Eighteen C summer nights, cloud seas at your window, and a sky paved with stars — welcome to Qiandao Lake's alpine hideaway. At 900 meters above sea level, Hujiaping village feels like a floating paradise. Hike the "Little Huangshan" of western Zhejiang — the 1,450-meter Jinzi Peak— for bird's-eye views of a thousand emerald islands. Then plunge into the 3.6 km Longtan Canyon rafting (166-meter drop!) where icy mountain water splashes every last trace of summer heat away.