There are three ways of visiting the Huanglong Valley:
1. Walk up 5km on the boardwalks up to the Five-colour Lake and walk 5km down the boardwalks to the entrance.
2. First take the 5-8 minute cable car up to the platform called "Wanlong Ping", from which you walk 2km on the boardwalks to Five-color Lake. Then walk 5km down the boardwalks to the entrance.
3. Walk up 5km on the boardwalks up to the Five-colour Lake, then walk 2km on the boarddwalks to the cable car station at "Wanlong Ping", take 5-8 minute cable car down to the ground.
So the Five-color Lake is the utmost tip of the 7.2km long Huanglong Valley in the scenic area.
We choose the second way of first taking the cable car up, then walk 2km on the boardwalks to the Five-colour Lake.