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What a China Ski Trip Costs: Real Prices in CNY and USD

Published 2025-26 prices for Chongli lift tickets, the 68-yuan train gear service, resort coaches, airport buses, the Harbin-Yabuli trains and Ice and Snow World, converted to US dollars, with notes on how prices swing by date.

How to read these numbers

Chinese resorts publish their 2026-27 prices close to opening, so the figures below are the official 2025-26 prices, the latest available in October 2026. Expect similar levels, not identical ones. Dollar amounts use the European Central Bank reference rates of 19 October 2026, which put one US dollar at about 6.68 yuan. For other currencies, one yuan was about 23.7 yen or 199 won on the same day.

Lift tickets: the date matters more than the resort

Every big Chongli resort sells the same day at very different prices depending on the period. At Wanlong, the 2025-26 weekday rack rate for a lift-only day was 560 yuan (about $84), the holiday rate 800 yuan (about $120), and seasonal discounts went as low as 299 yuan (about $45) late in the season. Genting's weekday rack rate was 580 yuan (about $87), with discounted days from 288 to 468 yuan ($43 to $70).

Thaiwoo's weekday rack rate was 443 yuan (about $66), and opening-week tickets started at 209 yuan (about $31). If you rent there, budget for a 2,000-yuan deposit (about $299), which is returned. Fulong sold November and March weekday days for 261 yuan (about $39) and charged 764 yuan (about $114) over New Year and the Spring Festival. The cheapest hill in Chongli, Duolemeidi, charged 99 to 198 yuan for own-gear days and 149 to 268 yuan with equipment ($15 to $40).

In the northeast, we found no official day-ticket prices for Yabuli or Beidahu, only third-party listings, so check the resort's own WeChat mini-program before you go.

Getting there: trains and buses are cheap

Transport is the bargain. The 12306 snow-gear service on the Beijing to Chongli trains cost 68 yuan per set (about $10) in 2025-26. The Chongli resort coach was 80 yuan one way (about $12) from Capital Airport, Beijing South station or Shahe, and 100 yuan (about $15) from Daxing Airport. Beijing's Nanshan ran a 58-yuan return shuttle (about $9) from the city.

In Jilin, the 2025-26 airport buses from Changchun cost 80 yuan to Beidahu (about $12) and 60 yuan to Songhua Lake (about $9). In Heilongjiang, the K5197 ski train from Harbin to Yabuli South cost 49.5 yuan (about $7.40) in 2024-25, and a high-speed seat between Harbin West and Yabuli West showed at about 76 to 86 yuan ($11 to $13). Seasonal services may not return, so confirm on 12306.

Extras worth budgeting

Harbin Ice and Snow World's standard adult ticket for 2025-26 was 328 yuan (about $49). Hotels vary too widely to quote one number; we list some in our where to stay in Chongli guide. Paying by Alipay or WeChat Pay with a foreign card can add a 3% fee on payments over 200 yuan, which matters for lift tickets; see our payments guide.

Ways to spend less

Ski on weekdays outside New Year and the Spring Festival (6 February 2027). Go early or late in the season, when Chongli discounts are deepest. Take the train or the resort coach instead of a private car, and buy tickets in advance on the resort's official channel. For a comparison with Japan and Korea, read Chongli vs Japan and Korea.