Going up from the hot springs, tourists can find an ice lake, called S huihaizi , or Water Sea. It looks like a gem imbedded in a wood of Chinese yew ( Taxus chinensis ), katsura tree ( Cercidiphyllum japonicum ), Kangding magnolia and big-leafed aza…
Hailuogou was originally the valley of an ice-melted river on the eastern side of the Gonggar Mountain. With an elevation of 6,000 meters, it has seven climate zones and its vegetation varies at different levels of height, making it a rare natural bo…
Another special attraction of the Conch Gully is its hot springs hidden either in virgin forests or under the cover of snow and ice. The most noted ones are at No.1 and No. 2 campsites. In No.2 Campsite, hot springs gush out from rock cracks year r…
The Grand Glacier Cascade, with a drop of 1,080 meters, is made up of numerous ice cubes. Looking like the milk way descending from heaven, it sends out brilliant rays in the sunshine. Beyond the cascade there is a snow basin -- the source of the g…
Glaciers cover 31 square kilometers of the Conch Gully. Classified as Modern Glacier, they came into being 16 million years ago. The Grand Glacier Cascade -- 1,000 meters in height and 1,000 meters in width -- is the only one in the world. Its 6 km g…
Located in the Gongga Mountains in western Sichuan, Hailuo Gou is the biggest glacier park in China. Gongga mountains, at the height of 7556 meters above the sea level, called as "the King of the mountains", is the 11th highest mountains in…
