Originally Posted by
wombattoo
I'm going to be backpacking and I heard you can leave large items at the hotels at the base on the Mt before ascending which I hope to do as I plan on walking up the mountain rather than getting the cable car as I heard you miss out on some great views getting the cable car.
I don't know about the views if you skip the cable cars. But I think you're staying at one of the hotels that's on a plateau that's above the cable car stop. As I recall the plateau has several different hotels and restaurants, shops etc. I also recall that some people were camping on the plateau. There is a basketball court in the plaza where we watched some Chinese guys playing.
I hope you've decided to stay up there at least a day as there are several trails that fan out in different directions that give while new perspectives of the mountains. And I'm pretty sure the hotels up there allow storage of stuff.
Best for me was that very few foreigners were there. So you get an unfiltered experience. Take a good camera. :-)