Tickets and booking
The entrance ticket costs 100 RMB full price or 50 RMB half price and is valid for a single day and a single entry — once you exit, it is spent. Beyond entrance, the pack lists three cableway-plus-sightseeing-bus combos: Spruce Meadow at 60 RMB, Yak Meadow at 65 RMB, and Glacier Park at 140 RMB.
The pack carries no booking-channel or advance-sales information, so treat pre-travel purchase as a possibility rather than a plan: book ahead where you can and confirm current ticketing by phone on 0888-5137677 or 0888-5131068. Either way, expect an in-person step on the day — staff board the 101 bus at the scenic-area gate to collect the entrance fee.
Entrance and routes
Entry follows a fixed chain. The 101 bus runs direct from Lijiang city to the scenic area; at the gate, staff board the bus to collect the entrance fee, after which the bus continues to the visitor centre. From the visitor centre you pay separately for a scenic-area vehicle to Moon Valley or to the cableway stations.
The cableways are the pack’s three named routes onto the mountain — Glacier Park, Spruce Meadow, and Yak Meadow — each sold together with its sightseeing bus. Official hours are 07:00-18:00 daily, year-round, though the scenic area’s own notice takes precedence, so it is worth confirming by phone before setting out.
Photo spots
The pack names four destinations to point a camera at: Moon Valley, reached by shuttle from the visitor centre, and the three cableway destinations — Glacier Park, Spruce Meadow, and Yak Meadow. The scenic area’s listed address is Baishui River in Yulong Naxi Autonomous County, Lijiang, which gives a sense of the setting, though the pack does not describe individual viewpoints or rank the spots.
Because the entrance ticket allows a single entry on a single day, work out your priorities before passing the gate — there is no stepping out and back in.
Timing and crowds
Official hours run 07:00-18:00 every day of the year, with the scenic area’s own notice taking precedence. The pack’s suggested duration is one day, and the ticket structure backs that up: single day, single entry, so this is a one-shot full-day outing rather than something to dip into.
The pack holds no crowd data and no journey times, so it cannot tell you when the site is quiet or how long any leg takes. What it does support is a logistics note: the transfer chain — 101 bus, fee collection at the gate, visitor centre, shuttle, cableway — has multiple legs, so allow ample time for it within opening hours and confirm the day’s hours by phone before you go.
Walking and effort
The pack describes no hiking trails, distances, or difficulty grades, so it cannot rate the walking. What the ticket list does show is that every named destination is accessed the same way: a cableway plus sightseeing bus for Glacier Park, Spruce Meadow, and Yak Meadow, and a shuttle for Moon Valley. The default structure of a visit is ride-assisted rather than hike-in, and the pack offers no trail information beyond the cableway stations.
If hiking is your primary goal, call 0888-5137677 or 0888-5131068 to ask what is open before committing a day.
Getting there
The 101 bus is the pack’s one named link, running direct from Lijiang city to Jade Dragon Snow Mountain. The fare structure along the way works like this: at the scenic-area gate, staff board the bus and collect the mountain entry fee — this is the scenic area’s entrance ticket itself, 100 RMB full or 50 RMB half price, not a separate charge on top of it. The bus then continues to the visitor centre, where you pay separately for the in-area shuttle to Moon Valley or the cableway stations.
The pack does not quote a fare for the 101 bus ride or for the visitor-centre shuttle. For current details on both, the scenic area’s numbers are 0888-5137677 and 0888-5131068.
Cost breakdown
Budget in three layers. First, the entrance ticket: 100 RMB full price or 50 RMB half price, valid one day and one entry, collected on the 101 bus at the gate. Second, one cableway-plus-sightseeing-bus combo: Spruce Meadow 60 RMB, Yak Meadow 65 RMB, or Glacier Park 140 RMB. Third, the visitor-centre shuttle to Moon Valley or the cableway stations, which the pack does not price, so keep some flexibility for it.
On the pack’s numbers, a day built around the cheapest combo comes to 160 RMB (100 + 60) before the shuttle, and one built around Glacier Park comes to 240 RMB (100 + 140) before the shuttle. The pack prices nothing else for the mountain itself; it also leaves the 101 bus fare unquoted, so carry a little extra for the transport legs.