River traces located around Yilan, Taiwan
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Jay
River:
南澳北溪 / Nán'ào běi xīArea:
YilanRegion:
EastStart:
24.54555,121.73037The ending GPS spot is Yading Hot Spring(芽丁溫泉). There are two main outcrops: one at 24.54555,121.73037 and the other one at 24.54496,121.72239. The former's heat source's water temperature is around 60 degree Celsius, and the latter's is around 40 degrees and is a hot spring waterfall. -
River:
芃芃溪 / Peng peng creekArea:
YilanRegion:
EastStart:
24.611926066082667, 121.52661869238717The outcrops along Peng Peng Creek are hundreds of meters long. The hot spring pools’ locations are different every year. But the pools gurantee steady temperature from 38 to 45+, though not hot enough for eggs. Peng Peng Hot Spring is very popular in hot spring season, and tents are often seen. Peng Peng Hot Spring disappears every year after a t ... yphoon. Around November or December, the local villagers use an excavator to dig for the hot spring pools. Peng Peng(芃芃)or Fan Fan (梵梵) are both said for the very same place, and the former was the original name. Pengpeng, or Bonbon, means the bubbling sound in the hot spring. In 1970, a local administrator mixed up two different Chinese characters(梵 for 芃) on a document, which is the reason of the two different names for the one hot spring. -
River:
九寮溪 / Jiuliao creekArea:
YilanRegion:
EastStart:
24.67363,121.59957Geba Waterfall(戈霸瀑布)24.68408,121.57433. There is another waterfall further up, and the distance to it is said to be 1 hour from Geba Waterfall. The trail goes to Geba Waterfall from the entrance. This creek is in Jiuliao River Ecological Park, and river tracing is not allowed. There is a chance to get driven away by the patrols. -
Trace Taiwan
River:
石門溪 / Shimen creekArea:
YilanRegion:
EastStart:
24.95185,121.91021Easy and nice. It has several clean nice pools. Many butterflies and shrimp. There's a 4 meter waterfall at 24.96,121.9085 that you need to climb over. At the end of the trace is a 8-meter waterfall. If you go above the 8-meter waterfall, two really tall waterfalls are around the corner. The one on the main stream is around 20-25 meters tall, and ... the other one on the left fork is also around that height. We went around the waterfall on the right side(facing downstream) and did a little bushwhack, but it was quite easy in general. There's webbing and a rope on the other side but it looked very sketchy to climb up, so we didn't go up on the left side(facing downstream). -
River:
赤皮寮溪 / Chipiliao riverArea:
YilanRegion:
EastStart:
24.62341,121.6298112 tall waterfalls ranging from 3 to 10 meters in the mainstream and its left fork. 6 smaller waterfalls. Quite a lot pools in this river at the bottom of the waterfalls. Difficulty： 🔥🔥🔥🔥 （4/5） https://inprovefield28.wixsite.com/rivertraceintaiwan/post/scale-of-review-and-level-of-difficulty
