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Mt. Qixing via Xiaoyoukeng (七星山小油坑步道)
A trail worth the early start · Taipei, Taiwan
4.7★Rating
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Year-round, best October–April. Summer brings haze and afternoon thunderstorms, and July–September typhoons close Yangmingshan trails outright, sometimes for weeks.Best time
The experience
Qixing Mountain is Taiwan's tallest dormant volcano at 1,120 metres and the highest point in Taipei City. The Xiaoyoukeng trailhead sits at roughly 805 metres on the volcano's north-western foot, among fumaroles, sulfur crystals and the raw landslide terrain left by post-volcanic activity. From there it is 1.6 km of stone steps and arrow-bamboo tunnels to the main peak — 45 to 60 minutes up, about 30 down. The full Mount Qixing traverse across the mountain runs closer to 5.7 km and three hours.
Steaming sulfur vents at the trailhead, then the highest summit in Taipei inside an hour.
fumarolessulfurarrow bamboohighest point in Taipei
Where it is
Taipei, Taiwan · Beitou District (Yangmingshan National Park). Coordinates from the listing we sourced it from.
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