Everyone who comes to Harbin goes to play in the Snow Valley! Super happy! Practical guide for eating, staying, and playing
The happiest time of my trip to Harbin was in the Snow Valley! I suggest that if you come to Harbin, you must go there for two days! If you want to see the most authentic simplicity of the Northeastern countryside and experience the joy of playing with snow, then you must choose Snow Valley! It's really less crowded, quiet, fun, and the value for money is super high! Compared to Snow Valley, Snow Town feels like a big tourist area, everything seems artificially set up, and the people you meet are either tourists or business owners, which really lacks a bit of authenticity!
Snow Valley accommodation:
The price is really more affordable than you can imagine! 💰66 for a night's stay in a room with a 2-meter kang (traditional heated bed) that can sleep three people, comes with a private bathroom, very powerful hot water, and the room is very warm. It also includes breakfast, and at night you get frozen pears, frozen persimmons, and candied haws! Plus, you can play with snow tubes and ice carts as much as you want! Can you imagine that? Food, drinks, and fun are all included, and I wouldn't believe it if I hadn't experienced it myself that there's a place for three people for 66 yuan that includes so much fun and food! This is worlds apart from the prices of homestays in Snow Town...
Snow Valley transportation:
It's a 5-hour drive from Harbin. Carpooling starts at 5:30 am near Central Street to pick up passengers, arriving at Snow Valley at around 11 am. You can book your Snow Valley accommodation first and then contact the owner to arrange carpooling, 💰100 per person.
The return trip picks up at Snow Valley homestays at 12:30 pm, arriving back at Harbin Central Street around 5:30 pm.
You can also carpool between Snow Valley and Snow Town, which takes a little over 2 hours one way, 💰100 per person.
Snow Valley dining:
Here, meals are generally ordered and eaten at the homestays, with options like stir-fry, hot pot, and iron pot stew. However, due to the location, there are no fresh vegetables in winter here, so the vegetables are usually stored in advance by the families and then processed, so you may find that the stir-fried dishes you order may be slightly different from what you eat elsewhere. The taste is indeed a bit less impressive than restaurants, but it's still acceptable.
Snow Valley activities:
Behind the village, there are ice carts, snow tubes, ice bikes, and even large slides like those in the Ice and Snow World, as well as skiing. You can take the snow tubes up the back mountain and slide down directly from the top, which is super thrilling and super fun! My friends and I had so much fun!
Rime Ridge, 400 per person, includes round-trip transportation and mountain entertainment projects (snowmobiles, skiing, snow tubes, banana boats, etc.). The most beautiful part of Rime Ridge is to see the rime, but at this time, it's mostly not visible unless it has just snowed. You can only ride the snowmobile for one loop.
Yangcao Mountain, this is the mountain between Snow Valley and Snow Town, and you can trek through it! Pure hiking takes about 5-7 hours (depending on physical strength and experience), and there are horse-drawn sleds and snowmobiles available for ascending. It costs 💰300 to go from the bottom to the top of the mountain, and 💰250 to go to a point 2.5 kilometers from the top. I think if you're not going to Rime Ridge for the rime, you might as well not spend that 400 yuan and instead go to Yangcao Mountain to experience the snowmobile and horse-drawn sled. Going down the mountain on a small sled, walking and sliding all the way down, is really super happy!
You can trek from Snow Valley to Snow Town, watch the night scene, and then carpool back to Snow Valley. This way, you get to experience both Snow Valley and Snow Town, spend less, and also see the quiet appearance of the real Northeastern countryside after the snow!
The vehicle is clean and hygienic, and the departure is on time. The driver is safe and stable. He is patient and courteous to the passengers, and answers all questions and arrives at the destination safely on time. . The return journey is also waiting on time, and the whole journey is pleasant!
Snow Valley is a small original ecological village, there is a forest farm, called Dongsheng Forest Farm, you can hike, take a go-kart, sightseeing car, horse climbing to enjoy the original ecological beauty. There are many projects in the Snow Valley Amusement Park, which can be indulged in this ice and snow world. The snow in the northeast has a personality.
Very good small village, recommended by friends, very close to Xuexiang, I give you some small suggestions. ⭐️ Dressing suggestions ⭐️ Top: warm clothes, down jacket or grab jacket, down jacket or cotton punch pants: warm pants, snow-free pants or ski pants. Shoes: thick hiking shoes or ski-proof shoes. Accessories: hat, gloves, mask, neck, thermos cup, warm baby. (Those who are afraid of cold can add one piece appropriately) 👇 Line itinerary 👇✈️ First day: Guangzhou ~ Harbin (aircraft ➕ Accommodation Central Street) 🚶♀️ Second day: Central Street ~ Sophia Church ~ Gogoli Street ~ Songhua River ~ Sun Island ~ Ice and Snow World. (Eat ➕ Shopping ➕ Photos) 🎿 Third day: Harbin ~ Snow Valley (Ski ➕ Self-driving Snow Motorcycle) 🧗🏻♂️ Fourth day: Snow Valley ~ Snow Township (Mala Climbing ➕ Snow Motorcycle) 🌄 Fifth day: Snow Township ~ Harbin ~ Guangzhou (Watching the sunrise ➕ Go home) 👇 Accommodation booking 👇 Harbin: Home Inn McLaren ~ 219/day (standard room) ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Xuegu: Xuegu Mahua Inn ~ 119/day (fire ) ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Xuexiang: Sister Zhou Folklore ~ 280/day (fire ) ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Note: Ctrip's Xuegu Mahua Inn, the rest are booked by Xiaoma. 👇 Transportation 👇🚌 Harbin ~ Snow Valley: 100/person (6 am ~ noon) 🏔 Snow Valley ~ Snow Township: 50/piece checked luggage, 10/piece storage fee for horse climbing 100/5 kilometers, snowmobile 300/5 kilometers (or half 150) 🚌 Snow Township ~ Harbin: 100/person (7 o'clock/12 o'clock ~ 12 o'clock/6 o'clock) 👇 tickets 👇 Xuegu ~ Xuexiang (walking ticket) 40/person Xuexiang big ticket: 115➕ 5= 120 (Xuexiang ticket 115➕ reverse station bus 5) Wulingling ticket: 400/person (there are 170 playgrounds not going) 👇 Experience the northeast characteristics 👇 Xuegu: Bonfire Party, Pack dumplings, folk costumes take pictures, net red fireworks take pictures (the above projects are provided by the free Xuegu Mahua Inn) Xuexiang: Daxue Song performance (free) 100 people bonfire (free) two people (100 people) Harbin: Liu Laogen Grand Stage (150 people) 👇 Food 👇 Xuegu: chicken mushrooms, Pork stew noodles, sauerkraut stew big goose, northeast dumpling snow town: pot-wrapped meat, slip-in, roasted cold noodles, northeast big Lapi Harbin: Matil popsicles, Russian Western Restaurant, Laochangchun cake, Harbin Shida Night Market (especially recommended food)
Snow Valley is the best place to enjoy snow, play snow and ski in winter!
Start from Harbin at 6 a.m. and take a through train. Arrive in the snow Valley at about 12 noon. There are three ski resorts around the valley, which are basically 100 yuan for unlimited time. The Valley is not as commercialized as the snowy countryside. The shops selling goods are more polite and comfortable to get along with. Friends who like photography can take a panoramic view of the snow valley from the top of several mountains. The effect is like ink painting. If you live in the snow Valley for two days and can visit the snow Valley no-man's area for one day, the hotel owner can help arrange, most visitors will also go to the snow village after the snow valley, that is, the online civilization of walking through the forest, sea and snow plains, walking through can choose two alternative walking experience tools, one is a horse sled 100 yuan a person, a distance of up to 5 kilometers. The second section is about 150 yuan by snowmobiles, two kilometers by one person. We can choose according to our own situation. The night view of Snow Valley is not as dazzling as that of Snow Country, but it's also very interesting. It's suitable for taking portraits with the snow freely lifted. The inns in Snow Valley are generally good for consulting several of them. We live in Snow Valley International Youth Inn, which is recommended by friends. We booked on Ctrip, the price is fairer, the accommodation conditions are acceptable, the independent bathroom can take a bath, there are k singing rooms, you can also make dumplings by hand. Aunt Cheng is very enthusiastic about us all the time. She also took pictures of us wearing a large flowered cotton jacket and sent us her home-brewed linden honey when she left. It's very sweet and wonderful!
Like a paradise, the scenery is especially like the scenery on TV, pure and simple, returning to nature, and the villagers are very enthusiastic. Here I ate wild vegetables picked from the mountains, my own crops, and even poultry pond fish grew up on braised rice. Lie carefree in the snow, and there are many stars at night. This is the best place to see the snow.
Not bad, it is the starting point of hiking, to the snow village