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Program Introduction
This is a well-paced expedition to Mount Siguniang Dafeng from Chengdu. You will have a higher chance to make the summit of a 5000 meters’ mountain, Dafeng of Mount Siguniang, where lie the beautiful peaks known as the oriental Alps. This is a very good expedition while you see the alpine views and make summit in a guided and a less-strenuous trek. This tour involves camping.
Program at a Glance
Day 1 Chengdu - Mt. Siguniang
Day 2 Mt. Siguniang Acclimating Walk
Day 3 Walk to Base Camp
Day 4 Summit and come back
Day 5 Mt. Siguniang - Chengdu
Trip Information
01. AMS
First time travelers to this place or even experienced travelers all have the risk of getting AMS due to change of altitude/temperature and air pressure. Acclimatization is necessary and precautions are essential. Precautions include:
a. Drink more water than you normally need everyday.
b. Always keep your warm clothes handy and wear more layers to avoid getting cold due to elevation/temperature/pressure change.
c. Eat properly (no alcohol and be careful of local street food) and have enough time to sleep
d. Do not stress yourself both physically and mentally/ physical preparation prior to thie trip is helpful
e. Prepare medication for AMS, cold and diaries
02. Weather Expectation
Diurnal temperature variation is up to 20 Celsius degrees. Weather is quite fine when sun comes out, but in the morning and evening, temperature drops dramatically. Temperature drops below 0 Celsius during midnight in colder seasons. Warm keeping is very important. Wind is heavy on the mountain. Sun proof is necessary for skin protection. Be careful in a rainy day as trail underfoot becomes slippery. "When you are in the mountain, weather changes fast".
03. Accessibility and Amenities
Traveling to the listed places will expect lower standard services at hotels and restaurants even if they maybe the best choices. The service level is not as up to what you have in places like Chengdu. The hotel people don't speak English nor do the people from restaurants. These places are quite far, wild but beautiful. As authenticity comes often with less comfortability. Public Toilet can be really bad. You are always recommended to use your toilet in your hotel while you don't want to use the public toilet or do it in the open wild. You are recommended to have toilet paper with you. Food are with limited options at most of the places. Basically you can find Chinese Food with Sichuan style. On a guided trip you can have them customized into vegetarian or non/less spicy.
04. Before Signing Up
This is a tour involves walking at high altitude, people with the following conditions are not opt to join this trip to go over 3000 meters.
a. Cardiac-related conditions, RHR beyond 100/min, hypertension, Cerebrovascular disease, Arrhythmia, etc.
b. Chronic respiratory diseases, moderate or above obstructive pulmonary diseases, such as bronchial asthma, bronchiectasis, emphysema, active tuberculosis, pneumoconiosis;
c. Uncontrolled diabetes, epilepsy, schizophrenia;
d. Severe cold, upper respiratory tract infection, body temperature above 38 degrees Celsius or body temperature below 38 degrees Celsius but with obvious systemic and respiratory symptoms;
e. People who have been diagnosed with high altitude pulmonary edema, high altitude cerebral edema, high altitude hypertension, high altitude heart disease, and high altitude polycythemia;
f. Pregnant Women.
05. Adventure Travel Notice
This is an adventure tour. It involves certain risks of injury and/or death due to multiple reasons. By signing up with us, you appreciate and accept the risks involved in adventure travel and do not suffer from any pre-existing medical condition or disability which may prevent them from actively participating in the tour. We operates under safety guidelines and use professional and experienced outdoor hiking guide. As travelers you have the obligation to tell us if you have any ailments or physical conditions that may put yourself in any danger due to hard walking, high altitude, etc. You are also obligated to be fully aware of your own physical conditions when sign up for this trip. It is vital that participants with pre-existing medical problems or conditions make these know to us at the time of booking. During such trip, advices given by our stuff are critical and important. We will not be responsible due to you acting against our advices before/during the trip.
Available Dates 2024:
17 - 21 Apr
22 - 26 May
19 - 23 Jun
10 - 14 Jul
17 - 21 Jul
24 - 28 Jul
07 -11 Aug
14 -18 Aug
21 -25 Aug
04 -08 Sept
16 -20 Oct
23 -27 Oct
06 -10 Nov
13 -17 Nov
25 -29 Dec
Price: 4080 yuan PP (For Eerfeng 4980 yuan PP)
Upfront Payment 2600yuan, Rest of Payment due 15 Days prior to departure date.
Inclusions:
Private transfer;
Guide;
Admission fees and camping fees, environment protection fees;
Accommodations;
Porter/packhorse whilst hiking to Dafeng;
Base Camp meal including 1 dinner and 1 breakfast;
Hut for overnight at Base Camp;
Obligated travel Insurance;
Tour arrangement, logistics.
Exclusions:
Other meals;
Food/accommodations/ activities in Chengdu;
Sights and activities not listed;
Personal expenses and personal gears inc sleeping bag;
Optional tips to porter and guide.
Refunding
Refund will be made in accordance with the following policies should you cancel your trip out of your personal reasons:
1. 30 days prior to departure date, you will have a full refund;
2. 15-30 days prior to departure date, you will have a 50% refund of what you paid unless you find someone to take your spot in this trip;
3. within 15 days prior to departure date, no refund.
Cancelation
1. Tour will be canceled if final group size is less than 8 people. Prepaid fee will be refunded. We don' engage in responsibility of any possible personal loss of cancelation due to this reason. This shall be revisited and decided one week prior to departure date.
2. Due to unforeseeable incidents such as earthquak, landslide, war (force majeure) that resulted in cancelation of tour, all costs that didn't happend will be refunded. We don' engage in responsibility of any possible personal loss of cancelation due to this reason.
01. This is a standard trip to Dafeng, we can add more time prior to this trip for better acclimating to have usually a higher chance of successful summiting.
02. There could be minor changes of locations for overnight/distance of walking each day given possible changing weather, road/trail conditions, etc.
03. This trip is customizable to better fit your pace.
04. Climbing trips involve uncertainties such as extreme weather, changing trail conditions etc, that may delay or extend your trip. We recommend you to plan extra days for such trips especially when coming to booking departure flights.
Itineraries
Day 01
Chengdu – Mount Siguniang
This is a gound tour. Some days involve long hours of driving and sitting in the car. Please make preparation in accordance including power bank for your phone, neck pillow, etc. Please remember to have a day pack with you to take necessary items for each day's visit, sometimes including packed lunch or snacks for yourself, drinking water recommended 1L minimum, sunglasses, rainproof, warm-keeping clothes and hat, sun block and lip oil, etc. It is also wise to bring rainproof and warm clothes with you all the time.A 4-hour drive from Chengdu to Rilong at the base of Mount Siguniang. We will start from Chengdu at your hotel in the morning by around 8.00 am and drive towards west into the mountains. The road is in the former earthquake-zone and you may still see the damages on the mountains from the quake in 2008. A new road was finished by end of 2016 and making the driving safer and quicker.Most of the drive will be in the mountains after Dujiangyan. The mountain road is in one of the biggest panda sactuaries in China. After lunch, keep driving into the mountains while elevation rises up to around 3800 meters and we will have a short acclimating walk by Balang for around 1-2 hours with easy pace. After the walk drive over Balangshan and drop down to the base of Siguniang. Have your first glimpse of Mount Siguniang Yaomei Peak by the car park. Arrive at Rilong, the small village by the foot of Mount Siguniang. Check in and acclimatize yourself at elevation of 3100 meters.Driving 4h, hiking 1h+, easy PaceOvernight hotel by 3100m
Day 02
Mount Siguniang Town - Laoniu Yuanzi
As a standard trip to Dafeng Summit we do this trip in 4 days from Siguniang Base instead of 2 days to ensure it is safe and also to maximize the chance of a successful summit. Despite the 2-day plan being very popular in recent year we still provide the option for travelers to have a well-paced, not-so stressful hiking that you can enjoy yourself in the nature by not stressing yourself but also to have a higher chance of summiting the 5025-m Dafeng Peak, to make the trip worth.Today is our first day of actual Dafeng Summit trip. We should leanr how to do proper packing by first night, leave things we don't need by the hotel and give things we need by night to the horse. We will first go check in and sign up by the Park Office. This signing up is regulated by the park and it usually takes a long time by around 30 minutes depending on the season. We should have our passport ready for checking. Your guide will do all the checking papers for you but everyone needs to be there.After the checking in, we will start to hike to Laoniu Yuanzi, our camp today. First it is around 2km walking up to Zhaijieping on medium steep boardwalk. This part is strenuous but once we get on the ridge it opens up and trail becomes less steep. From the ridge we can see the full range of Siguniang mountains including all the four sisters mountains. We can see the trail goes further up to the mountain. After a short break and some photo we will follow the trail and continue ascending to the forest. We will be walking in the forest for around 2-3 hours before we reach Dajianbao, a ranger post that has supplies of drinking water, simple food. We will sit down have a longer break while eating some snacks.After the post it is around 3km to today's camp. The final part is rather easy since it is gradual terrain to walk. After arrive camp we shall relax and sort our packs and check in tent. Please remember to put on clothes while at camp since temperature drops dramatically after sunset and also because the elevation here is higher it will be a lot colder than the base by Rilong. Keep yourself hydrated and always keep your water bottled filled up when possible. Your guide will tell you dinner time and the plans for the next day.Total walking 11km, medium paceOvernight camping by 3750m
Day 03
Acclimating Day
Today is a full day acclimating at around 3800m and 4000m. We will sleep at the same camp for tonight.After breakfast will start from our campsite and walk to Huahaizi Lake which is about 4 km away from Laoniu Yuanzi. Walk around the lake and depends on your fitness and your acclimatization, we can choose to walk further into the valley to see more views by Zhongliangzi and Dahuang Hut. Today's walking is rather flexible. We try to reach around 4000m by walking and stay there for 1-2 hours before going back. As an acclimating day today also has very good views while hiking. We have the chance to see the biggest lake in Siguniang: Dahaizi Lake. We will also see the flower lake, a blooming lake by summer. From the lakes we will also see the east face of the highest mountain in Sigunaing Yaomei Peak. Over Zhongliangzi we will experience the wild part of Siguniang where few people come to visit because it is too far.We will arrive back to camp before 4pm. Have good rest and prepare for the next day's walking up.Total walking 8-16km, easy paceOvernight camping by 3750m
Day 04
Laoniu Yuanzi – Dafeng BC
Today you will walk from Laoniu Yuanzi at 3750 meters to Dafeng Base Camp at 4350 meters above sea level. We will first walk in the forest on switchbacks until the elevation rises to around 4000m where we will have a gradual part of hiking and the tree line is below us. We will have open views of mountains from now on all the way to the summit. Before we arrive the base camp of Dafeng there is another main ascent of steep part. Normally it should take around -4-5 hours to cover this 7km to get to Dafeng BC. The walking is not long but very strenuous because it is steep. The elevation at Dafeng Base Camp is about 4350 meters. Be careful of warm keeping and dehydration as this is the critical day before your summit.After arrival, you will be shown to your tent and you have some time to relax before dinner. Please remember to put on clothes while at BC since temperature drops dramatically after sunset and also because the elevation here is very high at 4350m it will be a lot colder than the base by Rilong. Your guide will tell you dinner time and the plan for the next day. Sometimes people don't sleep well by such height so try to sleep as much as you can. Try to avoid eating nothing even when you don't feel like eating, try to drink hot water.Total walking 7km, strenuous paceOvernight camping by 4350m
Day 05
Dafeng Base Camp – Dafeng Summit – Rilong
Today is the summiting day of Dafeng. We will usually start very early in the morning by 4am or before 4 am. The reason to start early is to make sure we have enough time to make summit if we walk slow. If by normal time we should be able to catch the sunrise by the summit of Dafeng. The waking will start in the dark so we will need to use our headlamp. Sometimes the trail is covered with snow so walking poles are strongly recommended for this tour. After setting out we will walk on relatively gradual terrain for around 1.5km before the steep part starts. We will have two major steep ascent before we reach the sadle part at around 4800m. One of the most challenging part is ascent before the sadle. After that we will be hiking over the side of mountain with one side steep drop. We will have a fence to help us in case we want to hold on and rest. Afterwards we will reach the flat part at 4950 before the final ascent, which is also one of the challenges on Dafeng Summit Trek. We will make summit after the final steep part.We will have a short break by the windy summit before we start to go back to BC. It usually takes around 3 to 5 hours to reach the summit. If the weather is good, we will wonderful views of the peaks of Mount Siguniang including Erfeng, Sanfeng and Yaomei Feng the Mt. Siguniang, as well as Mt. Rainbow, Mt. Riyue Baojing, Mt. Wuse, Mt. Shuangfeng, Mt. Pomiu, Mt. Xuanwu and Mt. Daogou, etc. Dafeng is measured as 5000 meters’ tall and it is one of the four sisters of Siguniang. On the way back to BC we should have more chances to take photos of the mountains around and valleys below since now the light should come back. Be careful while taking photos sicne it is windy and trails can be slippery so when we take photos we stop to do and don't it the same time while walking. Walking down is less strenuous but it can be more tricky.After walking back to BC we will repack and have a break before we start to walk back to Rilong. We don't have to rush on the way down. After arrival to hotel, take a nice shower and relax.Total walking 20km in 10-12h, streunous paceOvernight hotel at 3100m
Day 06
Rilong – Chengdu
In the morning we will depart Mount Siguniang via Balangshan, which is the splitting mountain of highland Tibetan nomadic area and the lush farming area of Han. Down the road of Balang we will have amazing views of the mountains and valleys. If wether is good we will make a stop to take photos especially when there is cloud of sea below the road. From Balangshan to Wolong is the natural sanctuary of the lovely pandas. We will arrive Chengdu in early afternoon. Tour ends.
Flights/trains;
Lunches;
Personal gears including personal technical gears (can be rented);
Horse-riding, personal porter service;
Summit Certificate;
Extra fee on Foreigners on Climbing Permits;
Fapiao;
Any personal Expenses;
