Saturday Easy Hike: Baihuashan Park

Boasting the third highest peak outside of Beijing, Baihuashan Mountain is a nice cool retreat with winding creeks and dense vegetation, which make the temperature here on average 10 degrees Celsius lower than downtown Beijing.

Baihuashan has also won acclaim as the "best forest bath" in a Beijing suburb. The Forest here is dominated by various pine trees, like larch and Chinese pine, and the ground is dotted with wild flowers. In fact, the mountain's name Baihuashan in Chinese literally means a mountain boasting hundreds of flowers.

On the day:

We will be joining lvye.cn (one of the most active outdoor club in Beijing):

http://www.lvye.cn/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=403718

We will start climb up @9:30 and finish it off around 17:30, it'll be around 5-6 hours of walking.

Meeting Point:

1. Subway Line 1 Pingguoyuan Station @ 7:30am, then take lvye bus, reserved 3 seats.

http://ditu.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=zh-CN&msa=0&msid=109919491864031635128.00047d59b15a3ed535ece&brcurrent=3,0x35f045049b28c901:0x5ceb3b8d075e20a9,0,0x35f044f161e0fbd5:0x465ce85ee05be6b7;5,0,0&ll=39.927426,116.178593&spn=0.001917,0.005241&t=h&z=18

2. Baihuashan Park Gate @ 9:30am

Gears:

Water, food for lunch, hiking boots, sunscreen scream, sun glasses etc, no jeans please as it's gonna be HOT.

Fee:

There is an entrance fee of 40Yuan at the park.

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