A Good Day's Skiing — in Manchuria?
While reading a story in the New York Times about a toxic pollution coverup in Harbin, a redeveloping provincial capital in China's far northeast, I inevitably ended up following an unintended path into articles discussing what is apparently China's premier ski resort. Given that my starting position this morning was China ≠ Skiing, learning of Yabuli Ski Resort was a bit of a revelation. (I only wish the writer had taken more pictures, and posted larger versions of the ones he did share.)
Maybe it's a bad sign that http://www.yabuliskiresort.com/ resolves to a placeholder site at Netsol. However, if the US diplomat (and Oregon resident) who wrote this account is to be believed, there might be some choice trails in there somewhere. Plus, I have to admit that the idea of capping a long day on the slopes with some fire pepper chicken and cold Tsingtao could be downright satisfying.