Jade Dragon Snow Mountain

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Shanzidou
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Mt Satseto on the left, rising above Tiger Leaping Gorge
Highest point
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Prominence Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). [1]
Ranked 71st
Listing Ultra
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Geography
Shanzidou is located in China
Shanzidou
Shanzidou
Parent range Yùlóngxuě Shān
Climbing
First ascent 1987 by Phil Peralta-Ramos and Eric Perlman[2]
Easiest route East side: snow/rock climb[2]

Jade Dragon Snow Mountain (simplified Chinese: 玉龙雪山; traditional Chinese: 玉龍雪山; pinyin: Yùlóngxuě Shān) is a mountain massif (also identified as a small mountain range) near Lijiang, in Yunnan province, southwestern China. The range is also known as Mount Yulong after the Chinese or Mount Satseto after the Naxi name.[3] Its highest peak is named Shanzidou (扇子陡) (5,596 m or 18,360 ft).

Location

The view of the massif from the gardens at the Black Dragon Pool (Heilong Tan) in Lijiang is noted as one of China's finest views,[citation needed] and part of Yulong Snow Mountain Scenic Area, a AAAAA-classified scenic area.[4]

The far side of the mountain forms one side of Tiger Leaping Gorge (Hutiao Xia). The Jade Water Village is at the foot of the mountain.

Exploration history

Public performance in Jade Dragon Snow Mountain Open Air Theatre.

Shanzidou has been climbed only once,[5] on May 8, 1987, by an American expedition.[2] The summit team comprised Phil Peralta-Ramos and Eric Perlman. They climbed snow gullies and limestone headwalls, and encountered high avalanche danger and sparse opportunities for protection. They rated the maximum technical difficulty of the rock at YDS 5.7.

The Austro-American botanist and explorer Joseph Rock spent many years living in the vicinity of Mt Satseto, and wrote about the region and the Naxi people who occupy it. An interest in Rock later drew the travel writer Bruce Chatwin to the mountain, which he wrote about in an article that appeared in the New York Times[6] and later, retitled, in his essay collection What Am I Doing Here?.[7] Chatwin's article inspired many subsequent travellers, including Michael Palin,[8] to visit the region.

The mountain was featured on Episode 4 of The Amazing Race 18.

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    Yak and cascading pools with the mountain in the background

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    View of Jade Dragon Mountain

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    Glacier on top of the mountain

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Eric S. Perlman, "Yulong Shan", American Alpine Journal, 1988, p. 265.
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  5. ↑ Tamotsu Nakamura, "East of the Himalaya", American Alpine Journal, 2003, p. 146.
  6. ↑ Chatwin, Bruce. "In China, Rock's Kingdom", New York Times, March 16th 1986
  7. ↑ Chatwin, Bruce (1989) "Rock's World", in What Am I Doing Here?, Vintage, p.206
  8. ↑ Palin, Michael (2005) "Himalaya - Day 82: Lugu Lake to Lijiang", Retrieved 2011-01-13
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