Mount Taibai (Taibai Shan) is the highest peak in the Qinling Mountains at 3,767 metres, and one of the few places in Shaanxi Province where genuinely alpine terrain is accessible. Above the treeline the mountain has rocky ridges, small glacial lakes, and in early summer lingering snowfields — a landscape entirely different from the lowland plateau and river valleys of central Shaanxi below.
A cable car from the Honghegu base station opens the upper mountain to visitors without full hiking fitness. The full ascent on foot takes two days; there are several mountain guesthouses and camping areas. The mountain is sacred in both Buddhist and Daoist traditions and has been a pilgrimage destination for centuries; several ancient temple complexes are preserved on the forested lower slopes. The national forest park admission is around 150 yuan; cable car is extra.