Hehuan Mountain covered in 15 cm of snow; Wuling scenic area steps turn into "ski slope"

▲ Hehuan Mountain’s Wuling area is covered in 15 cm of snow. Although the snow has now stopped, temperatures remain around minus zero. (Photo / Eastern TV News)

Travel Center / Comprehensive Report

The cold wave struck with force. Starting from the 10th, Hehuan Mountain experienced the heaviest snowfall of the winter so far. In the afternoon, it was initially light and intermittent snow, but the snowfall intensified after nightfall, resulting in an accumulated snow depth of 15 cm on the mountain. The heavy snow stopped on the morning of the 12th, but if you want to go up to Hehuan Mountain now, you’ll need to install snow chains above Yuanshan Peak to get through.

Gu Jimin, chief of Cuifeng Police Station in Ren’ai Township, Nantou County, said that Hehuan Mountain saw its first snowfall of the Year of the Horse starting from the 10th. By the evening of the 11th, the snowfall became heavier, with the snow line even descending to the 27K mark above Yuanshan Peak on Provincial Highway 14A. In addition to the 15 cm of snow accumulation on the Wuling section of Hehuan Mountain, there was also 7–8 cm of snow around the Songxue Building.

As of yesterday (the 12th), although the snow had stopped, mountain temperatures still lingered at minus 5 to minus 6°C. Many members of the public who went up the mountain to enjoy the snow were greeted by a “silver-white world,” exclaiming in amazement amidst the snowy landscape. They even treated the steps at the Wuling scenic viewpoint, which were buried under thick snow, as a “ski slope” and had a great time playing on them.