The Xueshan Mountains or Hsuehshan Mountains ( Chinese雪山 山脈, Pinyin Xuěshān Shānmài , W.-G. Hsueh 3 -shan 1 Shan 1 -mai 4 - "Snow Mountains") is a mountain range in the north of the island of Taiwan . It borders the Chungyang Mountains (Central Taiwan Mountains) in the southeast . Sometimes it is also considered the northern part of the same. In the northeast, its foothills extend to the Pacific coast. Like the Chungyang Mountains, the Xueshan Mountains were created as a result of the collision of the Philippine Plate with theEurasian Plate - a collision that formed the island of Taiwan about 4 to 5 million years ago. Since this collision of the tectonic plates is still ongoing, the mountains are hit by earthquakes at irregular intervals. The highest peak of the Xueshan Mountains is the eponymous Xueshan ("snow mountain") at 3886 meters , the second highest mountain in Taiwan. In the Xueshan Mountains lies the Shei-Pa National Park, in which the peaks of the Xueshan and Dabajianshan are located.
In the northern section, the mountain range is crossed by the Hsuehshan tunnel , one of the longest road tunnels in the world at almost 13 kilometers.
List of the highest peaks
There are 54 peaks over 3000 meters high in the Xueshan Mountains. Below are the 19 highest peaks, which are also among the 100 highest peaks in Taiwan (台灣 百岳).
The mountain authorities divided the difficulty of climbing into different degrees. The following applies to the summer season:
A : general hiking trail, relatively easy to plan 1 to 3 days
B : Partly steep climbs, 3 to 5 days to plan, or 1 to 3 days, but dangerous terrain
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Map with all coordinates List of the highest peaks: OSM
