About the Hiking Trail
The hiking starts from Baita Monastery, a monastery gets its name from the White Tower (in Chinese called Baita) and also the lake shares the same name from the monastery. The hiking trail was made intentionally by local government to encourage people to walk more. Some sections of the hiking overlap with local country road but you don’t have to worry there be many cars because there are usually not many cars on these country roads. There is about one third of the hiking will be on paved road and the rest be on paths. The paths are marked and paved with small rocks sometimes. Even though there are marks and signs to show you where you are but it is still very confusing to navigate on your own if you are there first time. It took us more than 3 times to have a full picture/memory of these splits and intersections of trails of Baita Lake. There are no dangerous parts of any paths at Baita Lake although you want to avoid summer time (June to September) if possible because these trails are unattended and in the monsoon seasons the grass grow crazy and some sections can be covered with plants with annoying stingers. There is no altitude problem of this hiking. The altitude gain and loss will be normally within 200m and the highest elevation is no more than 1200m. The hiking itself is a loop and you don’t walk the same trail twice.