Snow Mountain National Park

Snow Mountain National Park

Snow Mountain National Park is Taiwan’s fifth national park. Its establishment plan was announced on March 1, 1991, and the park administration was officially formed on July 1, 1992. It is named after the “Snow” of Snow Mountain and the “Mountain” of Mount Dabajian—two peaks that also form the park’s main area. The park extends from the mountain ridge between Leshan in the north and Bianjiyen Mountain in the south to Yuluwei Mountain and the middle reaches of the Dajia River, spanning Hsinchu County, Miaoli County, and Taichung City, with a total area of 76,850 hectares.

Snow Mountain National Park has the most—and most complex—hiking trails in Taiwan. In addition to rich plant diversity such as plantation forests, broadleaf forests, and mixed forests, the park is home to a wide variety of wildlife, including large mammals, 63 bird species, and 27 amphibian and reptile species. Among them, the Broad-tailed Swallowtail and the Formosan landlocked salmon are extremely rare species that have drawn significant international attention. Additionally, the cultural and historical sites around Snow Mountain are abundant, particularly the Beikengxi Historic Trail. This trail features historical events and relics left by the Atayal indigenous people and during the Japanese colonial period, making it an ideal place to learn about camphor extraction and indigenous management policies in the Zhubei-Miaoli region during Japanese rule. The area is rich in cultural character.

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