River traces located around Pingtung, Taiwan
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Jay
River:
沙漠溪 / Shamo xiArea:
PingtungRegion:
SouthStart:
22.82252,120.64616Goddess' Pool (戴娥娜神池) at the destination. This river trace is a popular commercial route; it is easy and the pool is beautiful. -
River:
沙漠溪 / Shamo xiArea:
PingtungRegion:
SouthStart:
22.82479,120.65175Difficulty: 3/5 when dry 4/5 with normal water flow The entrance to this small creek is just 200 meters away from Goddess' Pool(戴娥娜神池) There are several waterfalls ranging from few meters tall to 7 meters tall, the tallest one. It's much easier when it's dry. I wonder how difficult it might be when water flow is higher, probably pretty tough. For ev ... ery waterfall, either there's always a way to go around or you need to climb up the waterfall(some ropes are already there). Several pools can be found by the waterfalls. -
Gino
River:
UnknownArea:
PingtungRegion:
SouthStart:
22.753066, 120.754527Really beautiful canyon with a view of the mountains around it visible nearly the whole time. We went during the dry season and the first 20 minutes or more of the trace actually had no water. However, once we got further up there were nice pools and areas of flowing water. On top of this, the final waterfall was great and had some nice spots on the ... side to climb up on the rocks if that's your jam. Quite a few people's cars' tire get stabbed here when they are off to river trace or hike, especially in peak seasons. The best way to prevent this is probably use the local's serice. -
River:
石門溪 / Shimen creekArea:
PingtungRegion:
SouthStart:
22.822660, 120.647702A perfect place to go river tracing. Tons of waterfalls and areas to practice climbing, and a near-endless supply of emerald blue pools perfect for swimming in. There are a fair number of people at the start point though we only saw one other group more than 300m up and no one after 500m or so. I should note that we went the morning after a big st ... orm and the water was moving quite quickly in some places. Another group we saw was forced to turn back as some of their members were not comfortable going further. Fortunately, their "leader" worked with us to set some ropes up and get us and himself across the worst of it. We wanted to make it right to the end of the river, however, were blocked around 200m from the final waterfall. We went up the mountain on our left and down to the road on the other side of it and walked out. This involved quite a few scraps and a pretty steep scramble. Either be prepared for some trailless Mountian bushwacking or have enough time to double back if you hit the endpoint we have as a GPS. The trail mountain wacked our way to can be found here 22.835964, 120.653911. -
River:
牛角灣溪 / Niujiaowan creekArea:
PingtungRegion:
SouthStart:
22.69625,120.64565Many waterfall and pools in this creek. Popular on weekends. OK for beginners.
