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Bathhouse
On the path to the Heaven Lake waterfall, vendors boil eggs in the hot springs, and there's a bathhouse where you can soak in the odoriferous waters.
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Chángbái Shān
China's largest nature reserve, Chángbái Shān, covers 210,000 hectares of dense forest, straddling the China-North Korea border. At lower elevations, the forests are filled with white birch and Korean pines; above 2000m the landscape turns treeless and windy. Temperatures, too, can plunge from steamy at the reserve entrance to frigid at the summit. No matter how warm it is in the morning, sudden high winds, rain and dramatic drops in temperature are possible by afternoon.
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Chángbái Shān Canyon
Filled with dramatic rock formations, the Chángbái Shān Canyon (Chángbái Shān Dàxiágǔ) measures 70km long, 200m wide and more than 100m deep. There's an easy 40-minute walk along a boardwalk that follows the canyon rim through the forest.
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Heaven Lake
Chángbái Shān's main attraction is Heaven Lake (Tiān Chí), a deep-blue volcanic crater lake at an elevation of 2194m. The lake is 13km in circumference and is surrounded by jagged rock outcrops and 16 mountainous peaks.
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Underground Forest
Between the park entrance and the dàozhànkōu, about 12km from the north gate, this verdant forest is a pretty hiking spot. Following the trail for about 30 minutes leads to a crater filled in with trees.
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Waterfall
The road forks at the dàozhànkōu, with one branch climbing steeply to Heaven Lake, and the other leading past several hotels to the waterfall and hot springs. Erdaobai River runs off Heaven Lake, creating this rumbling 68m waterfall that is the source of the Songhua and Tumen Rivers.
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White Rock Peak
The highest peak surrounding Heaven Lake is White Rock Peak (Báiyán Fēng), which soars to 2749m. Legend has it that the lake is home to a Loch Ness-style 'monster,' but you can see for yourself…
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