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larilinesignAssuming you're starting in Beijing,
Beijing Huaibei International Ski Resort. There is (or was) a really cheap daily shuttle off a railway stop. The bottom half of the mountain is like 15,000 Chinese tourists in matching outfits taking videos like 1 meter away from each other. Highly recommend at least once to experience the chaos of the rental shop.
But yeah, the top half is badass Olympic training stuff that's untouched and like a showy thing to hype the games.
Also in Beijing, and the ski resort I was living by, accessible by rail + taxi, is 军都山滑雪场 .
That one is a little gem 🥰.
The absolute best one is way up North in Harbin: Yabuli. Really, this is where the Olympians are actually training. Harbin is super cool altogether and worth a visit.
Gulmarg is cheap to get to as well. I bought my round trip ticket from Shanghai to Bangkok to Srinager for about $350.
Pro tip for traveling through China:
Book everything (always with trip protection) through the English portal on Ctrip. You can call the phone number for the help line, and they immediately answer with a bilingual rep who can translate over the phone anything regarding your bookings.
When you arrive to China, first thing, you will want to go to a flea stall mall and get a cheap cell phone with a prepaid card with 200RMB in minutes and data. That's about 3 months worth if you are sparing with your data.
Pleco translator app is the best one.
