Aotai Trail, Shaanxi province, China

[zlt]

Trail:
Aotai trail is one of the most famous hiking route in China. It's on the ridge line of Mt. Taibai, which lies between north China and south China. Most part of Aotai Trail is extreme challenging alpine trail, 54km(33.5mi) in total, average elevation is about 3000m (10000 ft), elevation gain 4350m (14271ft). The numbers seems not much but the trail condition is really hardcore.

I started from where the road joint the trail in Tangkou village, and ended on the summit of Mt. Taibai, 3750m(12300ft).


Style:

Unsupported. I took all my food, get water from stream and springs.


Claim:

 I finished this trail in 17:46:38, I recorded the route with Suunto Ambit3 peak, the GPS tracks is available here:  www.strava.com/activities/659999578/overview 

Photos:

photo.163.com/3597992/#m=1&aid=307076056&p=1

[Peter Bakwin]

This is great - thanks for posting. The Strava link seems to be broken. Any more information you can provide would be great - I was not able to find anything about this trail on the internet! There are listings for your end point, Mt Taibai, such as Wikipedia.

[zlt]

Maybe you can try this strava link: www.strava.com/activities/659999578

I think Aotai trail is only famous for Chinese hikers. More pics can be found if google it with its Chinese name : www.google.com/search?q=%E9%B3%8C%E5%A4%AA%E7%A9%BF%E8%B6%8A&safe=off&espv=2&biw=1412&bih=748&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiek6qFvYvRAhUKrlQKHRI5CTUQ_AUIBigB

[Larson]

The weather of Aotai is so bad and almost the trail was beautiful and wild. Great place for adventures!