Even on non- holidays, it used to carry a constant stream of tour buses in both directions. But since 21 September this traffic has disappeared, and on the way towards Kuohsing, Mt. Chiuchiu no longer greets visitors in a coat of green. The slopes which formerly remained lush and verdant whatever the season now stand stark and bald, shorn by landslides triggered by the earthquake.
從草屯往國姓、埔里、霧社等著名觀光區的省十四號公路上，原本連平日都絡繹不絕地往來著大型遊覽車，自九二一震災後，不但景況寥落，在國姓鄉之前、以往無分四季都以青翠蔥綠的山色迎客的九九峰，如今也因震災崩山而一夕變禿。