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Explore the region
About Batai Mountain
China News Service's Sichuan channel describes the mountain as rising step by step in eight tiers, which gives it its name; it lies in the eastern part of Batai town and is a national natural heritage protection site and national geopark. Its terrain produces a sea of clouds, sunrise views, Buddha's light, sheer cliffs, escarpments, solitary peaks and stone teeth. Built features on the mountain include a glass-floored walkway, a high-altitude zipline, a grass-skiing slope, jungle adventure courses and a glass bridge; the bridge spans the Sichuan-Chongqing boundary, is 198 metres long and 2.5 metres wide, and stands 186 metres above the valley floor, with a view of Duxiu Peak.
Wanyuan's municipal government reports that in 2018 the Sichuan provincial government approved the master plan for the wider Batai Shan Scenic and Historic Area, a provincial-level scenic area spanning six townships in Wanyuan and covering 120.7 square kilometres, running to 2035. Its listed resource types are karst landform scenery, deep mid-mountain gorge scenery, atmospheric and weather phenomena, varied plant life, history and legend, and Red Army historical sites, and the planned area is developed in four zones — Feilong Gorge, Batai Shan itself, Qipan Shan and Longtan He.
What to look for
- The eight-tiered stepped terrain that gives the mountain its name.
- The glass bridge spanning the Sichuan-Chongqing boundary, 198 metres long, 2.5 metres wide and 186 metres above the valley floor, with a view of Duxiu Peak.
- The stone teeth, sheer cliffs and solitary peaks that China News Service lists among the mountain's landforms.
- Qipan Shan, Feilong Gorge and Longtan He, the other three named zones within the wider 120.7-square-kilometre provincial scenic area alongside Batai Shan itself.
Location & getting there
Getting to Batai Mountain
Check weather, trail access and the last return service. A mountain or forest area is not one entrance, and a map’s central pin may be far from the trailhead.
- Search for 八台山 with 达州市 and 万源市.
Find Batai Mountain
八台山 · 万源市
No reliable map pin yet: search by the Chinese name.
Sources & visit information
The linked sources support the identity and background described in this introduction. Opening hours, admission, activity availability and exact arrival arrangements have not been comprehensively checked. Confirm current visitor information with the venue; the original catalogue locality and editorial review flag are retained.