Ski Conditions, Openings, Closings and New Developments in Chinese Skiing
Yabuli
New Yabuli Inn
Updated 4/10/2010
Sun Mountain Yabuli/Melco China Resorts closed for season April 6th completing a long and successful winter season from November 18, 2009.
Yabuli continues its substantial transformation over the past couple of years into China's first multiple ski resort town. The latest news is that the Sun Mountain Resort, part of Melco China Resorts will be operated next winter by Club Med. That should be a very interesting combination and we will look forward to reporting how it performs. It will be Club Med's first property in China even though they have been lookng for several years.
Note: Our report on Yabuli now covers 4 pages. Be sure to follow the links on the Yabuli landing page to the other resort specific pages.
Wanlong
Wanlong Morning
Updated 4/10/2010.
Wanlong is closed for the season. Having opened their newest mountain with two chairlifts and 6 more top to bottom trails, expanding the total to 18+ trails, Wanlong enjoyed a successful season and continued its position as the largest ski mountain in China.
With new 4 and 5 star hotels in ChongLi, trips to Wanlong will have even more choices and conveniences next winter. Our ChongLi area trip schedules and pricing for next season will be posted on our Local Tours page.
Dolomiti
Dolomiti Trail
Updated 4/10/2009
Dolomiti is closed for the season. Having opened November 14th with almost all trails thanks to a surprise early heavy snow Dolomiti completed its best season with more trails and a new surface type lift serving the second expansion mountain. (See our updated report on Dolomiti)
Watch ths site and check their new English web site for information about further expansion plans for next season. As part of the growing ChongLi centered ski industry, Dolomiti will increasingly factor in the ski plans of the Beijing based skier.
Beidahu
Beidahu Slopes from Gondola
Updated 1/21/2010
Beidahu no longer part of Melco China Resorts family.
In 2008 Beidahu became part of Melco China Resorts. However, in July this year the original owners took back the resort in lieu of payment of the note due 12/31/2008. Although talks are still ongoing, it is not certain that the refinancing of Melco China Resorts will allow the resort to rejoin the Melco China Resorts. For the 2009-2010 winter, operations at Beidahu are still open to the public although part of the mountain has been turned over to the China Natinoal Team for training. At last report, one trail from the top was open on each of the two mountains as well as the lower trail between making terrain for all levels of skier available, if somewhat limited in variety.
Ping Tian
Tian Shan Valley Scene
Updated 10/5/2009
The disappointing news has come from far western China that Ping Tian will still not be open for the 2009-2010 winter season. Although the management still pushes forward with their plans to develop a world class alpine ski and golf resort in the high Tian Shan mountains, the combination of the global financial situation and permitting delays have kept the project on a slower than expected path.
New Zhongdian (Shangri-La) Ski Resort
Shangri-La Ski Resort
Updated 4/07/2009
To be honest, we do not have a clue about what is going on here and would appreciate any info that our readers may have uncovered. We had hoped to get down there this winter, but that did not work out so we are still in the information hunting stage.
Last year we reported that it appeared as though the new ski resort in Yunan Province outside Zhongdian (Shangri-La). is a basic beginners mountain even though the surrounding mountains could support more advanced terrain development. However, photos taken last summer by our travel partner at HiddenChina.net shows that additional lifts and trails have been added that would make the resort a bit more interesting to the serious skier. Unfortunately, additional informaton about the resort's facilities has been hard to come by so this is all we know at this time.
