It's not that Harbin is unaffordable, but Jiaozi Snow Mountain is more cost-effective.

Here's a one-day itinerary for Jiaozi Snow Mountain's first snow👇 1️⃣🚗Transportation: Buy a ticket to Zhuanlong at Kunming North Bus Station, CNY 38/person, 3-hour ride, the bus doesn't enter the scenic area. There are black taxis soliciting passengers when you get off the bus, you can carpool, CNY 30/person to the scenic area gate, leave the driver's phone number and make an appointment for the return trip in the afternoon, about CNY 90/person to return to Kunming, and you can reach the city in an hour and a half. 🎫Tickets: It is recommended to buy the CNY 299 package (ticket + shuttle bus + two cable cars). We bought the CNY 225 package in advance (ticket + shuttle bus + one cable car), the small package requires climbing, you may not catch the last bus at 5:30 pm, and it is more physically demanding.✅ 2️⃣🧗Equipment: Wear quick-drying clothes as a base layer, the temperature difference on the mountain is large, and wearing more clothes can easily make you sweat, quick-drying clothes are good for wicking sweat. You can wear a sweater or fleece jacket in the middle, and a down jacket on the outside. Shoes are best to be non-slip hiking shoes or with shoe spikes, the mountain boardwalk is covered with snow and easy to slip, don't wear ordinary sneakers (easy to get wet and not non-slip). Gloves, ear-covering hats, scarves, plush socks, sunglasses, and thermos cups are all best to bring.✅ 3️⃣🥢Dining: You can bring some dry food, no need to bring instant noodles or self-heating pots, there are many aunts selling fried potatoes and rice noodles halfway up the mountain, the prices are normal.✅ 4️⃣📷Photo spots: •🔴🌴Cable car: You can take American retro hot girl photos. • 🔴🌴Mid-mountain road: The mid-mountain road you pass by after the first cable car ride to take the shuttle bus is suitable for road blockbusters. • 🔴🌴Snowfield: The large snowfield after the second cable car ride, you can take snowfield atmosphere photos, there are snow-covered trees next to it, under the trees is suitable for taking emotional photos. • 🔴🌴Boardwalk: The boardwalk up the snow mountain is super photogenic, all kinds of poses look good. • 🔴🌴Viewing platform: The wind is strong and the sky is blue, taking back and full-body photos feels great. • 🔴🌴Small Tianchi: It is recommended to take photos of tourists leaning on the railing. • 🔴🌴Small Tianchi boardwalk: Some people climb over the railing to take photos in the snowfield, you can take love letter atmosphere blockbusters. • 🔴🌴Summit sign: Leaving a commemorative photo is very meaningful. • 🔴🌴Ice lake: Go to the ice lake to take photos when going down the mountain.✅