There are many online resources about hiking in Taiwan, but English-language information (especially about the Xiaobaiyue) is still limited and often incomplete. This project aims to create an easy-to-use bucket list that also provides a starting point to plan a trip to each 百岳 Baiyue and 小百岳 Xiaobaiyue.
At the top of the page, you will find a map of Taiwan. 百岳 peaks are marked in blue, 小百岳 in green.
If you click on one of the markers, additional information is displayed. From there, you can jump to Hiking Biji, Google Maps or copy the GPS coordinates (WSG-84) or Chinese name of the peak into the clipboard to use in other apps.
Below the map is a table of all 百岳 and 小百岳. You can use the corresponding buttons to switch between the two.
Use the check box next to a peak to mark it as climbed; the total count (in the left lower corner of the map) and the icon for that peak will update accordingly.
All information is stored client-side, which means locally in your browser . Hiking progress is never uploaded to any server.
Please note that this also means that your information will NOT synchronize between multiple devices, for example, your desktop and your phone.
The 1964 book “100 Famous Japanese Mountains“ influenced Taiwanese hiking legend Wen-An Lin to compile a similar list of mountains in Taiwan. Together with other local mountaineers, he selected 100 peaks known at the time to be above 3000 m. The peaks were chosen by criteria like uniqueness, danger, height, beauty and prominence.
The 百岳 list was released in 1971 and has since become a bucket list for many Taiwanese hikers.
The Sports Committee of Taiwan identified 100 entry-level hikes to promote national mountaineering. These peaks are known as the 小百岳, Taiwan's 100 "little" peaks and a first list was released in 2003.
They were supposed to be. However, 鹿山 Lushan and 六順山 Liushunshan have since been re-surveyed to be "only" 2981 and 2999 meters high, respectively. They have been kept on the list, regardless.
In contrast to the Baiyue, the Xiaobaiyue list has been updated several times, and peaks have been replaced for various reasons (for example, difficulty of access). This page displays all versions of the list (at least all that I could find so far).
The information has been taken from the Chinese Wikipedia pages for the 百岳 and 小百岳 and the primary sources mentioned there. I also consulted Richard Saunders' books on Taiwan and 「台灣小百岳．走遍全台１００登山輕旅行」.
Elevation data is taken from OpenStreetMap (OSM) .
The naming pattern uses the Hanyu Pinyin transliteration of the Chinese name while keeping 山 shan untranslated, for example, 七星山 is written as Qixingshan instead of Mt. Qixing, Mt. Cising, Mt. Chihsing or Seven Star Mountain.
If there are multiple peaks (North, South, East, West etc.), that distinction is translated into English, such as Yushan East Peak .
Maybe.
The challenge is that it would be difficult to keep this information accurate and up to date, especially given that there are many different route combinations for most peaks.
A community-maintained platform seems to be a better choice. For this reason, I link to a Hiking Biji entry for most peaks.
E-mail me . I’m looking forward to hearing from you.
No, but I’m enjoying the journey.
Some Python and a bit of Javascript.
This is a hobby project. If you find it useful, you can give a tip , but there is no obligation.