Dayuan mountain 大原山 is a small peak located just east of Liugui 六龜. It’s fairly easy to get to and ideal for a half day hike or a full day ride and hike. I had been cooped up in my house for the past month because of all the...
Ride Info This is the second half of the Maolin Entrance Ride. After finishing that ride, cross the bridge and head up to the main road. Drive through town and keep going until you get to the fire station on the left. Just past it to the right is...
Ride Info This is one of my favorite areas to ride. There’s a network of trails taking you all around the mountain. You can start by going up one of the two trails opposite each other at the beginning. It doesn’t matter which. You can get to about 1250...
Ride Info This ride starts at Wan’an Riverside Park. It’s basically just farmer dirt roads, but has some single-track hiking trails at the end you can navigate. There wasn’t much to see on this ride until the very end. A waterfall rewards your efforts, but requires a possibly dangerous...
Ride Info This was a fun little ride on the riverbed near Laochijia village. There’s a gate barring the way to the village here: 22.440228 120.695503 The gate is no longer there as of 2019. It get’s a little hairy around here: 22.433164 120.709214 You might be able to...
I recorded some wicked sounding cicadas last week in the mountains. I got stopped by an old gate. When I took off my helmet to have a listen, MAN I couldn’t believe how creepy it all sounded. I’ve been recording a lot in the mountains recently. Partially because I...