Glacier Park, Yulong Snow Mountain

It is the 4th day of our staying in Lijiang, we planned to go to the Yulong Snow Mountain. At the entrance of the park, we were asked to pay RMB80 for the Lijiang old town protection fee…do not know why…

Problems of cable cars
We were very confused for what which cable car we should take: Yunshanping or Yak Meadow? No one at the booking office could explain the difference…20 minutes passed, someone radioed a group tour guide, Sam….he was good enough to help us. We chosed to take the Grand Cable Car to see the Glacier Park. The ticket to the Glacier Park is RMB 172.

Related informations of three different types of Cable cars on Yulong Snow Mountain:

The Grand Cable Car
It goes to the Glacier Park, the top attractin of Yulong Snow Mountain, the highest spot where you can see the summit if weather permits. The cable car station on the summit was built on an elevation of 4,500 m, wooden trails continue to extand through the mountain and ends on an elevation of 4,680 m.

The Yunshanping Cable Car
It also named as the small cable car, not many people tade it after the Grand Cable Car has been used. The Yunshanping is some type of meadow on the 4,506 m high mountain.

The Yak meadow Cable Car
It goes to another high latitude mountain meadow, on the mountain top, you might trek around the trekking trails in the large areas of serac forest and meadows for hours.

The Glacier Park
The wooden trails start from the the upper station are well constructed and maintained. It is not so easy to walk on the elevation of 4,500m anyway. We had to breathe deeply, walked slowly, rest between every 10 steps.

The summit of Yulong Snow Mountain was hidden in huge clouds all the time…