Skiing in China?
Jan 6, 2012, 5:03 am
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mnredfox,
I can't comment, really, as I do not ski; where I come from, there is no snow and snow activities are not a common sport. However, we went on a chartered flight and there were two families who were experienced skiiers and according to them, this place is a poor cousin of the other French villages. You may want to go onto Tripadvisor to see what others have to say.
It was just the beginning of the snow season when we were there ( end of Dec) and according to the hotel staff, most of the snow in the kid's area were still manmade while the rest was real.
Temp average -20 deg Celsius; extremely windy and on some afternoons (mostly after 2 pm), the gondolas would be closed due to stormy weather. The resort shares the facilities with another local resort called the Snowmountain and even so, there were very few skiiers and even less snowboarders when we were there; it was especially empty in the early mornings and the place rarely fills up before 10am.
Like I've mentioned before, the snow was very very compact. (Sorry, that's the best I could do, you would have gotten more out of me if your question was about the room amenities/ service etc...)
Who else was skiing? hmm, does it really matter who you bump into during a fall? Let me see, mostly local Chinese new to the game on the lower levels, then, as one goes up the mountain, it is mostly Hongkong Chinese and Singaporeans, a few Indians, Indonesians and Malays.
I can't comment, really, as I do not ski; where I come from, there is no snow and snow activities are not a common sport. However, we went on a chartered flight and there were two families who were experienced skiiers and according to them, this place is a poor cousin of the other French villages. You may want to go onto Tripadvisor to see what others have to say.
It was just the beginning of the snow season when we were there ( end of Dec) and according to the hotel staff, most of the snow in the kid's area were still manmade while the rest was real.
Temp average -20 deg Celsius; extremely windy and on some afternoons (mostly after 2 pm), the gondolas would be closed due to stormy weather. The resort shares the facilities with another local resort called the Snowmountain and even so, there were very few skiiers and even less snowboarders when we were there; it was especially empty in the early mornings and the place rarely fills up before 10am.
Like I've mentioned before, the snow was very very compact. (Sorry, that's the best I could do, you would have gotten more out of me if your question was about the room amenities/ service etc...)
Who else was skiing? hmm, does it really matter who you bump into during a fall? Let me see, mostly local Chinese new to the game on the lower levels, then, as one goes up the mountain, it is mostly Hongkong Chinese and Singaporeans, a few Indians, Indonesians and Malays.
Aug 12, 2012, 1:00 am
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Aug 12, 2012, 2:32 am
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New skiing area to go live in 2012/13 season. So far, one lift and one hike-up/ snow mobile-up piste (military and national team training area open for everyone).
The new skiing area looks pretty good, just baidu it.
The new skiing area looks pretty good, just baidu it.
Aug 12, 2012, 4:29 am
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Just looked Changbaishan up on wiki, and it states that temps on the mountain get down to -45C in winter! To boot, there appears to be v. little snowfall....perhaps better suited for military training than recreational skiing?
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Aug 12, 2012, 11:55 pm
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I asked my Chinese friend today about skiing at Changbaishan (again she is from Jilin). Typical Chinese response, "skiing, what's that?"
Aug 13, 2012, 7:21 am
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you should get a group and take her!
I think its one of the great things about Nanshan and other little hills near Beijing that popped up. The skiing is far from great but at least people are getting good exposure to it. ^^
I think its one of the great things about Nanshan and other little hills near Beijing that popped up. The skiing is far from great but at least people are getting good exposure to it. ^^
Aug 13, 2012, 9:09 am
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Aug 13, 2012, 8:47 pm
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Changbaishan area is notoriously difficult to get to and particularly in winter, so unless they've also built better access roads and can maintain them and keep clearing snow and ice, I'd say forget it.
Aug 13, 2012, 11:30 pm
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Aug 14, 2012, 4:38 am
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I am behind the times. I find that Changbaishan airport NBS has been open for 4 years--I assume it was either newly built then, or one of those airfields converted from military to commercial use. I would also guess that in winter weather, that field gets a bit dicey to get in/out of.
Aug 15, 2012, 7:55 pm
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I'm still going but personally, that's a bit much considering the time I'm going to have to put in watching my SO learn to snowplow, fall over in a heap, and then complain to me about why we had to come to this stupid place.
Aug 15, 2012, 8:57 pm
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I've been planning on getting up there this winter knowing that these Starwoods were opening up. But man those rates! A little surprised to standard rooms going for over 1400Y.
I'm still going but personally, that's a bit much considering the time I'm going to have to put in watching my SO learn to snowplow, fall over in a heap, and then complain to me about why we had to come to this stupid place.
I'm still going but personally, that's a bit much considering the time I'm going to have to put in watching my SO learn to snowplow, fall over in a heap, and then complain to me about why we had to come to this stupid place.
Aug 15, 2012, 9:13 pm
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I'm very keen for my daughter to learn this year. Last year, we were told she has to be three to hit the slopes, which she is now....
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Aug 15, 2012, 9:24 pm
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Do you still ski, and if so, where do you go in the BJ area (if at all)? I'm still in the learning phase (can do most blues, don't do blacks yet), my wife is better, but rather out of practice.
I'm very keen for my daughter to learn this year. Last year, we were told she has to be three to hit the slopes, which she is now....
tb
I'm very keen for my daughter to learn this year. Last year, we were told she has to be three to hit the slopes, which she is now....
tb
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