Mount Emei

Local guide to Mount Emei, super detailed route 1️⃣ time to understand||How can you miss Mount Emei when you come to Sichuan? As a local, I will share the complete guide with you today, including the frequently asked questions everyone has 🏔Ticket ✅Scenic area 160 (Before buying bus tickets and cable car tickets, you must have one first) ✅Sightseeing bus (round trip across the mountain) 90, one way from Huangwan to Leidongping 2 hours ✅Cable car round trip 120, up 65, down 55, 3 minutes from Leidongping to the Golden Summit ⚠️Tickets and sightseeing buses can be used for two days 🌈Route ⬆️Going up the mountain: Emei Mountain Station▶🚌Shuttle bus 15 min🆓▶Huangwan Tourist Center▶🚌Sightseeing bus 2 hours▶Leidongping▶🚶Walk 1.5 kilometers▶Jieyin Temple Cable Car Station▶🚠Cable car 3 minutes▶Golden Summit ⬇️Going down the mountain: Return the same way, the downhill sightseeing bus can go to 'Wannian Temple', walk for 40 minutes to Wannian Temple, and then walk down the mountain along the route of 'Bailong Cave→Qingyin Pavilion→Ecological Monkey Zone→Baoguo Temple', about 2 hours 💡Important Tips ❓Where is it good to stay If you have enough budget, it is best to stay at the Golden Summit, wake up to see the sunrise. Next is staying at Leidongping, there are many inns (budget hotel level), you have to leave for the Golden Summit at six in the morning In addition, every temple on the mountain offers accommodation, need to ☎️contact ❓Can I take a bus directly up the mountain at Emei Mountain Station No. But there is a 🆓shuttle bus inside the station that takes you to Huangwan, about 15 minutes ❓Walk up the mountain or down the mountain Taking the cable car up the mountain saves energy, it takes about 3 hours to climb up, and only 3 minutes by cable car. It also takes 2 hours to walk down the mountain, it is recommended to take the cable car both up and down the mountain if you don't have enough physical strength Although it is difficult to walk down the mountain, the snow scenery along the way is very beautiful ❓Can I take the cable car directly up the mountain at Leidongping No. You have to walk 1.5 kilometers of mountain road from Leidongping to reach the cable car station, it is very difficult to walk on the icy road in winter, about half an hour ❓Do I have to queue for 2 hours for the cable car It takes about 20 minutes to queue for the round-trip cable car, 100 people per trip; the circulating cable car is tested to have fewer people, basically no queue, just a little more walking. The price is the same ❓Drive up the mountain or take a bus Taking the bus is better, it will stop at the rest station about every hour, where you can go to the restroom and there is food available. You can only drive to zero kilometers, and you still have to take the bus up the mountain ❓Can I hike up Mount Emei Of course. It takes about 13 hours to hike up the mountain from Baoguo Temple ❓Is it necessary to buy ice claws In winter, the mountain roads are all icy, you must have them, otherwise, you will slip and fall every ten steps, ice claws are sold everywhere in Leidongping, 10💰 ❓Is there food on the mountain There is food for sale all the way up, and Huazang Temple on the mountain top also has vegetarian meals There are many restaurants in Leidongping, the taste is good, and 🦘 is very cost-effective ❓Is it cold on the mountain Not cold, the mountain is very sunny, a down jacket is enough. But it is very cold to watch the sunrise in the morning, put on hats and gloves ‼️Check the weather forecast before going up the mountain, you can't see anything on the Golden Summit on non-sunny days