Skiing season soon, what are the best resorts in China?

[Graham]

My wife's sister lives up there.
Zhangjiakou, just north of Beijing.
They sent us loads of photos of them skiing, and renting the snow mobiles.
About last weekend, or maybe Monday or Tuesday they were there.

Gra.

[ZMC888]

My wife's sister lives up there.
Zhangjiakou, just north of Beijing.
They sent us loads of photos of them skiing, and renting the snow mobiles.
About last weekend, or maybe Monday or Tuesday they were there.

Gra.

That's sweet, local knowledge can get you much cheaper rental and lift passes.

[Graham]

That's sweet, local knowledge can get you much cheaper rental and lift passes.

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Fay just phoned her sister to ask for me.

There are two main places they go.

1/ For experienced skiers, probably like your self there is Wan long
Entry ticket is 500 rnb total

2/ The other more easy place is Chang Cheng Ling
Entry is 90 rnb
Chair lift is free
Rent coat is 50 rnb

Looks like they had a great time, and only used the Chang Cheng Ling venue.

Gra.

[bigdamo]

ZMC888 what was the ski/board ability/level of the locals like.

[bigdamo]

If your looking for cheaper Shihezi ski resort is I think 50rmb including lunch.Skiing terrain is rather limited though.

[ZMC888]

ZMC888 what was the ski/board ability/level of the locals like.

Never really could identify any difference between Hebei 'locals' and Beijingers. However, I would say that most of the Chinese skiers were of upper-intermediate level or better, mostly because to go on the 'unbelievably far' 300km drive from Beijing to Chongli you'd have to be pretty 'hardcore'. There were plenty of 'blue run experts' and 'Saturday rich kids', but also some very solid advanced skiers and one or two really actually good Chinese instructors. Snowboarders were mostly show-offs, doing low down wide-arc turns on groomed blue runs.

Really such a big resort needs a proper grind-rail or two, jumps and a half pipe, easily enough space for such insanity.