With the gradual temperature decrease in winter, major ski resorts in Beijing are opening to the general public one after another. What are the ideal places in Beijing for you to ski? Let's take a look!

 Badaling Ski Resort [Photo via VCG]

1. Badaling Ski Resort

About two kilometers west of the Badaling Great Wall, Beijing Badaling Ski Resort covers an area of 3 million square meters. It offers a wide range of entertainment activities including dog sledding, bungee jumping, snow sauna, DIY ice sculpture making, and glacier hiking. Here, you can experience unprecedented excitement and dazzling exoticism.

Address: No.66, Beijing Badaling Town Economic Development Area, Yanqing District, Beijing

Tel: 010-69129988

Beijing Nanshan Ski Resort [Photo via VCG]

2. Beijing Nanshan Ski Resort

Beijing Nanshan Ski Resort is currently the largest ski resort in the surrounding area of Beijing, with the most advanced facilities, and the most complete types of ski trails. It has built 10 ski trails for beginners, intermediates, and advanced skiers, and also boasts China's first half-pipe (U-shaped) snowboarding trail that is aligned to international standards, large-scale freestyle snowboard jump platform, rainbow bars and other facilities. At the same time, it is equipped with the only "Mogul" advanced ski trail and snowmobile lane for kids in China, as well as China's first six-person snowy football pitch.

Address: Shengshuitou Village, Henanzhai Town, Miyun District, Beijing

Tel: 010-89091909

3. Jingzhihu Ski Resort

With an area of 200,000 square meters, Beijing Jingzhihu Ski Resort is currently a ski resort in Changping District that integrates dining, accommodation, hot springs, entertainment, mountaineering, and skiing. It offers you a professional skiing experience and VIP services, fully satisfying the desire of tourists for skiing.

Address: Jingzhihu Resort·Beijing, Taoyukou Village, Xingshou Town, Changping District, Beijing

Tel: 010-61709988

Yunfoshan Ski Resort [Photo via VCG]

4. Yunfoshan Ski Resort

Located in Xiwengzhuang Town, Miyun District, Yunfoshan Ski Resort is a large-scale comprehensive ski resort integrating accommodation, catering, conferences, entertainment and fitness. In order to ensure that the ski enthusiasts of different levels and children can enjoy the skiing, Yunfoshan Ski Resort has specially launched a series of entertainment activities including snow tubing, horse sledding, dog sledding and so forth.

Tel: 010-61008900

Address: On the south of the road, 300 meters east of Yujie, Huanghu Road, Xiwengzhuang Town, Miyun District, Beijing

5. Four Seasons Ski Resort of Olympic Forest Park

Located within the Olympic Village Gate of South Park of the Olympic Forest Park, a national fitness demonstration base in Beijing, the Four Seasons Ski Resort covers an area of about 20,000 square meters. It is divided into 5 areas, namely, public ski area, professional ski area, cross-country ski area, snow tubing lane and comprehensive recreation service area. Equipped with the ski trails suitable for different levels of skiers, it is the largest four-season ski resort in Asia with the most types of ski trails and the most professional facilities.

Address: Within the Olympic Village Gate, South Park of Olympic Forest Park, Chaoyang District, Beijing  

Tel: 010-64529216

6. Jinhui Ski Resort

Located on Shuangpo Road in Wenquan Town of Haidian District, Beijing, Jinhui Ski Resort is backed by Dajue Temple, an ancient temple, and faces the Summer Palace, an imperial garden, and the beautiful Fragrant Hill. It is a large-scale ski resort that is the nearest to Beijing and has the most complete service functions. With a mode of daytime skiing plus night skiing, it can meet the diversified needs of skiers. Besides, multiple free shuttle buses are arranged for the convenience of tourists to travel.

Address: Shuangpo Road, Wenquan Town, Haidian District, Beijing

Tel: 010-82493446

7. Vanke Shijinglong Ski Resort

Designed by Japanese experts, Vanke Shijinglong Ski Resort is magnificent in scale, advanced in technology, complete in service facilities, and rich in entertainment activities. The ski resort achieves a full coverage of soft man-made snow. The layout of the ski resort, the construction of skiing trails, the equipment and facilities of the ski resort are all at a world leading level. In order to meet the needs of the majority of beginners, the ski resort employs national-level coaches for beginners to master the skiing skills in a short time.

Address: North of Zhongyangfang Village, Zhangshanying Town, Yanqing District, Beijing 

Tel: 010-69191614

8. Beijing Snow World Ski Resort

Beijing Snow World Ski Resort covers a total area of 500,000 square meters, of which 100,000 square meters is for ski trails. It has one intermediate ski trail and one advanced ski trail, both 500 meters long. It is equipped with 3 ski trails that are designed for beginners and aligned to international standards, each with a length of 380 meters, and a snowboarding trail which is 380 meters long. Besides, more than 3,000 sets of ski equipment of world-renowned brands are available to tourists. In order to meet the diverse needs of tourists for tourism products, the ski resort has also set a safe and exciting snowmobile lane, a snow tubing lane suitable for people of all ages, a romantic trail for dog and horse sledding, and an ice park and snow park for children.

Address: Xiaogongmen, Shisanling Town, Changping District, Beijing

Tel: 010-89761886; 010-89761899

9. Beijing Jundushan Ski Resort

Besides a snow-making area of 150,000 square meters, Beijing Jundushan Ski Resort also has over 6,000 square meters of comprehensive service facilities. The ski trails for beginners, intermediates and advanced skiers are built on the mountain, with a total length of more than 4,000 meters. Two nearly 1,000-meter intermediate ski trails with 20 different slope changes can allow skiers above the beginner and intermediate level to fully show their skiing moves; the trails for advanced skiers has a relative drop of 247 meters, a length of 1,200 meters, and a maximum slope grade of 40%, which makes it an ideal ski trail to test the skills of advanced skiers.

Address: No.588, Zhenshun Village, Cuicun Town, Changping District, Beijing 

Tel: 010-51286080

Reminder: Please contact in advance the scenic spots for relevant information, and plan your trips in a reasonable manner.

(Source: VisitBeijing.com.cn)