Blue Ice Creamy Top, a paradise on earth! Huanglong in winter is too beautiful
Many people advised against visiting Huanglong in winter before I came.
I took a trip to Jiuzhaigou and made a detour to see it.
Honestly, climbing the mountain is really tiring!
But I think the scenery is quite worth it.
Probably because the weather was particularly good,
or maybe because there were very few people in the scenic area.
The crystal-clear colorful pools,
the world's rare high-altitude cold water calc-sinter landscape,
like a giant dragon with shimmering scales,
lying quietly under the main peak of Minshan, Xuebaoding.
Taking photos is really too beautiful!
Friends who are going to travel during the Spring Festival, look here for tips.
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🎫Ticket
From November 16 to March 31 of the following year,
off-season tickets are buy one get one free, 40 yuan per person.
🚠Cable Car
80 yuan per person for the ascent, 40 yuan per person for the descent.
If you usually like to hike and are in good physical condition, you don't need to buy a cable car ticket at all; because after getting off the cable car, you still have to walk a long way, which is very unreasonable in design.
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🕙Entrance Time
It is recommended to enter the scenic area before 10 am, you can reach the colorful pools by 12:30 pm, just when the midday sun is shining directly, and this is when the colorful pools look the best.
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🏔️Winter Recommended Spots
The good parts are in the first 2 kilometers and the last part near the colorful pools, the middle part is relatively dull.
🔸Welcome Pool - Washing Body Cave
The several large-scale calcified pools at the entrance, the water does not freeze in winter, and it is very beautiful when it is sunny. The calcified pools in the middle are basically frozen and have no water.
🔸Pengtai Waterfall
In winter, the spring water freezes to form ice waterfalls, which is quite spectacular.
🔸Colorful Pools
Located halfway up the mountain in the scenic area, at an altitude of 3576 meters, it is the largest group of calcified pools in Huanglong, and it is very spectacular when viewed from above against the backdrop of Xuebaoding.
In winter, most of the colorful pools are covered with a thin layer of ice, and the yellow, green, and blue water shines brightly among the broken ice. The sunlight shows different colors from different angles, plus the blessing of white snow, the colors are dreamy.
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⚠️Transportation
✈️Plane
Huanglong Airport, then take a bus for 1H.
🚗Self-driving
7H from Chengdu.
🚌Bus
Take a direct bus from Jiuzhaigou for 2H.
🚄High-speed train
Zhenjiangguan Station, then take a bus for 1 hour and 50 minutes.
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📝Notes
1️⃣The round trip in the scenic area is 7KM, and the round trip on foot takes at least 4 hours. Elderly and children should not consider climbing the mountain, and should act according to their abilities. If you still want to see it, you can take the cableway up and then walk down slowly.
2️⃣For hiking, wear soft-soled sports shoes, you don't need to wear too thick clothes on sunny days, but you need to be windproof, as it will be very tiring and easy to sweat when climbing.
3️⃣In the off-season, except for the entrance of the scenic area, there is no food for sale inside, so be sure to prepare dry food in advance.
Huanglong is really a ghost of nature. The only regret is that we are here during the dry water period. If the dry water period is recommended, we must do a sightseeing car. Go directly to the end to see the colorful pool. After watching, we will do a sightseeing car directly. You don’t need to walk 7.8 kilometers. If the water season comes, you must walk down the mountain. Watch the scenery along the way.
Don't climb up, don't save the money you should spend, it's more expensive. Be sure to walk down, the way to go, money can't replace it, otherwise you can't see too much beauty! Huanglong is a place where you must come once in a lifetime. Leave enough time to stroll slowly and experience slowly. Generally speaking, high reaction is not a big problem. Most people can afford it!
The sightseeing car limit is unreasonable. Your scenic spot stops entering the park at 4 pm, the ropeway stops running at 5 pm, and the sightseeing car 4.30 stops running, but our sightseeing ticket has been sold out before 12:30. The whole journey is more than 8,000 meters. You can only walk ~ Even if you look at the colorful pool and walk back to take the ropeway, there are 3200 meters. From The cableway came 3,200 meters, 6,400 meters round trip, and the mountain from Wucaichi was 4,200 meters ~ I don't know what to do, I feel like I want to die in place! If you don’t want to go, you can only see the snow-capped mountain view 350 meters away from the ropeway... You can’t see the colorful pool... The sightseeing car should be flexible according to the number of tourists on the day. The scenery is still very good, worthy of such a leg-consuming trip.
Huanglong is about one and a half to two hours drive from Jiuzhaigou. The gate of Huanglong Scenic Area is about 3,100 meters above sea level, and the highest is 3,580 meters above sea level. It is easy to have high reactions. The walking movement should be slow and not suitable for strenuous exercise. Especially in winter, the temperature is very low, only the temperature of noon to a few hours in the afternoon is above zero, pay attention to keep warm, and choose a good time to visit. The wooden plank road on foot is well repaired and it is very comfortable to walk. Most of the water in Huanglong in winter is frozen, but the welcome pool with the lowest altitude and the colorful pool with the highest altitude have water, which is very beautiful, especially the colorful pool with the highest altitude in the scenic spot. The magnificent display of karst landforms, and the color is very rich. It is worth it to climb the stairs on the plateau to the top without effort! We entered the scenic spot at 11 am and came out before 4 pm, just about the warmest time with the sun.
When I went there, I was lucky. It was a sunny day. Although the colorful pool water was small, it was also very beautiful. The snow-capped pools were all ice, and it was basically snowing. When I went down the mountain, it started to snow and hail. It was raining, and I had seen a different scenery.
The scenery is beautiful, seconds kill all the little yellow dragons, after the cable car up the mountain, not far to the colorful pool, the scenery in the sun is excellent, although the altitude is 3900, but the vegetation is lush, there is no high feeling, after watching the colorful pool, all the way down the mountain is not tired