I always have to hike once in my life to challenge my limits, and I did it, 3800 meters, 44 kilometers of extreme road, although this is not the intention. Walk into a strange world, climb a mountain, walk through a forest, encounter surprises and beauty, find freedom that is not defined, in order to meet a better self.
8:30 to Changpinggou Scenic Area, the tour guide said that the inside is free activities, 6:30 in the afternoon must return to the exit, otherwise there will be no car today, to wait for tomorrow.
The car in the scenic spot can only go to the Lama Temple, and it is about 4 kilometers away, and the back is all on its own. Travel has always been high-cost, the cost of horseback riding is not cheap, and the back is either ridden or legged.
It is very beautiful, riding a horse in Siguniang Mountain, not only saves physical strength and sees the most beautiful scenery, but also is equivalent to hiring a local guide for a day, which is cost-effective. It is accompanied by locals with horses. After doing the math, it costs 640 yuan to go back and forth to the wooden mule, or walk around first, even if you come back and ride a horse, it can be calculated in sections.
The first 7 kilometers are wooden plank roads, passing through the insect foot waterfall, and the back 10 kilometers are all gravel roads, compared with the other two ditches, Changpinggou Road is more primitive, but it is also the best perspective to see Siguniang Mountain.
The road below is the one taken on horseback
Grandma Tree
Bug Foot Falls
The horse road is very muddy, and in ancient times it was called Tangbai Ancient Road
I went up the mountain and looked at the Dragon Cave, 1.6 kilometers back and forth, and I didn't seem to see anything
Less than 4 kilometers to the dry tree beach, usually with a group tour here and back.
I have seen the wooden mule, and it took me nearly 4 hours to walk here, unlike the previous wooden plank road where you can still see tourists from time to time, except for individual horseback riding, I can't see a single tourist like me. There are many videos and articles on the Internet that write about hiking Changpinggou, but most of them haven't walked here at all, and they haven't seen a single picture.
Standard fence for wooden mules
When the weather is good, you can see the north wall of the sister peak here, but today it is blocked by clouds
Walk here normally, and you can go back. I met a few outdoor enthusiasts, who were ready to climb over the pass from here to the next door to Bipenggou. The journey was not much different from walking back, and instead of going back, I decided to follow along.
From here, walk 12 kilometers to the end of the fork ditch
There are many forks in the road, and there is no way to walk without a guide
It was very cold on the mountain, there was snow on the ground, and the 4,668-meter pass was a little frightened to climb up, and I didn't dare to leave the trekking poles with my hands.
A deep ancient road
When I arrived at Bipenggou, it was as if I had broken into another quiet world along the way, which made people unconsciously indulge in it, which was different from the style of Changpinggou. People are tired, and they haven't walked such a long way in a few years. The eyes are in heaven, the body is in hell.
Swallow Rock is the deepest place that the tour bus can reach, with a higher altitude, but beautiful scenery, surrounded by snow-capped mountains and winding streams.
Take a picture of a passerby
The second core scenic spot of Panyang Lake
The Dragon King Sea is the first scenic spot to be reached by the tour bus, which is a plateau lake with an altitude of more than 2,000 meters, and legend has it that the Dragon King lived in seclusion here, so it was named "Dragon King Sea", and you can walk around the lake.
Bipenggou is more a bit of Daocheng Yading feeling, the biggest feature here is the red leaves, every early autumn, Bipenggou ushered in the most colorful season of the year, but unfortunately the season is not right, did not see the grand scene.
When I arrived at the Dragon King Sea, it was almost over, and I was tired but comfortable traveling alone. It is estimated that I can lose 5 pounds today, and I have saved a lot of money.
To sum up, Siguniang Mountain is a must-visit snow mountain for novices, and it is relatively less difficult than other snow mountains. Among them, it is one of the top ten classic hiking routes in China, and it is also the ceiling of the scenery in western Sichuan.
I looked at my watch, and walked about 44 kilometers today, passing through the primeval forests along the way, meeting the beautiful scenery of the grassland snow mountains and glaciers, and checking in the beautiful scenery of Changpinggou and Bipenggou at one time.