We were optimistic that the servings day would be better weather and it was! The temperature started out at the high point of the day before and it was sunny. It started out cold at 10 C but did get to 18 C by mid day. We took the cable car up and hiked around the top going in a different direction than the day before.
The views were breathtaking. The Huangshan pine has a distinctive shape and it and the landscape has brought artists here for centuries. This is the birthplace of tourism in China.
This next formation is called golden brush with a flower on top. It was covered in clouds yesterday.
Usually I can’t see the reason why certain formations are given their name but I could see this one : monkey Gazing over a sea of clouds.
Views on the way back down the mountain.
The original cable car we used to ascend.
The only way to bring material up and down is through workers carrying loads. Each man was carrying a minimum of 50 kg on their back. Each little store that sold food and drink would have supplies arrive that way. We saw vegetables, drinks in bottles, 25 kg bags of rice…. They even bring up building materials like trusses and bags of cement. And yes, there are people to carry you up or down stairs going around the ridges.
Near the bottom we went diem a small slope to the little river and ate our lunch there.
At the bottom where the alpine forest is now bamboo and deciduous forest.
Now to head to Hongcun old town village.