Yellow Mountain Hiking

Last year, I went to Yellow Mountain with my colleagues in November. After we took the Yungu cable car up the mountain, we thought that we had almost arrived at the top of Yellow Mountain. When we came out of the cable car, we realized that we were totally wrong. There was still a long way to walk to our hotel, which is in the West Sea area. We had to walk, and even climb, lots of steps to get there.

As tour advisors, we all work in the office. There are few chances for us to do exercise, let alone hiking. That time was a very good bit of exercise. We began to walk along the road to our hotel in the West Sea. On the way, we visited Shixin Peak (Beginning To Believe Peak), Old Man Rock and the Brush Pine. We were very excited and took lots of beautiful pictures. It took us about one hour to get to our hotel. In the afternoon, we went to the West Sea Grand Canyon, which is famous for its magnificent scenery and steep stone steps. It is the most famous hiking place in Yellow Mountain. There are actually three circuits in this Grand Canyon. If the people are not professional hikers, they could finish the first and second circuits. Professional hikers usually can complete the three circuits, and this requires lots of energy. We went round the second circuit and found that there were many beautiful unknown flowers and plants with red, green or blue seeds. Some big birds sang melodious songs among the trees. It was quite a different world, isolated from outside. After we climbed up to the top, sunset had just come. What a great view, watching the sunset beside the imposing peaks, spectacular rocks, and odd-shaped pines!It was a very nice experience to do some hiking in the West Sea Grand Canyon.

If you have a chance to visit Yellow Mountain, I strongly recommend you try the Grand Canyon hike. Though it is not as famous as Great Wall biking, or as gorgeous as hiking at Tiger Leaping Gorge, or as picturesque as hiking along the Li River, it will give you a different feeling about how a mountain can be, with its elegance, peacefulness and splendor.