Mount Emei - Golden Peak in the Clouds, how to walk with the elderly?

Number of days: 2 days
Time: July
Average cost: 1000 yuan
With whom: and parents
Updated: 2023.07.21

My father is nearly 80 years old, and he has been depressed for a long time due to the epidemic and wants to go out for a walk. Just when he was in Chengdu, he and the second elder came on a trip to go.

There are several places to visit in Chengdu, the scenery is undoubtedly the best in Jiuzhaigou, but the average altitude is too high, and the elderly over 70 are not suitable, and there are only a few options such as Emei Mountain, Leshan, Qingcheng Mountain, Dujiangyan and Giant Panda Base.

Although the giant panda is cute, it is a must-have for children, although Qingcheng Mountain is cool, but as a tourist for the elderly, it is undoubtedly the first choice for mountains and rivers. Mount Emei and Leshan are very close, so I chose these two places to play together. The characteristic of Chengdu is that the scenic spots can be directly accessed by bullet train, which is very convenient, and there is no need to join the group, so as to avoid being too tired to keep up with the rhythm. In fact, the altitude of the golden peak of Mount Emei is just over 3,000, if you talk about risks, there are still some, the actual situation is also the same, when my father felt unwell and decisively gave up climbing to the top, the scenery is wherever you look, there is an opportunity.

Mount Emei has several benefits:

First, there is free tea supply at various attractions along the way, you don't have to go to the supermarket to buy a bottle of water for 8 yuan, and you don't have to be stupid to carry a lot of water, just pack a closed water cup on your back, keep a cup of emergency water enough, and bring medicines with you, especially drugs such as antihypertensive, because the travel time is uncontrollable but it is best to take medicine regularly, free hot tea is very friendly to the elderly who prefer to drink hot water, which Mount Emei has done really well.

Reception Hall Free water supply in the reception hall

The second thing, Mount Emei actually does not need to be climbed, except for the walking trail, whichever you think of is a shuttle bus and a ropeway, and the elderly do not need to walk any way. How much you walk depends entirely on the hobby, and the slide rod is official, will not slaughter guests, Leidongping to the reception hall is also capped at 200 yuan, if you want to sit, you can sit at the starting point, and you will ask on the way down, and you will ask for 380. The sliding pole is very secure for the elderly to travel in the mountains, although the second elder is very stubborn about this and says that he will not sit on anything, but he is still much more at ease with this guarantee. Of course, the price was that after going down the mountain, my legs hurt for 2 days.

The third thing is that the temple can stay and eat vegetarian food, and the conditions are the same as those of the hotel, that is, the hygiene and scenery are good. I regret that I didn't know at the beginning, otherwise I would have stayed in Wannian Temple, which was only 400 yuan a room, two 1.5-meter big beds, and 4 people could stay. Staying in the mountain temple at night, the feeling is different. Vegetarian food 20 yuan per person, self-service, 4 dishes and 2 soups, enough to ...... In fact, if you drive your own accommodation, there will be a lot of choices of mountain homestays along the way, and it will be cheap, but it is difficult for foreign tourists to do it by themselves.

Qingyin Pavilion/Wannianji Temple Accommodation at Wannianji Temple

Qingyin Pavilion/Wannian Temple Wannian Temple accommodation contact and prices

Qingyin Pavilion/Wannian Temple Wannian Temple Suzhai Self-Help-20 One The

tourist route of Mount Emei is with the elderly, simply remember a few points, and have a rough concept:

First, first of all, we must determine whether to climb to the top of Emei and whether to watch the sunrise. If you want to climb to the top, you must pass through Leidongping, to see the sunrise, and you need to stay overnight at Leidongping under the top of the mountain (one of the parking lots in the scenic area, which is the only way to the top of the Golden Peak, not very far from the peak), there are many restaurants and accommodations here, the catering is very good and affordable, and the taste of the food is the most comfortable time for the two elders to eat on this trip, which is better than the five-star hotel in Chengdu...... Pork, scrambled eggs with tomatoes, roasted eggplant with beans, just over a hundred dishes for three dishes...... The accommodation was very expensive (more than 700 standard rooms on weekends at that time) and the online reviews of the accommodation conditions were very average, and it was said that the hot water supply had a time limit, and it would be provided for an hour in the evening. Leidongping walks up to the Jieyin Hall (to the lower station of the Golden Peak Ropeway), and you can take the ropeway directly to the Golden Peak, of course, you can also walk, and it takes 1.5 hours to walk to the Golden Dome on foot. Therefore, if young people really want to climb to the top to watch the sunrise, stay overnight in Leidongping, even if they don't sit on the ropeway, they can climb the mountain at 4 o'clock and walk to the Golden Peak at 5:30 to watch the sunrise. If you are lucky enough to see the rising sun of the sea of clouds, the sight is still worth it.

The Guidance Hall overlooks the mountains

It takes almost 1.2 hours to take the scenic car from the parking lot at the foot of the mountain to Leidongping (without traffic jams), we actually took 2 and a half hours, and one day it was full of tourists, and the ropeway to the Golden Peak had to queue for 2-3 hours. So first of all, to determine whether the elderly traveling with you can adapt to the altitude of more than 3,000, you can slowly climb up from Leidongping. My father gave up climbing to the top when he felt a little uncomfortable when he climbed up to about 2500 altitudes in Leidongping, and at that time he was very close to the Jieyindian (to the lower station of the Golden Peak Ropeway), and he did not dare to call the slider to lift, because he felt uncomfortable and not tired, this feeling of people who have been to high altitudes will have feelings, the body feels that it is no longer their own, the hair is covered, and the descent is dozens of meters, the altitude is lowered, and it is immediately comfortable, so don't try this summit is uncomfortable, it is very important for the elderly to travel controllable. By the way, if you don't climb to the top, Leidongping can not come, after all, the scenery is to go up to the platform of the Buddha Hall to feel the mountains below, because in the car, the scenery along the way is limited, and the car is a little long. The car drives from the bottom of the mountain to the "zero kilometer parking lot" (private cars can only drive here), and then drives to the "Leidongping parking lot", and the Leidongping parking lot walks up for a while to reach the reception hall, and then through the ropeway to the golden peak (peak), which is the longest driving line, which is too long, not a little boring to climb to the top.

The other is the so-called half-mountain gameplay (that is, not to the top, the highest to the halfway up the mountain to the Wannian Temple), from the bottom of the mountain (many departure stations are optional) to the Wannian Temple parking lot (halfway up the mountain), the Wannian Temple parking lot takes the ropeway up to the Wannian Temple (about 10 minutes, not close), after visiting the Wannian Temple, you can go all the way down to see the mountain scenery, which is a leisurely way, and it is also the way we choose. We didn't expect to encounter a group of monkeys, because the downward route was not planned to go to the ecological monkey area, but not long after we withdrew from Wannian Temple, we encountered a group of wild monkeys, this group of splashing monkeys had robbed the 2 tourists who came up, and everything they carried in their hands was snatched, and they warned us to go down, don't carry bags in your hands, put all the backpacks in your backpacks, and don't take things out. We were a little nervous, but we didn't think much about it, after all, what if we didn't go down? It's all here, but I don't want to go back and climb up. So I had the courage to go down, and sure enough, within 100 meters, I heard the noise on the side of the road, the bamboo and wood swayed, and the bandits haunted the precursor ......, and then a few little monkeys crawled out on the road, and there were six people in 2 families, and the other family was a mother with two children, one big and one small, and the older boy was about a junior high school student, and he was bold at first, and he went down alone, not far away, he was pulled by 2 monkeys and pulled his pants, but fortunately, his mother told him not to fight back, not to provoke, The boy struggled to climb up to us again, and the monkey finally lost his hand and let him go, and when he came up, he was obviously a little guilty, muttering in his mouth, this monkey is so strong...... His mother held another child and asked us tremblingly if we wanted to go back, although we were also panicked, going back to the mountain, not to mention the one who couldn't climb, the mountain tour was in vain, so we plucked up the courage to say, let's try again, after all, this monkey is just pulling but not yet fierce. So my mother and I supported my father first, and tried to pace slowly from the monkeys, which mother and son hesitated or followed, after all, it was very tiring to go back and climb up, what should I do if I climbed up? Surprisingly, these monkeys, although they gradually gathered closer and closer from the side of the road, did not pull any of us anymore, and there was only one, raising their hands to their eyebrows, as if saluting us, which was quite interesting, but at that time, we just panicked and withdrew all the way far away before we could see the monkeys before we dared to stop, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief. I regretted why I didn't take a few photos, but I was really panicked at the time, and I was worried that I would be misunderstood and snatched away if I took out anything, so I dared to take out my phone to take pictures......

Qingyin Pavilion/Wannianji Wannianji Ropeway

Qingyin Pavilion/Wannian Temple Wannian Temple Internet celebrity lone monkey

All the way down, the mountains are green, but there are quite a lot of things to appreciate. All the way down from Wannian Temple to Qingyin Pavilion, you can choose to go up to the ecological monkey area to see the monkeys, but we don't have much physical reserve, so we give up, choose to go all the way down to the Wuxiangang parking lot and take the car back to the bottom of the mountain, there are some scenery along the way. The scenery of Mount Emei is mainly layers of mountains.

Nearly five Xiangang parking

lots Mount Emei is not suitable for a day trip, at least 2 days, unless special forces-style young people travel. Come up with a route to walk with the old man, on the first day, go to the Golden Peak, if you can climb to the top, if you want to see the sunrise, you will stay at the Golden Peak Hotel on the top of the mountain, and it is estimated that it is difficult for the old man to climb Emei at night in Leidongping. If you can't reach the top, don't hesitate, go directly down to Wannian Temple on the mountainside, stay overnight at Wannian Temple, and return from Wannian Temple to the Wuxiangang parking lot on the second day. Many people live near the Baoguo Temple at the foot of the mountain for the first night, and our trip is also the same, personal feeling, living at the foot of the mountain, although the conditions are better, but it doesn't mean much, after all, come to the mountain to play, live in the mountain is still more feeling, let alone live in the ancient temple.