[2025 Luding Attraction] Travel Guide for Ruoding Mountain (Updated Oct)

🏡 About the homestay: A private courtyard with 3 rooms Hidden in Yanzigou, Moxi Town, Luding, the entire courtyard has only 3 rooms, so quiet it feels like you’ve booked a whole mountain! • Altitude friendly: 1800m, the town’s altitude is even lower, no altitude sickness for kids, and elderly can stay comfortably • Perfect temperature: Summer ranges from 10+°C to 20+°C, thin blankets at night, long sleeves during the day, 10 times more comfortable than air-conditioned rooms • Style that hits me: Chinese wabi-sabi style, super new facilities! Open the window to see the forest and snowy mountains, wake up in the morning sitting on the bed watching the golden sunlight on the mountain, the terrace and second-floor tatami study have top-notch views 📸 • Room recommendation: We stayed in the “Jianshan” standalone loft, with a small courtyard + soaking pool, the whole yard is full of apple trees, pick some fruit and play with the dog, life is so slow you don’t want to leave～ ☕ Surprise experience: Coffee + afternoon tea included with your stay! The owner really knows how to live! You can come for coffee even if you’re not staying, but staying unlocks unlimited coffee drinks + afternoon tea, great value: • Highly recommend the “Osmanthus Rice Wine Coffee,” so fragrant I packed a cup to go when I left • All meals can be ordered at the homestay: breakfast is super hearty, and the chicken soup mushroom hot pot for dinner is amazing! The vegetables are freshly picked from the fields, so fresh it’s unbelievable • Seasonal activities: In summer, go mushroom picking in the forest with the owner; in winter, lie in the courtyard watching the golden sunlight on Mount Edgar, the experience is unbeatable 💯 👨👩👧 Kid/Group friendly: Enjoy the happiness of renting the whole courtyard The scale of 3 rooms is perfect for these scenarios: • Family rental: Kids chase the dog and pick melons in the yard, adults drink tea and chat on the terrace, full of homely warmth • Friends’ team building: Cook together, chat late into the night on the sofa, or daydream by the loft’s soaking pool, much more comfortable than crowded scenic spots • Solitude healing: Find a rocking chair and lie down all afternoon, eat freshly picked cherries and walnuts, listen to birds and cicadas, instantly recalling childhood summers～ 🚗 Nearby fun: Focused on “not wanting to go out” Once you move in, you really don’t want to leave, but nearby attractions are also close: • ✅ Hailuogou: Drive there to see glaciers and soak in hot springs • ✅ Longhua Mountain / Ruoding Mountain: Off-the-beaten-path hiking spots, few people and wild scenery • ✅ Village strolls: Fresh breeze, flowing water, mist, more healing than any scenic spot, all worries disappear! 📍 Practical tips • Homestay: Aide Peak · Summer (Yanzigou, Moxi Town, Luding) • Transportation: 3.5-4 hours self-drive from Chengdu, wide mountain roads, avoid the main Sichuan A license plate traffic • Climate: Big temperature difference in summer, bring a light jacket; high chance of rainbows after rain, remember to look up! • Small advice: Book in advance! Especially the “Jianshan” loft with courtyard and soaking pool, the experience doubles～ After two days here, I finally understood what it means to “live life like poetry.” No commercial noise, only snowy mountains, fresh breeze, and homely warmth. Next time, I want to come in winter and stay to watch the golden sunlight on the mountain ❄️

40°C high temperature in Chengdu? Not at all! Drive 3.5 hours into Luding Yanzigou, open the door and be hit by the snow mountain—the Wuxia Courtyard at 1800m altitude, with the sharp peak of Aide Peak emerging from the mist, and the air filled with the scent of pine needles～ ▪️ Live in nature: A quiet courtyard with three rooms, a loft with a private courtyard + soaking pool, an orchard full of apple trees (this year’s abundant rain means plenty of walnuts, turguas, and cactus fruits!); lie on the rocking chair in the afternoon eating cherries, playing with the dog, even the birdsong sounds like it’s been softened by a filter. ▪️ Eat wild mountain flavors: The mushroom and free-range chicken soup pot picked from the mountain in the evening is incredibly fresh! All the vegetables are freshly picked from the field, even the watermelon is as sweet as jelly～ ▪️ Play at the foot of the snow mountain: On clear days, you can see the golden sunlight on the mountain, and after rain, rainbows hang on the peaks; nearby Heluogou, Longhua Mountain, and Ruoding Mountain are perfect for casual visits, super comfortable for families or friends renting the whole courtyard! The homestay also offers afternoon tea☕️ (the coffee drinks are amazing!), and you can check in at the coffee shop at the door even if you’re not staying here～ No altitude sickness, fewer people, beautiful scenery—this is the ideal life for INFPs! This summer, waste your time in the wind at the foot of the snow mountain～ 🏨 Heluogou Aide Peak Summer Homestay 📍 No. 104, Group 1, Yanzigou Town, Luding Yanzigou

1. Things to know before going up Mount Ruo Ding: If you're not staying overnight, you need to spend at least 108 yuan per person on afternoon tea to be allowed to check in and take photos for sightseeing. Whether you're staying overnight or just visiting, remember to make a reservation in advance, as there is a barrier gate on the way up the mountain. You need to call ahead to make a reservation so they can arrange for someone to lift the gate. 2. Accommodation on Mount Ruo Ding: There are only 5 rooms available. The price of each room varies, ranging from 499 to 1880 yuan. 3. Road conditions to the mountain: Navigate from Moxi Ancient Town to 'A Bu Ruo Ding Mountain Folk' to get there. It's 15km, about 30 minutes. 4. Road conditions up the mountain: The road is entirely unpaved, with many potholes. It is recommended that off-road vehicles go there, and sedans and business cars should not attempt it. If your car can't make it up, you can call and ask the guys on the mountain to come and pick you up. 5. Dining in Moxi Ancient Town at the foot of the mountain: Breakfast is about 10 yuan per person, lunch and dinner are about 20 to 30 yuan per person. 6. Accommodation in Moxi Ancient Town at the foot of the mountain: 100-200 yuan per room. The newly opened Yue Shan Ju Homestay is around 100 yuan and is quite nice. 7. Hailuogou natural hot springs at the foot of the mountain: 50-100 yuan per person 8. Hailuogou Scenic Area: Entrance ticket is 90 yuan per person, sightseeing car is 70 yuan per person, cable car is 135 yuan per person. 9. Food and drink on Mount Ruo Ding: Ethnic BBQ set meal is 168 yuan per person, heartwarming chicken and mushroom soup pot is 158 yuan per person, A Bu's roasted chicken is 288 yuan each, roasted Ruo Ding mountain village free-range black pig is 88 yuan per jin, free-range goat is 98 yuan per jin, afternoon tea is 108 yuan per person, beer is 35-50 yuan per bottle, fruit wine is 25-398 yuan per bottle, pure liquor is 68 yuan per glass, and mixed drinks are 88-108 yuan per glass. 10. Animal friends on Mount Ruo Ding: Xila (a 100 jin big wolf dog), Gongga (a big cat), Lafi (a black and white horse), Shala (a white horse), chickens, geese 11. The host of Mount Ruo Ding: A Bu