(Routes with updates are marked in red; routes with user comments are in blue)
Day Trips 1 to 10
1. North Coast National Scenic Area
3. Keelung
7. Northeast Coast and Yilan National Scenic Area
Walks 1 to 20
3. Mount Nanzihlin and Shitikeng Old Trail
4. Mount Banping and Teapot Mountain
8. Mount Wufen
9. Stone Bamboo Shoot and Shulung Peak
10. Fengtou Peak
11. Stone Candle and Fengtou East Peak
12. Dongshige Old Trail and Zhongyang Peak
14. Huangdidian
16. Shenkeng
17. Caoling Historic Trail and Fulong Beach
20. Linmei Shipan Ecological Trail and Yuemeikang Waterfall
Taipei ESCAPES 
I just found your site today and am looking forward to exploring it.
I was excited to see the cover photo on Taipei Escapes 1. Bitoujiao was the very first hike I did on my own when I arrived in Taiwan in 2008, and I’ve returned several times. There’s some mystical force that draws me there.
Thanks Steve,
Bitoujiao (and nearby Longdong) are peobably my favorite bits of the coast in Northern Taiwan, despite all the tourists. A very special place. Hope you have fun exploring!
By now I’ve done most of the walks on this book – in fact, I’ve done all of the walks except 10,. 11, 19, and 20. I haven’t necessarily done the full version (for example, I didn’t do the main slog on Shitikeng or the Caiguangliao extesion of the Mt. Banpang/Teapot Mt. walk because I dislike walking through thick silver grass). So here is my ranking, from least favourite to favourite. Keep in my that these rankings are affected by factors such as the weather and my mood on the day of the walk, so I would probably change the order of these rankings if I did all these walks a second time:
Mt. Bijia Ridgewalk
Mt. Wufen
Huangdidian (long route, sans Bat Cave)
Big Sharp Mountain
Caoling Historic Trail
Taoyuan Valley
Mt. Nanzihlin and Shitikeng Old Trail
Xiaotzukeng Old Trail
Donshige Old Trail
Dream Lake and Mt. Sin
Filial Son Mountain
Shenkeng
Stone Bamboo Shoot and Shulung Peak
Golden Characters Tablet
Sandiaoliang Waterfall Walk
Mt. Banpang and Teapot Mountain (did this in November – favorite hike in the book!)
Congratulations, Sara!
Hope you give Mt Bijia and Huangdidien a second chance some time – they’re great walks, and getting to the Bat Cave isn’t quite as difficult as I made it out in the book. Good to see you love the Sandiaoling Waterfall Walk and Teapot Mountain/Mt Banping hike (in November – hopefully the silvergrass was in full bloom) so much – they’re two of my favorites as well!
Hi Richard,
I can’t find any information about where to buy the books Taipei Escapes 1&2. This summer I am going for the second time to Taiwan and I would like continue discovering the north.
Thanks. Heiko
Hi Heiko,
Thanks for your interest in the books! The books are both available in larger bookshops in Taipei such as Caves, Eslite (larger stores) and Page One in Taipei 101. If you want to get them before you come, you can order them in advance through the Community Services Center at: http://communitycenter.org.tw/sites/default/files/documents/publications/order-form-for-publications.pdf
Hope this helps!
Richard
Just discovered these books and ordered them.
Really hope they arrive before leaving for Taiwan in two weeks.
Thanks for your work!
Thanks so much! Hope the books arrive in time and you have a great time exploring this great part of the island!
Yeah, hope so, too 🙂
Can’t wait to go hiking near Taipei as I didn’t have enough time for it last time.
The three books arrived already on Friday. Big praise for Grace Ting for the handling and efforts she put into it.
Books are looking great and I’m pleased to see the Taipei Escapes books include some trips I made during my first stay already.
Thanks very much for ordering the books – hope you enjoy them!