Badaling
Ski Resort
This park was
just completed last winter, in Yanqing County, 70 kilometers north
of downtown Beijing.
Covering
an area of 150 hectares, Badaling Ski Resort offers a wide range of
activities including skiing, water-skiing, sledging and gliding, and
there is a large artificial pond for ice-skating fans. Trails:
6.
Total
length: 5,000 meters.
Trail
vertical drop: 350 meters.
Trail
slope: 1 - 35 degrees.
Trail
width: 250 meters.
Usual
ski fee: 50 yuan (US$6) per hour, or 220 yuan (US$26.5) per day on
weekdays, 70 yuan (US$8.5) per hour, or 340 yuan (US$41) per day,
on weekends.
Opening
hours: 8:30 AM - 6 PM.
To
get there: Drive along Badaling Highway to Badaling Huaxuechang,
or take bus route 919 at Deshengmen direct to the ski site.
