In this week's Profile, we introduce some of Beijing's Ski Resorts to you.

Nanshan

Located in Miyun County, Beijing, about 80Km from downtown, the Nanshan Ski Village, has assorted trails, some 3000 pairs of skiing equipment for rental, and over 150 snowboards. With 1318 meters of Toboggan Runs crossing 9 highs, one bridge, and 5 jumping segments, it has a skiing school with 40 international instructors. The resort itself boasts of 8 trails for beginners, intermediate and advanced skiers, and the first Halfpipe of international standard as well as the China first Mogul's advanced trail, and the first snow football ground for six players. Accommodation is available in the ski resort at Shirton Villas, which has 24 double rooms, all equipped with fireplace at the Nanshan Skiing Club.

Cost: US$50 per day.

Contacts: Tel: 010-6445 0990, www.nanshanski.com , nanshan66@hotmail.com

Huaibei Ski Resort

Huaibei Ski Resort s located at the Jiugukou natural scenic spot, 70Km from Beijing, about one hour driving by private car, and is also known as being the part of Jiabianlou - the only rectangle tower of the Great Wall. Huaibei is the biggest ski resort in Beijing with the longest run, covering in total more than 30,000sprare meters.

The ski trails at Huaibei International Ski Resort are more than 3,100 meters long in total, with a drop elevation of 238 meters. The ski trails are made up of two advanced trails & two intermediate trails, and another four beginner's tracks. The cableway is 1,200 meters in total.

Contacts: Tel:010-6966 1177 www.hbski.com, hbski@hbski.com 

Jundushan Ski Resort

Jundushan Ski Course is located in the famous Xiaotangshan Spa in Changping, Beijing. It is the ski course nearest to the downtown area from which it is just more than 30km away. It features a snow-covered area of 150,000 square meters and all-around service facilities with a total area of more than 6,000 square meters, making it one of the largest ski courses in Beijing. It boasts more than 4,000m of primary, intermediate and advanced ski lanes on the hillside that are designed strictly in line with international standards and physical characteristics of Chinese. Among them, the two nearly-1,000m intermediate lanes with 20 different kinds of gradients meet the needs of intermediate skiers who want to show off their skiing skills. With a relative fall of 247m, the 1,200m advanced lane features a maximum gradient of 40 percent, making it an ideal lane for showing the skills of advanced skiers. 　　

The ski course is equipped with two-person ropeways with a total throughput of 3,500 persons/hour, eight sets of haulage equipment for ski lanes and 3,100 sets of imported skis, enabling it to serve 6,000-10,000 skiers per day. Its new, professional, super-large-power illumination system can create a thick orange atmosphere for night skiers. Students of Fischer Jundushan Ski School may enjoy world-famous Fischer carving skis at prices for renting ordinary ones. The school features a standard-compliant teaching system, dedicated slopes for teaching and ski lanes for practices, and a program named Teach You How to Ski in Two Hours, all of which enable it to guarantee its students high teaching quality.　　

Thanks to its superior geographic location, you may change your role and enjoy the romantic alternation between night and day after a 40-minute ride. 　　

The advanced electronic fee collection system, along with reasonable ways of timing, enables skiers to enjoy unique humanistic care.　　

Come to Jundushan! The comfortable, luxurious, wooden villas of Russian style, sunlight VIP rooms and Mongolian tents will bring you wonderful feelings beyond skiing.

Contact: 010-64443020 80972023 80673378

(CRIENGLISH.com December 31, 2004)