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Mountaineering in Sichuan
 
 Regulations for Forei Mountaineering Expeditions in China
 
Sichuan Mountain & Peak list
 
 Mountaineering Equipments
 
Achievements
 
 Recomending Mountains
 
Mt. Siguniuang

 

 Mt.Gongga

 

 Mt. Queer
 
 Mt. Genie & Haizi
 
Mt.Xianreri
 
Mt.Daxuetang
 
Mt.Xuebaoding
Mt.Muoerduo
 

Mt. Gongga

   
 
  Mt. Gongga sharing a common boundary with Kangding and Luding counties in Ganzi Zhang (Tibetan) Autonomous Prefecture. Mt Gongga rises 7556 m. above sea level. It is the highest peak in Daxueshan (snow-covered all the year round) in the Hengduan mountains and also the peak in Sichuan known as "the King among all the mountains"

Mt. Gongga is composed of gigantic granite. A compact intrusive rock with a hard tesure. Through eons of freezing and weathering. The cliffs have become precipitous as of whittled by a sword making the approach a challenging one from afar, the mountain very much resembles a huge pyramid, towering amongst magnificent peaks, harzardously steep.
 
 
 

On one of China' s best-eved mountain peaks, hundreds of glaciers can be found within an area of 300 odd square kilometers. One among them is Hailuo Valley, 30km in length covering an area of 200 sq km, the rarely lowest altitude glacier in the world.
Owing to its comples topography. The climate around Mt. Gongga varies with the four season.

Conducting Mt. Activities needs 35 days; Travel about 8 days.

Chengdu--Mosi: 340 km.
Chengdu--Xinxing: 370 km
Chengdu--Laoyuling: 369 km
Chengdu--Liuba: 538 km


Recommending Itineraries of Mt. Gongga

CST-MT-04 Itinerary of Mt. Goongga Expedition(28 days)

CST-MT-05 Itinerary of Hailuogou Valley and the Glacier Landscape Expedition
(6 days)

 
   
 


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