Xiaohaituo Mountain

The Yanqing Olympic Village is the venue location for both the National Sliding and Alpine Skiing Centres. The National Alpine Ski Centre is located on Xiaohaituo Mountain and the base of the gondola to get up to the mountain summit starts directly from the Yanqing Olympic Village

View from summit - on a clear day can actually see Beijing

Dr. Chris Beavington covers the Canadian Alpine ski team and is my room-mate in the Yanqing Village. He kindly lent me his ski equipment so I could try out the ski hill. I have not alpine skied for over 20 years, so I started from lower part of the mountain (video credit to Chris).