Where are the best ski resorts in China

Skiing in China has become increasingly popular. Due to the Winter Olympics, the country has been promoting skiing as a national sport. As a result, there are now many people who love to ski in China. So, where are the best ski resorts in China? Let’s find out!

1、Changbai Mountain Wanda Ski Resort

Wanda Ski Resort is a comprehensive ski resort built by Wanda Group with an investment of over 20 billion yuan. The resort is located in the Changbai Mountain Range, which shares the same latitude as Davos, Switzerland, in the golden skiing zone at 41° north latitude. Here, you can find not only ski slopes but also a tourist town and high-end resort hotels. In terms of snow quality and facilities, it has reached a very good level.

Wanda is particularly suitable for family skiing vacations. The slopes here are built according to the terrain, with a drop of only 387 meters, making it suitable for beginner and intermediate skiers. The resort has a wide range of facilities, including a beginner’s teaching area, intermediate slopes, backcountry skiing areas, as well as snow tubing, drift trains, WaKu Snow Play Park, and large-scale water parks, which are particularly suitable for family trips.

Wanda Resort is known as the best equipped and most luxurious ski resort in China. It has various levels of resort hotels, including Park Hyatt, Hyatt, Westin, Sheraton, and other five-star hotels. This luxurious lineup is unmatched in Asia. You can change your ski gear without leaving your hotel, and you can ski directly to your hotel door when you are done skiing.

2、Songhua Lake Vanke Ski Resort

Vanke Songhua Lake Resort is a comprehensive ski resort built by Vanke Group according to international first-class standards. It opened in 2015 and has a typical North American style. Although it is smaller than Changbai Mountain Wanda, the resort is also well-equipped with dining, accommodation, leisure shopping, and entertainment facilities. It has four hotels, 15 restaurants, over ten ski equipment stores, a professional ski school, and a children’s village specifically designed for kids. You can experience the European and American style of skiing vacations here in winter.

Compared to other ski resorts in China, Vanke Resort has distinct advantages. First, it has a variety of slopes. The highest drop here is 600 meters, with both professional slopes for hosting ski competitions and beginner and intermediate slopes for general skiers. The number of cable cars and the area of slopes rank first in the country.

Second, it has convenient transportation. It is one of the closest ski resorts to a city in China. The resort is only 15 kilometers away from Jilin City. It also offers night skiing, which has become a popular new trend for Instagrammable moments during the ski season.

3、Yabuli Ski Resort

Yabuli is one of the earliest ski bases in China and a cradle for cultivating professional skiing talents in the country. It has hosted domestic ski competitions, the Asian Winter Games, and various FIS events. It has many slopes, with moderate difficulty and strong entertainment, making it the birthplace of mass skiing in China.

After 2014, the two ski resorts in Yabuli, Sunshine Resort and the new Sports Commission, have achieved “three-mountain interconnection”, forming a new ski tourism resort. The number of slopes has reached 46, including various types of slopes like mogul slopes, wave slopes, backcountry slopes, and snowboard parks, meeting the needs of skiers of all levels.

Yabuli is a good place to enjoy the snow-covered forest and rime ice in winter. It has dense mountains and forests, with magnificent and beautiful natural scenery. It is perfect for tourist skiing, and it also has complete dining and accommodation facilities, including various holiday villas and hotels. It is currently the most professional ski resort in China with a resort function.

4、Beidahu Ski Resort

Beidahu is located in Yongji County, Jilin City. It is also an important ski base in China, with 13 international standard alpine slopes. The maximum slope is 32 degrees. Compared to Yabuli, its biggest advantage is that the wind is small in winter, so skiing is not as cold. Moreover, it has a variety of slopes, making it a paradise for skiing enthusiasts.

Beidahu Ski Resort has complete living facilities. It has hotels, holiday villas for accommodation, as well as cafes, restaurants, and various theme parties and ice and snow carnival activities every winter. After a day of skiing, you can relax with a cup of coffee and a delicious meal. You will have a wonderful time here.

The winter scenery in Beidahu is breathtaking. Take the alpine cable car, and it will take you directly to the top of the mountain. You will see a world covered in white. The mythical rime ice scenery will appear before your eyes, as if you have entered a fairy tale world.

5、Chongli Wanlong Paradise Resort

Wanlong Paradise Resort, formerly known as Wanlong Ski Resort, is located in Chongli, Hebei Province. It opened in 2003 and is the earliest ski resort in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region. It has a maximum altitude of 2111 meters and 32 slopes of various types. The slopes are numerous and long, with a certain degree of challenge. It also has a longer ski season and is well-known in the domestic skiing community.

Wanlong Ski Resort has nine restaurants that can accommodate 1,000 tourists at the same time. It also built a snow-view restaurant on the mountaintop at 2,000 meters. The resort also has four or five hotels, as well as multiple themed restaurants, bars, cafes, hot spring spas, children’s playgrounds, and other resort spaces.

6、Altay General Mountain Ski Resort

China’s ski resorts are not inferior to those in Europe and America in terms of hardware and facilities. The only shortcoming is the small amount of snowfall. Some ski resorts in Europe and America receive hundreds of centimeters of snowfall per year, while many ski resorts in China receive less than 100 centimeters. The only ski resort in China that can compete with Europe and America is Altay in Xinjiang. The maximum annual snowfall here can reach over 300 centimeters.

Altay General Mountain Ski Resort is the only high-altitude ski resort connected to a city in China. The resort is less than 2 kilometers away from the city center. It is also Xinjiang’s highest-level 5S ski resort.

General Mountain Ski Resort has built 33 slopes for beginners, intermediate, and advanced skiers. The total length is 30 kilometers, with a maximum drop of 460 meters and a maximum slope of 50 degrees. Some slopes have passed the FIS certification and can host international skiing competitions. It also has various snow activities, such as snow horse racing, snowmobiling, sledding, and horse-drawn sleigh rides.

General Mountain Ski Resort has the longest ski season in China, from late October to early April of the following year. Every December, a heavy snowfall covers the entire General Mountain Ski Resort, with a thick blanket of white snow. The amount of snowfall and the quality of snow are unmatched in China.