Guidelines for climbing Huashan Mountain What you need to prepare for climbing Huashan Mountain

Climbing Mount Huashan requires great courage and perseverance, as well as strong physical strength and endurance. Mount Huashan is extremely steep and steep, and not ordinary people can climb it, so everyone must always pay attention to their own For personal safety, it is best not to be afraid of Huashan if the conditions are not suitable. I will share with you the detailed strategy below.

1. Go to the Visitor Center

If you come to Huashan by ordinary train, get off at Huashan Station, get off the bus and take the bus in the station square, it only costs 4 yuan. Huashan Visitor Center. Huashan Station has a sense of age, and the buses are also very historical, but they are quite shabby.

If you come by high-speed rail, get off at Huashan North Station. There is a special tourist bus, or you can take a taxi for 20 yuan to the visitor center.

When you see this lotus sculpture, the visitor center is almost there, just turn around the intersection.

2. Mountaineering method

First of all, you have to determine how to go up the mountain. If you are young and have sufficient physical strength, you may want to challenge hiking. Climb all the way from Yuquanyuan, and finally complete the five peaks, and finally choose to hike. Go down the mountain or take the ropeway down the mountain. It is really not recommended to take children under 10 years old or people over 60 years old to hike mountains. Only if you experience it yourself can you understand the hardships along the way. The endless stairs can be debilitating and physically demanding. Very high.

You can choose the ropeway in the following ways

A has good physical strength and wants to experience the feeling of climbing: on the North Peak ropeway? - on the West Peak ropeway

< p> This kind of hike can only go up to the highest peaks. Don’t go down too far, otherwise you’ll have to climb back up.

B doesn’t want to be too tired and wants to enjoy the scenery at the top of the mountain: on the West Peak Cableway - off the North Peak Cableway

Because the West Peak has a higher altitude, you can take the cableway up to the West Peak, and then go to the South Peak and East Peak. The peak finally goes down to the center North Peak. Descend from the North Peak, save your energy, and it will take about four or five hours.

C has relatively good physical strength: ascent to the North Peak - and descends from the North Peak

D has particularly good physical strength: hikes to the North Peak, East, Middle, South and West Peaks, and down to the West Peak

< p>E has great physical strength: the whole journey is on foot, up and down. The whole journey takes about 12 hours.

3-4 hours from Yuquanyuan to North Peak

1.5-2 hours from North Peak to East Peak

3 hours to each peak

< p>It takes 2 hours to go down to the North Peak

It takes 2 hours to go down to the North Peak

This is just for people with average physical strength. If you have extraordinary physical strength, the small universe in your body will be burning. 10 It is possible in about an hour. Mountain climbing is not a competition or a rush. The scenery along the way should still be appreciated. There are many options for choosing the route, whether to take the ropeway or not, and where to take it.

3. Transportation in the scenic area

For those who walk up the mountain from the visitor center to Yuquanyuan, there is a free shuttle bus on this route.

If you choose to take the cableway up the mountain, or take the cableway down the mountain and return to the visitor center, there is a 20 yuan fare, which is a must. Also, when you ride the ropeway, you will be photographed inexplicably. When you get off the ropeway, a large photo of you has been prepared for a fee of 20 yuan. Of course, you can choose not to take it.

4. Hotel accommodation

Friends coming from afar, especially those who have taken a long train ride, it is best to take a rest. There are many hotels at the foot of the mountain near Yuquanyuan The B&B is not expensive, there are many restaurants around, and it is very convenient to buy things in the supermarket to replenish your supplies. I rested until 1:30 in the morning and started climbing at 2 o'clock. Why did I climb the mountain at this time? I wanted to hike up and down the mountain, so I started early. But I was a little tired when I came down. I took the ropeway down the mountain in the center. The descent time should be 12:30, so there were more than ten people who came down the whole journey. Hour.

5. Climbing preparations

Flashlight: No need, the lighting is very good throughout the entire climb.

Hiking poles: Not required. In some places, you need to hold on to the chains with both hands to climb up, and the cane is useless.

Gloves: There is rust on the iron chain and it is easy to stain your hands.

Food and water: If you are not short of money, there are plenty of canteens on the mountain. You can get water and food, but you have to spend more money. It is not easy and expensive for people to carry it to the mountain. Yes, yes.

Prepare yourself: 4 bottles of mineral water and three bottles of Red Bull.

Bread snacks: it’s up to you.

Clothing:

The need for water is greater than food. When I climbed the mountain, the temperature was 20 degrees and I was sweating profusely. I couldn’t hold on for long without drinking a bottle of water before I became thirsty and sweated too much. , the short sleeves were wet, and the straps of the backpack were also soaked. The wind at the top of the mountain was chilly. Think about how it feels. It dried slowly while resting at the top of the mountain. If the authorities suggested bringing a spare piece of clothing, the top of the mountain would be cool. It will be more comfortable if you put it on, but if you climb mountains in winter, it seems that you will not feel better. You will sweat when climbing, and you will feel cold when you stop. When hiking in late summer or early autumn, you can prepare a light down jacket.

6. Mountaineering routes

There are people selling mountaineering route maps at the foot of the mountain, or there are many on Baidu. There are many signboards on the mountain, and you can choose a mountaineering route based on the signs.

These are all ready. It is estimated that these equipment plus the backpack will weigh more than ten kilograms. Be sure to leave the unused ones at the hotel or storage point at the foot of the mountain. You will feel tired if you climb the mountain. When going down the mountain, it was okay. With the consumption along the way, the backpack became lighter when going down the mountain.

What should be prepared or planned is the above. Friends who want to challenge Huashan, especially those who want to hike, this is my summary, I hope it is useful.

Add some pictures. Since I climbed the mountain at night, I didn’t take many good-looking pictures. When I reached the top of the mountain, the misty scenery was beautiful.

This is the ladder. If you are afraid, there are other ways to go around it, just next to it.

This is a small pine tree on the south peak of Huashan Mountain

There are many such signboards on Huashan Mountain, making it easy to choose where to go.

This is the famous Changkong Plank Road. It is currently under maintenance and is not open to the public. It is full of fairy spirit

The blessing lock on the ropeway

This is from the top of the East Peak