Day 1: Chengdu Collection

• Afternoon: Arrive at a designated hotel in Chengdu for a pre-departure meeting. Equipment distribution, team member checks, signing of mountaineering service agreement, and activity briefing.
• Accommodation: Chengdu downtown hotel.

In the afternoon, we will stay at a designated hotel in Chengdu, hold a pre-departure meeting, distribute equipment, check the team members’ equipment, sign a mountaineering service agreement, and explain the details of mountaineering activities.

Day 2: Chengdu – Caoke – Bawanghai – Xiazimei Village

• Morning: Depart for Caoke (1,700m) for lunch, then drive to Bawanghai Checkpoint.
• Afternoon: Begin hiking, passing Bawanghai (3,100m). Enjoy a road meal and take photos before driving to Xiazimei Village (3,200m).
• Meals: Lunch and dinner in Zimei Village.
• Accommodation: Twin-beds room in Zimei Village.
• Distance: 6 hours driving, 3 hours hiking (approx. 12 km).
• Altitude Change: 500m to 3,200m.

We will depart in the morning and drive to Caoke(1700m) for lunch. Then we drive to Bawanghai Checkpoint. From here we start hiking and pass Bawanghai(3100m), where we take pictures and eat a road meal in the afternoon to replenish your energy. Then we depart by car. We will stay overnight at the Tibetan Inn in Xiazimei Village(3200m).

Tips:

1. Starting from Jieshibei in Caoke, there will be no mobile phone signal throughout the activity.

2. Xiazimei Village is more than 200 kilometers away from Kangding County and is embedded in the valley on the western slope of Gongga Mountain. There are only a dozen households with less than a hundred people, but there are nearly 1,000 square kilometers of snow-capped mountains, forests, meadows and lakes. There is no mobile phone signal, no internet, as villagers still retain the traditional way of life.

3. There is a big temperature difference between day and night in Zimei Village. It is recommended to bring a piece of warm clothing to prevent catching cold.

4. We could not take baths in the evening of Zimei Village.

Day 3: Xiazimei Village – Gongga Temple – Base Camp

• 8:00 AM: Hike from Xiazimei Village to Gongga Temple (3,750m), a holy site of Tibetan Buddhism.
• Continue hiking for approximately 6 hours to Base Camp (4,100m).
• Meals: Breakfast at the inn, self-prepared road meal, dinner at base camp.
• Accommodation: Tent at Base Camp.
• Distance: 8-9 hours hiking (approx. 13 km).
• Altitude Change: 3,200m to 4,100m.

We will hike from Xiazimei Village to Gongga Temple starting sat 8:00am. Gongga Temple(3750m) is located under the main peak of Gongga, which is one of the three holy places of the Karma Kagyu Sect of Tibetan Buddhism (White Sect). This is the best location for photograghing the main peak of Gongga Snow Mountain. Starting from Gongga Temple, we will keep walking about 6 hours to the base camp(4100m) of Nama Peak.

Day 4: Base Camp – C1 Camp

• 10:00 AM: Depart from Base Camp. The path transitions to gravel slopes. Reach C1 Camp (4,800m).
• Meals: Breakfast at base camp, self-prepared lunch, dinner at C1 Camp.
• Accommodation: Tent at C1 Camp.
• Distance: 5 hours hiking (approx. 5 km).
• Altitude Change: 4,100m to 4,800m.

We will start from the base camp at 10:00am. Our paths will gradually become a gravel slope as the altitude rises. After a large grass slope, we arrive at the C1 camp. Today’s journey is very short, but intense climbing as soon as we leave the camp. So at the beginning, we need to pay attention to saving energy. C1 camp(4800m) is located in a col at the foot of Mount Nama.

Day 5: C1 Camp – Summit (5,588m) – C1 – Base Camp

• 2-3 AM: Start climbing. Cross gravel slopes to reach the summit (5,588m). Return to Base Camp before noon.
• Meals: Breakfast at C1 Camp, self-prepared road meal, dinner at Base Camp.
• Time Required: About 12 hours.
• Altitude Change: 4,700m to 5,588m and back to 4,200m.

We will start at 2-3am based on the climate and the physical strength of the team members, then we pass the gravel slope to the crampon crossing at 5200m, where we follow the rope to the top of the glacier and climb the summit of 5588m. Today you will enjoy the best view. After reaching the summit before 12 o’clock in the noon, we will return to the base camp.

Day 6: Base Camp – Gongga Ice Lake – Gongga Temple – Zimei Village – Caoke

• After Breakfast: Depart from Base Camp, hike through Gongga Temple, Zimei Village, and Bawanghai to the parking lot.
• Celebration Dinner: Enjoy a dinner in Caoke.
• Meals: Breakfast at Base Camp, self-prepared road meal, dinner in Caoke.
• Distance: 7 hours hiking (approx. 22 km), 2 hours driving.
• Altitude Change: 4,200m to 1,600m.

After breakfast, we will depart from the base camp and walk through Gongga Temple, Zimei Village, Bawanghai to Parking lot. Then take car to Caoke, where we will have celebration dinner.

Day 7: Caoke – Chengdu

• Return: Drive back to Chengdu.
• Meals: Breakfast in Caoke.
• Distance: 6 hours driving.

Drive 6 hours from Caoke to Chengdu in the morning.
Service ends.

Services Included

• Airport pick up and drop off service;Transportation: The round-trip vehicle fee between Chengdu and Bawanghai, Bawanghai and Zimei Village;Accommodations listed in the itinerary;Meals listed in the itinerary, including campsite breakfast and campsite dinner. You need to bring your own road meals;Horses: It includes cost of carrying equipment and the backpack from the beginning of trekking to the base camp and to C1 Camp(within 20kg) then return . Individual riding expenses are at your own expense;Public equipment: fuel, stoves, cooking utensils, some tableware, communication tools, public climbing technical equipment, etc;

  Provided large-capacity panniers, mountain tents, mats for free;

  Technical equipment rental fee, not including alpine boots;

  Mountaineering leader: 1: 2 (2 team members with 1 professional mountaineering leader); English team leader is only provided when over four English speaker travelers;

  Tickets: Bawanghai and Gongga sTemple;

  Mountaineering registration: mountaineering activities need to be approved by the Sichuan Mountaineering Association

  Mountaineering insurance with an insured amount of RMB600000, and altitude sickness special insurance with an insured amount of two hundred thousand;

  A certificate of summit will be presented after the summit is successful.

Services Excluded

• Transportation in and out of Chengdu.Individual riding expenses and hired porters expenses.Food, beverages, and other self-entertainment expenses.Personal equipment.Single room supplement.Caoke Hot Spring (CNY20), round-trip vehicle fee between Zimei Village and Zimei Pass (CNY300)

  Individual riding expenses are at your own expense.

Equipment List

1. Clothing and shoes: Jackets, down jacket, down pants, fleece pants, sweat-wicking underwear, hiking shoes, cold hats, sun hats, raincoats;

2. Other equipment: waterproof gloves, fleece gloves, down-filled sleeping bags, backpacks, trekking poles, headlights, wool socks, waterproof bags, snow covers, snow goggles;

3. Personal items: lipstick, sunscreen, heat preservation pot, power bank.