One full mountain day
- Base
- Central Duanzhou hotel
- Arrival
- Aim to enter at 09:00 after checking the trail and exit with staff.
- Departure
- Aim to leave at 15:30–16:00; confirm the pickup point before entering.
- Fitness
- Published 7.6 km route with sustained climbs, steps and wet stone.
- Buffer
- 25%
- 07:30
01
Leave your Duanzhou hotel
Carry water, a packed lunch or substantial snack, rain protection and shoes with grip. Agree on a return contact and pickup window with the driver.
- 09:00
02
Main Gate to Hancui Bridge
Show staff the Qingyun Temple–Feishui Pool circuit before entering. Follow the signed walking route through Jiashatian (袈裟田) to Hancui Bridge (寒翠桥); do not substitute a stream bank for a closed path.
- 10:00
03
Climb via Banshan Pavilion and Rongrui Monument
Use the pavilions as pauses on the ascent. If the climb is already too much, turn back while the return is familiar; reaching every stop is not necessary.
- 11:30
04
Qingyun Temple, then lunch
Look around the temple respectfully, then take a proper seated break where permitted. Budget around 90 minutes for the visit and food together. Do not depend on an unconfirmed restaurant being open.
Read the detailed visitor guide - 13:00
05
Descend through Xiangshui and Feishui pools
Follow signs via Shuanghong Feiqian Bridge (双虹飞堑桥) to Xiangshui Pool and Feishui Pool (飞水潭). These are waterfall-viewing stops; a photograph of people in the water does not establish permission or safe conditions.
- 15:30
06
Exit via Bishu Shanzhuang
Follow the signed exit past Bishu Shanzhuang (避暑山庄) and meet your driver. If a link is closed, ask staff for the current return route or vehicle boarding point; do not improvise a forest shortcut.
- 17:30
07
Return to the same hotel
Leave the evening for dinner nearby. A slow descent or traffic can move this arrival later, so keep the night free of train departures and major sightseeing.