Azalea Sea Explosion | Harvest Spring-Limited Romance at Eastern Hubei's First Peak

"On Guifeng Mountain, Guifeng is steep; in April, azaleas turn the sky red!" When thousands of acres of wild azaleas explode into a pink sea of clouds, I'm convinced I've stumbled into the Jade Emperor's private garden—this isn't mountain climbing, it's clearly walking on cloud ladders to gather rosy clouds from the horizon! 🗺️【Hiking Route】 Visitor Center → Cable Car Lower Station → Azalea Sea → Dangerous Eight Feet → Promotion and Fortune Path → Turtle-Viewing Pavilion → Cloud Peak Stone Path → Glass Walkway → Return 💡Suggestion: Take the cable car up (one-way 💰60), hike down to enjoy the flowers, about 5 hours total 🌸【Three Major Highlights】 ❶ Azalea Sea Skyway (Mid-April to Early May‼️) Ride the cable car through a pink storm! Century-old azaleas spread from beneath your feet to the horizon, mountain winds stir up flower petal rain, and even continuous phone photos can't capture the overwhelming beauty seen with the naked eye 📸 ❷ Cloud Peak Stone Path Magical Moment Climb the "Turtle Back" while morning mist lingers! Use both hands and feet to crawl through the natural rock crevice "Dangerous Eight Feet," turn around to suddenly see clouds flooding over "Turtle-Viewing Pavilion," feeling like you've just brushed shoulders with the golden turtle deity 🐢 ❸ Glass Walkway Heart-Pounding Challenge Suspended 1,280 meters above the sea of flowers! As you nervously inch forward, mountain winds suddenly lift the clouds, revealing and concealing the abyss below, sending your adrenaline through the roof 😱 📸【Photo-Taking Guide】 ▪️Cable Car Cabin: Use panorama mode for videos to capture the epic journey through the flower sea ▪️Turtle-Viewing Pavilion Silhouette: Shoot backlit silhouettes with cloud seas engulfing the unique Guifeng rocks ▪️Glass Walkway Overhead Shot: Have companions lie down for upward shots, creating diagonal impact between people and the flower sea 🍜【Dabie Mountain Flavors】 ▪️Macheng Meat Cake: Fish paste + sweet potato flour steamed together, dip in spicy sauce for a chewy explosion ▪️Azalea Flower Scrambled Eggs: Limited spring delicacy, flower petals wrapped in egg for fragrant, soft sweetness ▪️Old Rice Wine Hot Pot: Cured meat stewed with wild bamboo shoots and rice wine, mountain family feast for just 30 yuan per person ⚠️Hard-Earned Tips: 1️⃣ Wear anti-slip hiking shoes! The "Promotion and Fortune Path" bluestone slabs made my Air Jordans do the splits 2️⃣ Bring a windproof jacket! Temperature difference reaches 10°C at the summit, thin down jacket needed even in April 3️⃣ Avoid weekends! Cable car lines start at 2 hours during Qingming holiday, better to go on a working day Sitting exhausted beside the "Golden Turtle Exploring the Sea" rock eating mugwort cake, watching herb gatherers disappear into azalea groves. Those thousand-year-old flower branches soaked in spring rain, the morning light bending under porters' carrying poles, and the alternating screams on the glass walkway all speak to Guifeng Mountain's dual personality—possessing both the elegance of Jiangnan and the wildness of Chu land. Recommend bringing Xu Xiake's Travel Notes for comparison—when you read "peak-top clustered rocks are jagged like an angry turtle shell," your fingertips will be tracing the mysterious patterns on the turtle back stone. Next time I'll come in late autumn to see how maple leaves transform the seventy-two peaks into a flaming turtle shell~ 🍁