Edward C.
1 Reviews
Ski resorts are especially hard to review given it’s highly …
Ski resorts are especially hard to review given it’s highly dependent on where else in the world you have been and can compare your experience to.
Beidahu ski resort in my opinion, is not quite worth the trek, but can imagine if you have only been in China, it might be considered fine.
It is hailed as having the best powder in China, unfortunately for me, locals say it hasn’t snowed for a month, and it didn’t snow while I was here. Snow was hard and packed.
There are really only two main runs. Each serviced by a Gondola. If you do come. Go to the east gondola in the morning, and the west gondola in the afternoon to get the best sun exposure.
The runs are bland and forgettable in my opinion.
There are few interesting runs with turns, scenery or runs you’d want to revisit over and over again.
The composition is more intermediate blue runs sprinkled with a few green and black, but it doesn’t really matter. Runs are narrow most of the time which makes passing more annoying when newer users take up the piste.
There is a backcountry terrain for skiers that was closed off, a very small park feature near the bunny slopes, and middling hotel choices and your extremely average fare local chinese food for options.
All this is fine if you expect this, and are exploring or ok with just being able to ski/snowboard during a pandemic lockdown.
However, if this is your first time in China trying skiing or snowboarding, I would choose Changbaishan for better hotels (Hyatt, Westin, Sheraton, Park Hyatt), food, restaurants, and hot spring. Also be prepared for the runs here to be quickly boring, but at least it’s easier to get to, and more to do outside of skiing/boarding.
I wouldn’t come back to BDH unless I ran out of other options.
Solid 3/5 for delivering on what is expected of ski/snowboard experience in China. Nothing near Japan or more established resorts in the West. – via 
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