For the next decade, the trail from the Taroko Gorge to Wushe remained a very popular hiking and sightseeing route. Many hiking groups traveled into the Taroko Gorge to Tienhsiang and then prepared to make the grand journey on foot across the Central Range to Mt.
此後十餘年，這條從太魯閣峽谷到霧社的合歡越道路一直是相當熱門的登山及觀光路線，許多登山團體都進入太魯閣峽谷，到達天祥，然後至合歡山進行徒步橫越中央山脈的壯舉。