Photo credits

• Yabuli aerial — images/hero-yabuli.jpg and images/yabuli-aerial.jpg (two crops), and the photograph inside images/og-image.jpg (title overlay added). Source: promotional image on the Yabuli Sunshine Resort site, yabuliski.com. No license text was published with the file. Official promotional image · used with credit for destination coverage; confirm permission if redistributing commercially.
• Yunding, Chongli — images/yunding.jpg. Source: hero still on the Ikon Pass destination page, ikonpass.com/en/destinations/yunding-snow-park, saved 2026-11-01. No separate license text on that page. Official promotional image · used with credit for destination coverage; confirm permission if redistributing commercially.
• Beidahu — images/beidahu.jpg. Source: hero still on the Ikon Pass destination page, ikonpass.com/en/destinations/beidahu-ski-resort, saved 2026-11-01. No separate license text on that page. Official promotional image · used with credit for destination coverage; confirm permission if redistributing commercially.
• Beijing Nanshan — images/nanshan.jpg. Source: promotional image hosted for nanshanski.com (image file). No license text on the page. Official promotional image · used with credit for destination coverage; confirm permission if redistributing commercially.
• Koktokay piste — images/koktokay.jpg. Source: photograph in Xinhua, 21 October 2026, “追光丨秋天还没过完，这座小镇雪场开板了”. The story credits skiing pictures to Xinhua photographer Hu Huhu and the opening scene to Awuying Hadelebieke. News photograph · used with credit for destination coverage; confirm permission if redistributing commercially.
• Qinggeli Langshan — images/langshan.jpg. Source: photograph in Altay News / 阿勒泰地区融媒体中心, 8 February 2026. No license text on the page. Press image · used with credit for destination coverage; confirm permission if redistributing commercially.
• Heaven Lake — images/tianchi.jpg, cropped from a panorama. Kept because the frame is still the clearest way to show the crater is not the ski slope. Source: Tianchi Lake Panorama.jpg by Sinopitt. CC BY-SA 3.0. Resized and cropped.
• Jiangjunshan, Altay — images/jiangjunshan.jpg. Kept after comparison: the night hill over the city still reads more clearly than the opening-day press stills we found. Source: Altay China horizon - Jiangjunshan Ski Resort.jpg by Pazakui. CC BY 4.0. Cropped and compressed.
• Taizicheng Station — images/taizicheng.jpg. Source: Taizicheng Railway Station Check-in 20260215.jpg by 颐园居, 15 February 2026. CC BY-SA 4.0. Cropped and compressed.

Hemu–Jikebulin has no photo on this site. We did not find a cleared still that was clearly the resort’s own frame. Changes to files we do publish: downscaled, cropped to a consistent frame, and saved as progressive JPEG. No other retouching. Decorative favicon: original, not a photograph.