1. You can't buy student tickets via mobile; you have to go to the ticket office to buy paper tickets.
2. The mountain is high, the scenery is beautiful, and there are performances interspersed throughout the hike, which is quite nice. It was just too hot, and the hike was too long. I overestimated my own abilities and chose Route B. There's virtually no shade behind Route B, and the hike up and down is exhausting. I was dizzy and my legs were shaking. Fortunately, it started to thunder and rain, and there was a cool breeze, otherwise I would have called 911. The fellow hikers who came and went were all mad at me, saying I was wasting my money and was asking for trouble. I really don't recommend going this way in the summer.