from where the river meets the ocean. It is possible to climb past the waterfall I ended at. It would take some decent climbing skills though and falling would suck so a helmet wouldn't hurt. -
River:
溫泉溪 / Hot spring riverArea:
PingtungRegion:
SouthStart:
22.913160, 120.719110This was a nice little spot. Sadly we didn't make it very far up. We got to a portion with a waterfall that used to have a rope to help get up that had been removed. As we didn't have one to put into its spot we had to turn around. If we had one it may be possible to continue further up this river and connect this trace with this one https://www.tr ... acetaiwan.com/traces/81 -
River:
溫泉溪 / Hot spring riverArea:
PingtungRegion:
SouthStart:
22.908394,120.7265542First off from the GPS point take the path on your right-hand side. It will get you in the water. Go upstream. Really REALLY great place. We went during a drought when nothing else around had any water and it was still a good time. As such I imagine this is best done during the dry season. There were a couple of climbs that weren't all that easy. I ... managed them and I am no pro, but you'll want to have had a bit of experience scrambling around rocks without ropes to get past a couple of the falls. There are also a couple of sections where there will be ropes along the side up into the jungle and around a couple of obstacles so keep an eye out for those. Some cool caves that would make a great place for a tent can also be found for anyone into that sorta thing.
