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Taipei Grand Hike - Guandu to Erziping

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Trail stats

Distance
8.04 mi
Elevation gain
2,897 ft
Technical difficulty
Moderate
Elevation loss
236 ft
Max elevation
2,730 ft
TrailRank 
57
Min elevation
36 ft
Trail type
One Way
Moving time
3 hours 8 minutes
Time
3 hours 43 minutes
Coordinates
2262
Uploaded
May 15, 2019
Recorded
May 2019
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near Dingqiedongjiao, Taiwan (Taiwan)

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Itinerary description

The first part of the the Taipei Grand Hike has you putting in some serious legwork to make it all the way from the flat land of Guandu right up into Yangmingshan National Park. This section takes in art, grand tombs, an irrigation canal, and many, many steps.

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Waypoints

PictographPhoto Altitude 26 ft
Photo ofExit from the station follow signs to Guandu hiking trail

Exit from the station follow signs to Guandu hiking trail

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Cross the main road

Turn right uphill towards the university.

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The official route follows the road uphill, but the campus is more interesting to walk through.

PictographPhoto Altitude 105 ft
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Sculptures, student cars and waterbuffalo

PictographPhoto Altitude 203 ft
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Take the steps on the left

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Steps on the left again

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Steps on left

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Climb up to the pedestrianised road and head along it.

(There is a sign back at the start of the road which indicates that you’re on the right track.)

PictographPhoto Altitude 377 ft
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Mountain theatre within a sculpture park.

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Follow sign to zhongyi Shan trail

Take the right fork.

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Trail head

PictographPhoto Altitude 682 ft
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Graves

PictographPhoto Altitude 728 ft
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PictographPhoto Altitude 735 ft
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Road

Go left uphill

PictographPhoto Altitude 876 ft
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Take the right hand fork past the golf

PictographPhoto Altitude 869 ft
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PictographPhoto Altitude 879 ft
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Photo

PictographPhoto Altitude 889 ft
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Rigjt

PictographPhoto Altitude 889 ft
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Photo

PictographPhoto Altitude 948 ft
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Guizikeng trail head

PictographPhoto Altitude 1,168 ft
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Keep walking straight until the steps head up.

PictographPhoto Altitude 1,211 ft
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Photo

PictographPhoto Altitude 1,217 ft
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Keep heading up

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Climb up from the farms. Turn right then keep heading along the road with the view to your right.

PictographPhoto Altitude 1,371 ft
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Photo

PictographPhoto Altitude 1,375 ft
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Turn left up the steps and the follow the signs through the village.

PictographPhoto Altitude 1,414 ft
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PictographPhoto Altitude 1,447 ft
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PictographPhoto Altitude 1,483 ft
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Left towards Erziping

PictographPhoto Altitude 1,565 ft
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PictographPhoto Altitude 1,913 ft
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PictographPhoto Altitude 2,205 ft
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PictographPhoto Altitude 2,356 ft
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Photo

PictographPhoto Altitude 2,362 ft
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Straight towards miantian ping

PictographPhoto Altitude 2,493 ft
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PictographPhoto Altitude 2,526 ft
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PictographPhoto Altitude 2,497 ft
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Keep on the road

PictographPhoto Altitude 2,467 ft
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Steps and road are both ok here.

PictographPhoto Altitude 2,631 ft
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Arrive at Erziping

PictographPhoto Altitude 2,635 ft
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Either the gravel path or the raised path is ok.

PictographPhoto Altitude 2,733 ft
Photo ofErziping Visitor Centre

Erziping Visitor Centre

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