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North Cross-Island Highway

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Recorded distance
91 km
Riding-time estimate
1 h 24
Journey
Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis

The recorded total and the leg detail need reconciliation. Inspect the leg notes before using this record for timing or navigation. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.

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Why this ride

Sustained elevation change, linked bends and open summit views. It also links naturally to Lalashan and northern mountain forests.

Access context

Verify typhoon, earthquake and repair closures, especially cross-island roads. Specific flag: landslides; weather.

Seasonal context

Oct-May

Waypoint introductions and full write-ups

  1. 1. Daxi

    Daxi is a small town in the hills of Taoyuan, on the Dahan river, and it marks the start of one of Taiwan's most popular mountain roads. The old street, with arched facades in baroque style built during the Japanese colonial period, runs down toward the river, lined with shops selling dried tofu, a local speciality that Taiwanese people travel for. The tofu is dense, savoury and a little chewy, and you can buy it in many flavours. In the evening the street fills with families and the smell of grilled food.

    Read the complete Daxi write-up.

    Recorded stop-planning note

    May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.

    Planning note

    Daxi sits at 0 km, early in the day. Next is Yilan.

  2. 2. Yilan

    Yilan lies on the Pacific coast in north-eastern Taiwan, in the Lanyang plain, a green triangle of rice paddies and scallion fields that is hemmed in by steep mountains on three sides and the open ocean on the fourth. It is wetter than the rest of the island, with rain in most months, and the damp gives the landscape a soft, mossy look. Offshore, Guishan Island, shaped like a turtle, rises from the water and can be seen from the shore on a clear day, and boats go out for whale and dolphin watching from the harbour at Wushih.

    Read the complete Yilan write-up.

    Recorded stop-planning note

    May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.

    Planning note

    Yilan comes up 91 km in.

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