Good place for people wishing to learn skiing. Runs are not to challenging, and thus not for the skiing enthusiast. No snow on our November visit.

I went to three ski resorts near Beijing on this trip this was the third. From the moment I arrived I had a difficult time. This resort may well be a lot of fun for local skiers, especially those that are learning (although I saw a lot of unhappy locals there as well) but I felt harassed and uncomfortable the whole time. I stayed at the resort hotel, my check in procedure was terrible, they didn't accept credit cards, although the booking website indicated that they did. No one spoke much English, about 5-6 people crowded around me whilst I tried to check in and pay for the hotel, ski pass and equipment hire. The cashier messed everything up and gave me the ski rental card but not the room card, and then someone came chasing me for my passport (which I had tried to give them right at the very beginning in order to check in). There were no other guests checking in or at the cashier but I was being pushed and rushed. The room looked lovely and was clean but had no hot water in the bathroom (at all I ran the tub for about 7 minutes) and the TV reception was pretty bad. After finally getting my stuff into my room, I went down to ski. The equipment I was given was uncomfortable and out of date, the skis and bindings were heavy and not set properly to the boots. I swapped over to snowboarding and was given BRAND NEW equipment. Things were looking up. The only lift open when I arrived at about 10 or 11am was one magic carpet / moving walkway. A second one opened up a little later and a third in the afternoon when hundreds of school children arrived. Because this ski field is only for the basic beginners there are many instructors (few if any speak English). Some of them pestered me to try and offer me a lesson but accepted when I said I only speak English. One female instructor would not leave me alone and had another customer who happened to speak both ENglish and Chinese interpret that I was doing it wrong and I needed a lesson. She would not leave me alone even though I said I just wanted to have some fun (I have been skiing since I was three and have had several boding lessons in my life and was doing a fairly average job - but no worse than and considerably better than most of the other punters). I just had to get off the lift and walk away as she would not leave me alone and she was embarrassing the lady who was trying to interpret. The range of food was terrible (although they had some good street food on a bbq in the afternoon). The safety standard was absolutely terrible on the lifts and people were getting in all sorts of predicaments. In addition it is difficult to get to and get away from. The website says they will pick Hotel Guests up from Badaling Train station and drop them off but they refused to do that for me when I left. The breakfast was the same for the guests as it was for the staff (very basic) as compared to any other Chinese Hotel i stayed in (I stayed in 13 on this trip and about 8 on my last trip to China full range see my other reviews). The hotel was not at all good value for money. It wasn't even particularly picturesque place. There really were no redeeming features except the new snow board equipment.