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Lijiang's Jade Dragon Snow Mountain - Cloud Fir Meadow (VID00254).AVI
Cloud Fir Meadow affords a fantastic view of Jade Dragon Snow Mountain's peaks. It's a remote, tranquil field high up on the mountain with a wood-plank path to keep people from trampling about willy-nilly. Yaks graze there, and apparently it's greener and flower-filled during other parts of the year (this video clip was shot in mid-November). I could have spent all day up there, even in overcast weather. As it happened, the cloud cover began clearing as we were coming down the mountain, and over the course of the next few days we had some lovely views (and took some lovely photos) of the peaks of Jade Dragon Snow Mountain and Mt. Haba.
Lijiang's Jade Dragon Snow Mountain - the Forest Path to Cloud Fir Meadow (VID00253).AVI
Right after you take the gondola up the mountain toward Cloud Fir Meadow, look for this path - it leads you on a walk of 10 minutes or so (depending on how fast you take it) straight through a pristine forest. Apparently most tourists ride some kind of vehicle from the gondola to the meadow, and in the process they rob themselves of what is in my opinion the best part of the trip to Jade Dragon Snow Mountain. Of course, if everyone took the path, it wouldn't be as tranquil and quiet and wonderful as it is, so let's keep this on the down low, eh?