Personal discoveries trekking on Cui Hua Shan
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The entrance gate of Cui Huashan |
It’s a straight path up the road to the entrance gate, about a 30-minute walk, but after about 10 minutes the city noises dissipate, the paved road turned to gravel and I find myself out of the city limits, with intermittent country restaurants and inns on the left and the foothills on the right.
Seeing the last of the morning fog burning off, listening to the water running through the streams, the birds singing, and smelling the fresh air I realize this is exactly what I needed.
The remainder of the 20-minute walk is spent wandering past restaurants just opening up for the day, old buildings, and an abandoned concrete factory from the Cultural Revolution. The silence is interrupted by the moto drivers slowing down and beeping their horns in order to tempt me into their services, but a quick shake of my head and they’re off. Soon enough I see the gate signaling I have truly arrived at Cui Huashan.
The tickets are 70 yuan, and 45 yuan for students. When I walk in, there are small open-air cars that can take me on a 10 minute ride to Heaven Pool for 11 yuan. It would have been possible to walk it in about 45 minutes but this road is quite steep, and after walking for over 30 minutes I need a break.. what can I say – I’m lazy.
This open air-car takes me up the mountain road and through quite a long tunnel where it drops me off. While it is possible to ride this car all the way to the lake, the point right after the tunnel is the start of the trail to the lake. It’s paved the entire way, hardly steep and a great place to really get away from everything.
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