Trekking on Mount Huangshan

We went to the north entrance of Mount Huangshan.  It was near the town of Taiping.  A cable car terminal that delivers you to Pine Forest Peak; from there, trails lead south and east into the mountains.  We will start our trekking to West Sea Canyon tomorrow, and I will describe my trek in the West Sea Canyon in my next blog article.

I have read many articles recommended the Taiping cable car instead of either of the other two, as it has better views.

Taiping Cable car（from Pine Valley Nunnery to Pine Forest Peak), also called Cableway 2. It is 3,561.9 meters long and its height difference is 1,004 meters. It is of four-line reciprocating type, with one pair of cable cars, carrying capacity of 100 + 1 persons for each car ( one way trip lasts 11.6 minutes ).

Ticet Price: Up Y65 for adult, Y35 for child, down Y55 for adult, Y30 for child
Business Hours: 6.30am-4.00pm

Kindly remind you the cable car stops after 4 pm. For those who arrive in the local airport in later afternoon, it would be impossible to go up mountain by cable car the same day.

On the summit, trails lead south and east into the mountains.  Our trek started from here, from Paiyunting towards Baiyun Hotel.

Read more of our stories of trekking through the West Sea Canyan…