We went to Yabuli in Feb, 2007 during Chinese New Year. Keep in mindthis is considered the busiest travel time in China. Getting thereis a bit of an adventure, start in Harbin and either pay for a tourwhich will pick you up with a van from Harbin, or be tough and hit the bus station. to save you 1 hour of waiting in line, go to the 2ndfloor of the bus station and ask for Yabuli. needless to say,speaking Chinese will make all of this much, much easier. buses run every few hours. the bus takes about 2 hours and drops you in the middle ofnowhere. dont worry, a guy in a black leather jacket will appearwith a car to take you to the resort. that's the local taxi, costto the resort is about 30 RMB. We stayed at Windmill village. Theyare the best advertised on internet, but also the oldest and worst of the accomodations. there are a few newer, slightly more expensive placesthat I recommend if you dont mind paying extra. windmill villagelost our reservation and was very crowded so they had to "upgrade"us to a room that looked like a WWII bunker, and made us pay extra!after 30 min of arguing, we got a nicer room, but still paid extra.The breakfast there is bad even by local standards, suggest you bringsome snacks from Harbin, forget about a supermarket in Yabuli. there is nothing resembling a town nearby either. We were unlucky with little snow and only about half the runs open and 2 lifts running.The runs we did where easy and rather short, the harder were all closed.Lines were long in the afternoon, 10 min waits were common. there is no grooming at Yabuli and exposed patches, dontbring your brand new board here. rental equipment is available, especially boards as skiing seems to be much more popular in China.off-piste is available but only if there is alot of snow, but dont go alone and dont practice your 720 here, rescue helicopters are not an option. There are two decent restaurants nearby: one that is inside a train car right outside the resort, serves spicy bbq. another is a koreanplace within walking distance, looks like a prison camp outside andinside, but the food is great. nightlife options include bowlingat the windmill village, and drinking at the restaurants. thenewer hotels have lobby bars. we hired a car to take us back to Harbin, about 80 USD. Yabuli is a real adventure but dont expect much in terms of snowboarding. One final note, Harbin is a beautiful city, the best time to gois during the Ice Festival. Enjoy