Pingxi Crags and Shenkeng Old Street [平溪小三尖, 深坑老街]

A short, fun hike close to Taipei and eating Stinky Tofu in Shenkeng Old Street.

Pingxi Crags is a fun afternoon hike. Hope you’re not scared of heights!

Pingxi Crags is an easy-to-get-to hike from Taipei city. You can get there by car and park right by the hikes, or the train takes you just a short walk away from the trailhead.

The whole hike takes a little over 1 hour, but it’s a great place for taking photos and videos, so you may take longer. If you’re scared of heights, going up the multiple steep ladders may take some time too. I recommend going on a dry day as any amount of drizzle makes the hike slippery and much more difficult.

Lots of climbing on rocky stairs and using the ropes to balance

You can see the first peak in the center of the image. If zoomed in you’ll see two aunties who helped us find a path waving to us! (On youtube)

Hiking in Pingxi requires a lot of looping around or retracing, as its 3 peaks are separated from each other although situated very close. However it makes it more fun as you get to watch other hikers on faraway peaks.

Each peak takes maybe 10 – 20 minutes, so you can rest once you’re up. We decided to have our snack break on the 2nd peak.

Taken on Insta360.

The mountain was lined with giant monstera leaves basking in the sun

Black berries line the tree branches

An alien-looking moss(?) clinging to the walls. It is about the size of a 10nt coin

Lots of markers to show the start of the trail

You can choose the trail you want to take and come back and try another

Shenkeng Old Street 深坑老街

Shenkeng Old Street is a great place for food

We had so much stinky tofu throughout the street. Highly recommend coming here and trying out all the different stalls.

Another great thing about the Pingxi Crags is you get to eat in the old towns afterwards! We ended up driving a little closer to Taiwan to Shenkeng Old Street (深坑老街) to eat plenty of stinky tofu.

Make sure to try different stalls’ stinky tofu

I think the water grates are super interesting, depicting Shenkengs history

It can get crowded on weekends, go early to avoid traffic

Sesame and peanut mochi balls

Famous thousand-year-old egg. It’s creamy and fermented. Delicious in congee.

A really interesting dish. Egg with sesame oil and orange!

Barbequed chicken tail (or chicken butt) is a guilty pleasure.

Enjoyed this hike? Share your thoughts in the comments!

Try the Stegasaurus Hike for something a little more difficult.

Maps

Pingxi Crags / Xiaozishan Trail / 平溪小三尖

Shenkeng Old Street 深坑老街

⛰ Taiwan Hikes

Stegosaurus Ridge – Ruifang

Beidawushan – Pingtung

Dakeng Trail – Taichung

Huoyanshan – Miaoli

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