[2025 Zhuji Attraction] Travel Guide for Zoumagang (Updated Jul)

📰 Joined a one-day hiking tour with a certain guide 🚗 One-way drive: approximately 3-3.5 hours ⏰ Climbing duration: about 4.5-5.5 hours ✅ Route: If taking a bus, it can only reach the paved road area. Walk about 2km from there, then start the official hiking trail from the fork near Xiaoying Noodle Shop. 😫 Total distance is about 11km, 🫠 taking 5.5 hours (PS: I have relatively low stamina and walked slowly; faster hikers can complete it in 4.5 hours) ⛰️ It takes about 3 hours to reach the famous rock. There are TONS of people taking photos there. You can choose the adjacent rock for equally Instagram-worthy shots. ⚠️ Essential equipment: ✅ Hiking poles!!!!!! Extremely important! If you don't have one, pick one up at the foot of the mountain. I found one after climbing 1/4 of the way, and it was incredibly useful! ✅ 2 bottles of water (I brought 2.5 bottles and still had half a bottle left when descending. No need to bring too much. There's one supply point on the mountain with reasonable prices. Importantly, there are NO toilets throughout the climb! So don't drink too much water!!!!) ✅ Snacks for cravings, though you might not have much appetite while climbing. There are no food supply points on the mountain, so bring some snacks ✅ Non-slip shoes ✅ Hat (the sunlight on the mountain is quite harsh) ✅ Sunglasses 🕶️ if necessary ✅ Power bank ✅ Tissues 🀄️ Insect repellent is optional. I wore long pants and didn't need it. It might also be too early in the season for insects, but our guide warned us to watch out for snakes and bugs when taking photos in trees! ⚠️ Note: Essential equipment!! Hiking poles are EXTREMELY important. Without them, I don't think I could have made it down the mountain ⛰️ The uphill path is very steep, with about 590m of climbing. The descent is even worse - a continuous steep slope for 1 hour, covering rocky paths, dirt trails, and muddy sections. It's very difficult to walk, with one red soil slope being particularly challenging due to lack of traction! So non-slip shoes are crucial! 🫱 Overall experience summary: First-time beginner hikers! I've done this for you 🙅🙅🙅 Don't go, just don't! The entire journey doesn't have many scenic spots (there's a photogenic Chinese torreya forest at the foot of the mountain and the famous rock at the summit). There aren't other attractions - it's just hard climbing! If you want good photos, just take them at the mountain base. The viral photos you see online are all from two spots at the foot of the mountain. Forget about the famous rock... it's truly exhausting. The path is extremely difficult to climb, completely primitive and untamed. You'll occasionally spot insects longer than your fingers 🐛.... The outdoor hiking difficulty is rated at 2.5🌟

Zhuji's Zoumagang is a sight of green that does not disappoint! After the rain, Zoumagang is exceptionally fresh, with the beginning and end of the journey both featuring the seasonally limited, incredibly beautiful torreya forests, accompanied by streams. It's like a fantasy of a green wonderland, a stunning oil painting!

Zhaomagang can be considered a popular route now, with one side of the internet filled with check-in photos of fragrant fir trees, and the other side commenting on how this route has become popular in the past two years and is not interesting. Perhaps because I had no expectations and didn't care about taking pictures, the actual scenery of Zhaomagang this season exceeded my expectations. It is a route worth recommending for a day trip from Shanghai for leisure 👍 Under the fragrant fir trees, there are patches of small yellow flowers, and the mountain is full of colorful azaleas. The road conditions are mainly easy-to-walk dirt paths, very suitable for a spring stroll. 🚶 Route Search for Zhaomagang in two steps, starting and ending at Huangkeng Village for a small loop of 8KM. If you choose to walk into the village, it's an additional 2KM round trip, with a total ascent of 600m, ascending in the first half and descending in the second half. 🚶 Road Conditions As shown in the picture, the main paths are dirt and stone steps. The descent is slippery but the slope is manageable. 🚶 Scenery The fragrant fir forest is just budding this season, and the fruits will come in autumn. Both the uphill and downhill paths are lined with fragrant fir trees, many of which are thick and sturdy, especially like the fragrant fir forest downhill, accompanied by small yellow flowers, very satisfying 💯 The popular stone itself is ordinary, but it still makes for good photo effects. The wisteria and the purple-red and pink azaleas are the highlights of this route this season. 🚶 Supplies There are drinks for sale on the mountain, but they are brought up by individuals, so there is uncertainty. Huangkeng Village has food supplies and toilets 🚾 🚶 Walking Equipment For the descent, consider bringing trekking poles and knee protection. If it's hot, it's recommended to carry more than 1L of water