Super detailed guide to Mount Tai

Early November and friends to climb Mount Tai, night climbing the next day breakfast to see the sunrise, super happy.

And we share a climbing guide.

Mountaineering Route

1, ? Red Gate Pandao Hiking Route (Classic)

Starting from the Red Gate, you will go through the Middle Heavenly Gate and the Eighteen Pandas (the steepest part of the climb to Mount Tai) to reach the South Heavenly Gate. This is an ancient traditional hiking route, the most important hiking route for ancient emperors, with numerous temples, stone carvings and ancient trees along the way, and many legends are related to the attractions of this path.

This route is the essence of Mount Tai, which can best focus on the charm of Mount Tai's natural and cultural dual heritage. The vast majority of this road is a stone staircase, some of the stone staircase is relatively narrow, climbing will be more tired, medium speed about 4, 5 hours can reach the top. If you climb at night, this route is a good choice, there are a lot of people at night, will not be afraid.

2, Peach Blossom Valley hiking route (convenient)

The first half of this route can take a car, from Peach Blossom Valley to Peach Blossom Valley by bus (30 yuan a person), and then walk up the mountain or take the cable car. This road has fewer stone steps and is a bit gentler than the Red Gate Route. The attractions along the road are in the Peach Blossom Garden and Peach Blossom Valley, and there are no attractions on the road up the mountain on foot, but the natural scenery along the way is quite nice. Friendly tips: walk this road is very few people, the best at night, do not choose this road, daytime downhill can be considered. Generally self-driving travel will choose this route, Peach Blossom Valley has a parking lot.

3, Tianwai Village car hiking route (save trouble)

Tian Di Plaza - Zhongtianmen - South Tianmen, from the Tian Di Plaza to Zhongtianmen have a mountain highway, you can take a car, Zhongtianmen to South Tianmen have cable car, if you do not want to hiking friends to choose this route will be more trouble-free, easy to reach the top of Taishan Mountain. Top. You can also take the car in the first half, walk from the middle Tianmen to the south Tianmen, this section of the road concentrates a lot of attractions, and you can challenge the eighteen plates, it is worth experiencing.

4, Tiancandle Peak Mountaineering Route

Tiancandle Peak - after the Shiwu route, the peaks of the beautiful, colorful pines and rocks, is the best choice for many adventure enthusiasts. Tiancandle Peak is named because the peak is shaped like a candle, and a pine tree at the top of the mountain looks like the wick of a candle. This route is far away from the traffic artery, the mountain atmosphere is rich, along the way there are many strange pines and rocks, but along the way the tourist service facilities are not as complete as other routes, take this route should be prepared to have enough dry food and drinking water.

Climbing time

Normal speed takes four to five hours, including a short break, but the exact time taken to climb the mountain is still a matter of personal physical condition. We started climbing from the Red Gate at 9:00 p.m. and arrived at the Middle Heavenly Gate (halfway up Mount Tai) at 23:00 p.m. We rested at the Middle Heavenly Gate for 2 hours, and then continued climbing at 1:00 p.m. We arrived at the South Heavenly Gate at 3:30 p.m., and then arrived at the top of Mount Tai at the South Heavenly Gate. We rested at the top until 5:25 and then went to Riguan Peak to watch the sunrise, which was at 6:40 on the day we were there.

Many climbers will rest here for a while longer after arriving at Zhongtianmen, and then climb up to the top of the mountain and go directly to watch the sunrise. There are also climbers who will leave a little later and climb all the way to the top before resting.

In fact, my friend and I started a little early. If we had started a little later, we wouldn't have had to rest at the Zhongtianmen Gate, and it would have been very cold on the mountain at night. The higher the altitude, the colder it gets, and the top of the mountain is even colder than the halfway point, but you can rest in the store, which is air-conditioned.

Tips

1, wear comfortable clothes pants and shoes.

2, you can buy a hiking stick, I think it's still useful. Be sure to prepare a flashlight, although hiking along the road with street lamps, but not many lights, walk through a long a long stretch of road before there is one. You can get some visibility by moonlight, but tall trees will block the moonlight. Don't try to borrow the light from other hikers, as we all climb at different speeds, so it's best to bring your own. Hiking poles range from 2-10 yuan, and flashlights are usually 10 yuan, and are sold at the foot of the mountain and in stores along the way.

3, the raincoat can be bought or not, the mountain rent coat place will provide free wet pads.

4, rent coat, the mountain is particularly cold, most mountaineers will rent a coat. Rent 10 yuan a piece, deposit 100 yuan a piece, unlimited, where to rent where to return. There are uncles and aunts shouting at you to rent a military coat from the Middle Heavenly Gate, and you can rent them at the South Heavenly Gate and Jade Emperor Peak at the top of the mountain, and the price is the same. I recommend to rent after reaching the top, in the middle of the Tianmen rent at first really happy, but when you climb up to the steep eighteen plate, may feel bulky and inconvenience, and downhill when you have to take a heavy coat, and can not choose other routes down the mountain.

If you are afraid of being cold while climbing, prepare a coat for yourself. I have been holding a coat from the red gate to the middle gate of the sky, and it was not cold at that time, and it was just right to put on a coat in the second half of the climb.

5, the driver's words do not believe. From the train station to Taishan can take the bus, pay attention to the last bus time. There are a lot of private car drivers will pull passengers who want to go to the mountain, a car to tell you some of the precautions, so that you are ready to hiking poles, flashlights, raincoats, but also said that you let you buy a large incense, and then take you to the door of the store. I'm sure they and the store owner have a relationship of interest, but in the store to buy more expensive than sold on Mount Tai! So don't trust those "nice" drivers so easily.

6, Taishan on the price is not high, stores are also open at night, on the mountain to prepare the right amount of food is good, there is no need to carry too much.

7, to the top of the mountain can be rested in the store, compared to the open air under the warmer, 10 yuan a person, unlimited, almost when the boss will remind you to go to see the sunrise.

By: Duo Yun