[2025 Yulong Attraction] Travel Guide for Jingtan Lake (Updated Aug)

Hey friends👫, the beauty of Jade Dragon Snow Mountain is truly beyond words – those magnificent views are like nature's proudest masterpiece! Today, I'm sharing this ultra-detailed travel guide to help you conquer this sacred snowy mountain with ease! 🎫 Tickets & Cable Car Booking Entry fee: ¥100🎫 (discounts available): Students: Full-time undergraduate students and below enjoy 50% off with valid student ID. 2025 high school graduates can enter free by showing their Gaokao admission ticket at the gate. Minors: Under 18 gets 50% off, children under 6 or 1.2m enter free. Cable car height-based discounts: Free for children under 1.2m. 1.2-1.4m: Half-price (parents must buy tickets first, then get child ticket at onsite window). Note: For borderline heights (1.39-1.41m), those over 1.4m must book full-price cable car tickets online in advance. Pro tip: Book cable cars EARLY! Glacier Park cable car tickets release 1-3 days in advance at 8pm via "Lijiang Tourism Group" WeChat mini-program. Yaks Meadow and Spruce Meadow tickets release at 9pm. Set alarms⏰, enter booking page 5 mins early with contacts pre-selected. If "too many users" appears, keep refreshing for cancellations. 🚗 Transportation ✈External: Fly to Lijiang Sanyi Airport or take train to Lijiang Station. 🚌Local: From Old Town, take Bus 101 (¥15, ~1hr) directly to the mountain. Self-drivers navigate to "Jade Dragon Snow Mountain Visitor Center". Parking tips: Try Parking Lots 2/3 first, then temporary lot if full. 🌟 Must-See Attractions 1⃣ Glacier Park (¥140 incl. shuttle): Reachable via big cable car to 4,506m, with hiking path to 4,680m viewpoint. Winter visits highly recommended if physically fit. 2⃣ Blue Moon Valley (Free): Azure lakes nicknamed "Little Jiuzhaigou". Best visited sunny. For best photos, walk to opposite shore. 3⃣ Spruce Meadow (¥60 incl. shuttle): Fairytale-like grassland at 3,240m (lowest altitude), perfect for photo shoots and altitude-sensitive visitors. 4⃣ Yaks Meadow (¥65 incl. shuttle): At 3,700m, offers best views of 13 peaks with grazing yaks. Moderate altitude suitable for most. 5⃣ Ganhaizi: Closest full-mountain viewpoint with winter activities like sledding. 🧥 Packing List Documents: ID + discount cards Clothing: Down jacket essential even in summer, plus scarf/gloves/hat/non-slip shoes Essentials: SPF50+ sunscreen, sunglasses, lip balm, thermos Altitude prep: Rhodiola supplements 1-2 days prior, oxygen cans (cheaper in Old Town: ¥10-20), glucose. Avoid visiting if sick. 🍱 Local Eats Butter tea: Tibetan specialty (add sugar to taste) Lijiang baba: Crispy local pastry (sweet/savory options) Naxi hotpot: Flavorful ethnic cuisine Yak jerky: Perfect travel snack Snow Mountain baked potatoes: Simple but heavenly 📌 Pro Tips • Book tickets officially – avoid scalpers • Follow safety instructions on mountain • Respect Naxi ethnic customs • Pack out trash • Eat before entering park (food pricier inside) 🚶‍♀ Is the 4am hike worth it? YES for sunrise golden peaks (higher chance autumn-winter). Summer visitors may opt for Spruce Meadow guaranteed tickets (~¥360 package with transport/meals/oxygen). Skip the ¥60 shuttle if you're fit – walking reveals hidden gems! Our Spruce Meadow + Blue Moon Valley hike took 4hrs with photo stops.

🏔️Snow Mountain Kiss: Standing on the west bank of Jingtan Lake, the sharp edges of the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain are reflected in the cobalt blue water. When the shadows of clouds pass over the main peak, the water surface is shimmering with tiny diamond lights. When the glacial wind blows through the tips of your hair and snow particles float on your eyelashes, it feels like you are in the North of "A Song of Ice and Fire". 💧Blue Moon Secret Realm: The lake water has a magical blue color due to the presence of copper sulfate, peacock green on cloudy days and Tiffany blue on sunny days. The gravel on the lake bottom is clearly visible, and the submerged plants sway with the waves, as if you can see the water elves putting sapphire hairpins in their hair. ❄️Glacier Pearls: The fir forest by the lake is covered with rime, and snow tea blooms among the moss. In the early morning of winter, a thin layer of ice forms on the surface of the lake, and the sounds of ice cracking and avalanches resonate in the valley, as if the earth is telling an ancient legend. #Mainland Travel

📍Detailed address: Blue Moon Valley Scenic Area is a scenic area at the eastern foot of Jade Dragon Snow Mountain in Yulong County, Lijiang City, Yunnan Province. 👍Most Recommended: Blue Moon Lake – famous for its turquoise waters and stunning snow-capped mountain backdrop. (Although we didn’t reach the top of the highest snow mountain, I was lucky enough to see the true appearance of the snow mountain in Blue Moon Valley🏔️!) ❤Recommendation reason: Legend has it that Blue Moon Valley is a sapphire lost by heaven, which drifted to the foot of Jade Dragon Snow Mountain and became a pool of sentimental tears on this land. The Blue Moon Valley was formed when the eternal ice and snow of Jade Dragon Snow Mountain melted and flowed down the cliffs, continuously gathering into mountain streams and creeks, and finally formed a crystal clear river in the deep valley upstream. 🌟Highlights: 🌈Yuye Lake——The water is very clear, and the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain not far away is reflected in the blue lake, like a beautiful landscape painting. 🌈Jingtan Lake - A very small scenic spot in Blue Moon Valley. It looks small and exquisite, but very quiet. The lake water here is particularly clear, just like the taste of "Jiuzhaigou Mirror Sea". 🌈Blue Moon Lake——surrounded by lush green trees, clear and emerald green. If you go there in summer, you can wander freely among the green shade and cool lake water and enjoy the "beauty" that summer brings. 🌈Tingtao Lake——The water level of the lake drops greatly, and the stream flows through it like a waterfall, making a "ding-dong" sound, just like the sound of a sheng or a piano, hence the name. 🚌Transportation within the scenic area: Blue Moon Valley - Get off at the second stop of the scenic area bus, "Shuiyue Pavilion", and stroll along the plank road. Along the way, you can see Tingtao Lake, Jingtan Lake, Blue Moon Lake, Yuye Lake, etc.

#triptravelchina 📌 Blue Moon Valley | 蓝月谷 📌 🔹 Blue Moon Valley, also known as 'Little Jiuzhaigou (小九寨沟)', is a famous natural tourist attraction in the Naxi Yulong Autonomous County, Lijiang City, Yunnan Province, southwest China. It is said that when viewed from a distance, the valley resembles a blue crescent moon embedded in the foot of the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain. The color of the water in this lake is caused by the melting snow on the mountain that flows together, making the water in this area a beautiful, clear turquoise blue, similar to the water in the lake of Jiuzhaigou. 🔹 The river in the Blue Moon Valley is the same river that flows in layers through the valley. Until it becomes four large and beautiful lakes: Level 1, Yu Yue Lake (玉液湖), Level 2, Jingtan Lake (镜潭湖), Level 3, Lan Yue Lake (蓝月湖), and Level 4, Dingtao Lake (听涛湖). Although it is called the Blue Moon Valley, the river here is not only green and turquoise. Because sometimes when it rains, the limestone sediment that is submerged in the water will float up and mix with the water above, creating a white, cloudy river. It is also called 'Baishuihe (白水河)' or 'White Stream'. 🗻🌙 .

#fallishere Jintan lake is located in the blue moon valley. in the yulong show Moutain in the 5a scenic spot. it’s simply amazing you visiting here during autumn leaves fall season. the lake look so colorful by adding the autumn leaves fall into the picture . The place Is absolutely stunning , there are people taking wedding picture here during our visit. this is truly amazing and beautiful falls i have seens. overall is great suggest to pre book tour by the trusted agent. seriously is worth to visit here once in a life time for falls season. we love it so much and wanted to visit here again. 🥰 #couplestrip #tripmoments #awesomepic