TaiShan - JiNing

[Suzuki9394]

I intend to go to Taian for the Mount Taishan...

Has anyone been there before and what are the difficulty?

 

[beanstalk6]

Mount Tai travel guide - Wikitravel

 

[durkheimian]

You can reach Taian by flying into Jinan (TNA) - Yaoqiang Airport, then take bus from the station outside the airport to Taian. From Singapore, can take China Southern and connect to Jinan at Guangzhou, or China Eastern connect at Shanghai, or China Airline connect at Beijing.

There is another method I've heard of, but not tried, i.e. to fly to Beijing and take speed train to Taian.

From Taian, take a bus to the foot of the mountain, I think is "Hong Men" (red door). Buy ticket and then start climbing. Physically ok people can reach the peak - Yu Huang Ding - in about 3 hours. There are stalls along the way and shops at the near-peak area and halfway. Hydrate along the way. My recommendation for water is to bring a little and buy some (bottled water not very expensive). At some point, the steps can get steep and you will need to hold on to handrails.

Taian people are generally helpful. The city is quite dusty. Eats are cheap. Big departmental stores 银座 (Expensive) and chain supermarket 大润发 (nice supermarket to shop).

Enjoy the climb. Do share your photos here.

 

[Suzuki9394]

You can reach Taian by flying into Jinan (TNA) - Yaoqiang Airport, then take bus from the station outside the airport to Taian. From Singapore, can take China Southern and connect to Jinan at Guangzhou, or China Eastern connect at Shanghai, or China Airline connect at Beijing.

There is another method I've heard of, but not tried, i.e. to fly to Beijing and take speed train to Taian.

From Taian, take a bus to the foot of the mountain, I think is "Hong Men" (red door). Buy ticket and then start climbing. Physically ok people can reach the peak - Yu Huang Ding - in about 3 hours. There are stalls along the way and shops at the near-peak area and halfway. Hydrate along the way. My recommendation for water is to bring a little and buy some (bottled water not very expensive). At some point, the steps can get steep and you will need to hold on to handrails.

Taian people are generally helpful. The city is quite dusty. Eats are cheap. Big departmental stores 银座 (Expensive) and chain supermarket 大润发 (nice supermarket to shop).

Enjoy the climb. Do share your photos here.

Thank you for the suggestions...

I think the simplest is the last option, take a flight to Beijing and connect a fast train to Taian as that will have more energy to do the more physical work there...

Anyway, I just bought a new LX7 for that purposes.

 

[touchme]

darm, the only taishan thread in hwz, and empty for past few years,
Going next month. Anyone without guide/advice.?

 

[johnsonheng]

Remember carry light

 

[touchme]

Remember carry light

will take both our first time bad huangshan xp, avoid in Taishan. Nowadays phone has light.
(would have been going HS a 3rd time if not for big snow closures, hearsay)

 

[touchme]

Challenging, Sacred climb, but a bit of repeat bad xp, in a hotel without proper toilet, water supply and lighting.
1500m peak from the hongmeng gate at 200m sealevel, that's 500 floors by foot!

(This is not my photo, but aerial to best show the last stretch of stairs)

Not for the faint hearted, more mental than physical esp. on this last stretch, where you can see the full stretch to the skies. This is only 1/10 of the full track.

 

[touchme]

For sharing:
Park entry RMB127,
Foot to mid mountain coach RMB30
Cable-car from mid to peak RMB100
$55 per head, China National Parks very ho-tan.

Taishan, being one of 5 China's prized mountains, should be done climbing (at least from mid), not tramming up.
We flanked around the park entrance, crouching thru a broken barb and a fence opening..LOL.

Actually nothing very nice on the tops of Taishan, compared to HuangShan. Just a sacred destination for the ancient imperials and immortals.

 

[durkheimian]

Share a few pics of my trip a few years back. It was about -12 up at the peak, but I still sweat from the climb. No wonder the locals say if you climb Mt Tai every year, you will live a long life.

 

[touchme]

Share a few pics of my trip a few years back. It was about -12 up at the peak, but I still sweat from the climb. No wonder the locals say if you climb Mt Tai every year, you will live a long life.

Long life but ki siao, also no use.

I tot winter climb and views may be more interesting, cf. current spring/summer bare dried vegetated views.

Winter pics nice but too foggy to look back at your long walk/climb acheivement from the top. The autumn pic above looks good.

I took the 10 hrs overnight sleeper train from Shanghai at 11pm, and woke up 9am fresh, at Taian, taking in YongHe breakfast, opp. train station , before heading to the hongmen entrance 3 km away.

 

[johnsonheng]

will take both our first time bad huangshan xp, avoid in Taishan. Nowadays phone has light.
(would have been going HS a 3rd time if not for big snow closures, hearsay)

Carry torchlight and light stuff at in not heavy stuff

 

[touchme]

Carry torchlight and light stuff at in not heavy stuff

when you climb flight after flights of 5-storeys steep narrow steps, rest, pant and faced with another endless one in front. you start figuring out what to lose off your pack.

2 days afer, just touching the thighs also painful...

 

[touchme]

Climb starts from way back 4-5 hills behind the last hill seen here.

Getting a tad nearer.

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