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Walking time: two days. Horse trek: one day from Luorong Pasture.
Access: Daocheng, Yading Nature Reserve: Getting there and away.
Food/Water/Overnight stay: Chonggu Lodge and Luorong Tent-lodge.
No food supply can be found after Luorong Tent-lodge. From stage 2 to 4, there are several sources of water. Be careful that there is no water supply from stage 6 to 7. After Luorong Tent-lodge, huts can be a solution if you don't have a tent.
Route mark: Tibetan praying flags. Otherwise no route mark is made for travelers. If you rent a horse to ride or carry luggage, the wrangler becomes your best guide. Generally it is easy to find the trail and follow the right direction. Always keep Chenresig at your right side.
Description: See Map for this hike. and a nice google 3D map.
| Stages: |
Walking
time |
* Height
difference |
Remarks |
| 1. Entrance - Chonggu Lodge |
1 hour |
100 meters |
Easy ascent. Follow the wide, paved trail. |
| 2. Chonggu Lodge - Luorong Pasture |
1.5 - 2 hours |
150 meters |
Easy ascent. Follow the wide, paved trail. |
| 3. Luorong Pasture - Milk Lake |
3 hours |
600 meters |
Tough, long ascent. Cross the bridge in Luorong Pasture, hike toward Jampelyang, walk along the west shore of the stream. The trail is easy to find as Milk lake is visited by most travelers. |
| 4. Milk Lake - First Col |
30-45 minutes |
250 meters |
Tough ascent. Follow the trail along the north shore of Milk Lake. The trail leads to the first col. |
| 5. First Col - First Hut |
1 hour |
400 meters |
Descent. Reaching the first col, turn to the north, walk along the steep slope beneath Chenresig, pass an emerald lake and reach the first hut in one hour. |
| 6. First Hut - Several Huts** |
1 hour |
100 meters |
Easy to follow the level trail, keep the north direction. There is an entrance to descend west to the Kasi Hell Gully. |
| 7. Several Huts - Second Col |
1.5 - 2 hours |
600 meters |
Tough ascent. Tibetan praying flags hanging on the second col can be seen far away from the col. |
| 8. Second Col - Pearl Lake |
1.5 - 2 hours |
900 meters |
Long descent. A long downhill walking to Pearl Lake accompanied by the view of Chenresig's magnificent north face. |
| 9. Pearl Lake - Chonggu Lodge |
30 minutes |
100 meters |
Descent. Wide, paved trail. |
* It is my rough estimation. The elevations mentioned in the map Yading Nature Reserve are not reliable.
** Tibetan pilgrims overnight in these huts. There is a small fall along the trail before reaching these huts. It is the last source of water before Pearl Lake.
Other Hiking Trails:
See map Around Yading.
1) Riwa (Shangri-La) - Yading: People used to hike from Riwa to Yading (7 hours) when the vehicular road was not built.
2) Lugu Lake - Yading: 7- 9 days.
3) Langdu (Yunnan, Zhongdian) - Geka - Yading.
4) Muli - Yading. The route of Joseph Rock.
5) The Big Kora: See the article in Khamaid.
Written by CBP in 2004.
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