West Sea Grand Canyon
西海大峡谷 · Xīhǎi Dà Xiágǔ
A deep gorge of sheer pinnacles, walked on stairways bolted to the cliffs; a monorail cable car climbs back out of the bottom.
No booking needed3–4 hours for the full loop
Tip
The most spectacular and most tiring part of Huangshan. Only go down if the weather is clear and you have at least half a day.
- Opening hours
- Monorail roughly 06:20–17:30 in the main season, 07:20–16:30 in winter; the canyon trails close in bad weather To be confirmed
- Price
- Trails covered by the mountain ticket; monorail ¥100 one way (¥80 in winter)
- How to book
- Buy monorail tickets at the station or on the 黄山旅游官方平台 mini-program. To be confirmed
- Getting there
- From the Xihai / Paiyunting area on the summit
- Address in Chinese
- 安徽省黄山市黄山区汤口镇黄山风景区西海大峡谷
Photo: 颐园居 · CC BY-SA 4.0
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