Taiwan’s Top 100 climbs and routes for riders who want more.
Location: Nantou Distance: Each climb 9-12km Elevation Gain: 600-800m In this post, I’d like to discuss the various climbs leading up to Sun Moon Lake, focusing on four popular routes that cyclists often take. Two of these routes start in Puli, while the other two…
Location: Nantou – Dirty Formosa 100 Distance: 45km Elevation Gain: 1,400m+ Located in the center of Taiwan and the only land-locked county, Nantou is a cyclists and hikers’ paradise. As such, it should be no surprise that more of our rides are focused on this…
Location: Nantou Distance: 41km Ascent 850m Provincial Highway 16 in Nantou County, is one of the few roads that penetrates into the Central Mountain range of Taiwan. It is a shame or perhaps an environmental blessing that plans to expand the road over the mountains…
Location: Changhua/Nantou/Taichung Distance: 190km Elevation Gain: 2,548m Provincial Highway No. 21, also known as the New Central Cross-Island Highway, is 145km in length from where it starts on the outskirts of Taichung to where it terminates at Tatajia in Nantou County at an elevation of…
Location: Nantou County Distance: 104km Elevation Gain: 1500m Sun Moon Lake: A Tour de France-Inspired Ride in Taiwan Sun Moon Lake has always been one of Taiwan’s most picturesque cycling destinations, now thanks to the support of the L’Étape Series by Tour de France, it…
Location: Taichung/Nantou County Distance: 74km Elevation Gain: 1,050m In our two previous posts, #071 and #072, we outlined routes that traverse from Hsinchu in northern Taiwan to Taichung in central Taiwan through the hills that run parallel to the central mountains. This is an excellent…
Location: Nantou/Changhua/Yunlin Counties Distance: 72km Elevation Gain: 500m Sun Moon Lake has been covered extensively in our posts, and this will most likely be the last post to do so. In our three previous posts, #071 to #073, we outlined routes that traverse from Hsinchu…
Location: Taichung/Nantou Distance: 80km Elevation Gain: 1000m This is one of those rides that almost nobody does, and that’s exactly why it’s so good. It’s a Taichung loop that slips into Nantou County and back again to Taichung, the main event using a lonely single-lane…