To the north of the Central Mountain Range lies the Mount Snow Range. It is via this range that the force of tectonic activity has thrust up the foothills and tablelands of Miaoli and Hsinchu, where much of Taiwan's Hakka population is concentrated.
板塊推動雪山山脈順勢向西北抬起苗栗、新竹一帶的丘陵台地，所以火車到苗栗要走山線，鐵路沿線也是客家族群的大本營。