Most people take the cable care to the top of the Yellow Mnts. Its a beast to get up there. I didn't' realize it was 4 miles of stair stepping up. ... and then miles and miles more to get anywhere. That four miles only got us to the bottom of the top of the mnt. From there we had to find our hotel which was another long way with stairs. and then since your on top of a bunch of mnts- if you want to go anywhere you keep doing stairs. We spent the night at a nice hotel. Huangshan Xihai Hotel- 200$ plus a night. It was the only hotel that we got on the whole trip that was over 35$ a night. We didn't even eat at a restaurant on the top of the mnt because it is so pricey. We all carried light day packs ... thats it. We had food, water, and clothes in our pack. The first day we did 432 flights of stairs. It was over 15 miles of stairs. The little yellow chair looked really nice for them to carry you up, if you had money.
Everything on the mountain had to be carried up somehow. These guys are carrying rebar and pipes. We saw others carrying our potential breakfast at our hotel. One man was carrying rice, another one- gasoline. 30$ a day to carry it up 4-5 miles of stairs.
The trails are amazing. steps carved into the rocks. Tunnels through rock. stairs hanging off the rock. They have done an amazing job trying to keep the scenery. There are trees in the middle of paths or jutting out the sides.
The only reason people stay on the top of the Yellow Mountains is to see the sunset and sunrise. There are only about 50 days of the year that aren't cloudy in there. So imagine the mountain peaks peaking out of the clouds. We had perfect clear weather. Which was nice, but it would have been amazing to see the clouds and mist also.
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