Chongqing’s Wuling Mountain is one of the best places to enjoy snow scenery in winter. The beautiful and magnificent snow scenery here is also widely loved and welcomed by everyone. Since the beginning of winter, everyone has been looking forward to whether it will snow in Wuling Mountain this year. Let's go and see.
When does it snow in Wuling Mountain?
Wuling Mountain National Forest Park usually receives snowfall in December every year. The amount of snowfall varies every year and usually lasts until the end of January.
In the early morning of December 3, 2020, Wulingshan Forest Park in Fuling District ushered in its first heavy snowfall since the beginning of winter this year. The snow thickness is about 5 centimeters, and the entire mountains and fields are covered with snow-white coat.
Walking into the snow-capped Wuling Mountain, the winding roads are covered with snow, and the mountains, rivers and fields are filled with mist, making you feel like you are in a fairyland. In Wulingshan Forest Park, a large area of ??vegetation condenses into a sheet of silver branches and jade leaves, and the enchanting scene of "blowing away the petals of thousands of pear trees" blooms.
Wulingshan National Forest Park is located in the state-owned Damu Forest Farm in Fuling District, Chongqing City, covering an area of ??1,633.33 hectares, with a maximum altitude of more than 1,600 meters. Wulingshan National Forest Park has beautiful and magnificent scenery, stretching from the Yangtze River in the north to the Wujiang River on both sides. The mountains, dense forests, and peaks are a rare spectacle among the thousands of hectares of cedar forests in China.
Every late winter, heavy snow falls. The trees in the mountains are covered with ice crystal snow caps, and the jade trees and flowers are covered in silver. It is a rare winter snow scene in central Chongqing.
Wuling Mountain Snow Scenery Features
Attraction features: a Buddhist holy land with charming scenery, surrounding scenic spots and numerous attractions.
Recommended activities: watch the snow scenery, sunrise, sea of ??clouds, and sunset, and appreciate Buddhist culture and Ba culture.
Self-driving route: (main urban area) Inner Ring Expressway South Ring Interchange - Yuxiang Expressway Wulong Interchange - S203 Provincial Road Yangliuba, with a total length of approximately 215 kilometers.
: Travel tips
1. Wulingshan National Forest Park has relatively complete infrastructure and scenic area construction, such as highway transportation, hotel accommodation, etc. Comfortable star-rated hotels, romantic couple tents, and affordable budget rooms are available, making it a mature tourist destination;
2. The entrance fee to Wulingshan National Forest Park is 40 yuan/person, and the opening hours are 8 :00-17:00;
3. Local specialties include stone fungus, kiwi fruit, shiitake mushrooms, fungus, ganoderma and fungi. You can bring some back!
Wuling Mountain Rift Valley
Wuling Mountain Rift Valley is located in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, about 45 kilometers southeast of Fuling District, Chongqing City. It is a national 4A-level tourist attraction. The scenic spot is the oldest "scar" on the earth - a cliff crack formed by the violent movement of the earth's crust. It has the reputation of "China's first dynamic canyon". The scenic spot has a natural drop of 1,380 meters, a 10-kilometer original ecological rift valley, and karst landforms. The forest coverage rate in the scenic area reaches more than 95%, the average summer temperature is as low as 22 degrees Celsius, and the negative oxygen ion content per cubic centimeter is as high as more than 100,000. In December 2015, the Wuling Mountain Rift Valley was selected as one of the 30 best new tourist attractions in the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River. The scenic area covers an area of ??30 square kilometers. The peaks, terraces, valleys and other landscapes in the scenic area are well-proportioned and rich in layers. The altitude ranges from 600 meters to 1980 meters, and the difference between the valley bottom and the peak is more than 700 meters. The mountains are spectacular and beautiful. The core area of ??the scenic spot is an original ecological rift valley with karst landforms about 10 kilometers long.
Wulingshan National Forest Park
Chongqing Wulingshan National Forest Park reaches Yangtze Mountain in the north, with dense forests and overlapping peaks. Rarely seen in China, it has the wonders of a thousand hectares of fir forest, the secluded valley of singing birds, the peaks of the moon, the land of thousands of feet of cliffs, and the wilderness of evergreen valleys. You can enjoy flowers in spring, summer in summer, fruits in autumn, and snow in winter. It can be said that "five steps to a scene, ten steps to a key". The vast forest sea, abundant flowers and fruits, strange peaks and caves, the beautiful scenery is fascinating.