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Mount Siguniang
རི་བོ་སྐུ་བླ་འི།
Mount Siguniang ErFeng
Highest point
Elevation6,250 m (20,510 ft)[1]
Prominence2,571 m (8,435 ft)[2]
ListingUltra
Geography
Mount Siguniang is located in China
Mount Siguniang
Mount Siguniang
Location in China
LocationSichuan, China
Parent rangeQionglai Mountains
Climbing
First ascent1981
Easiest routesnow/ice/glacier climb

Mount Siguniang (Chinese: 四姑娘山; literally "Four Girls Mountain" or "Four Sisters Mountain";Tibetan: རི་བོ་སྐུ་བླ་འི།,[3] Skubla) is the highest peak of Qionglai Mountains in Western China. It is located in the bordering area of Rilong Town, Xiaojin County and Wenchuan County in Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province.

Mount Siguniang encompasses four peaks: DaFeng (Big Peak or 1st peak), ErFeng (2nd peak), SanFeng (3rd peak), and Yaomei Feng (4th peak). The highest peak is Yaomei Feng (Chinese: 幺妹峰; lit. 'peak of the youngest sister'), also known as the "Queen of Sichuan's peaks" (Chinese: 蜀山皇后), standing at 6250 meters. It is also the second highest mountain in Sichuan Province. The first ascent was in 1981 by a Japanese team via the east ridge. Very few people attempt to climb this and very few of them succeed after that.[4] The first ascent of the southwest ridge was made in 2008 by Chad Kellogg and Dylan Johnson.[5][6]

The other three lower peaks are regular mountaineering destinations through all seasons. Mount Siguniang DaFeng (Chinese: 四姑娘山大峰 or 大姑娘山; lit. 'peak of the oldest sister', 5025 m) is normally considered as a pure trekking peak while ErFeng (Chinese: 四姑娘山二峰 or 二姑娘山; lit. 'peak of the second sister', 5276 m) and SanFeng (Chinese: 四姑娘山三峰 or 三姑娘山; lit. 'peak of the third sister', 5355 m) is more challenging as it involves basic climbing technique.[7][8]

Mount Siguniang is famous for its beautiful scenery. The area is reputed to be the "Oriental Alps". Mount Siguniang National Park was identified as a UNESCO Heritage Site as part of Sichuan Giant Panda Sanctuaries in 2006. The park comprises Mount Siguniang and the surrounding three valleys, namely Changping Valley (Chinese: 长坪沟), Haizi Valley (Chinese: 海子沟) and Shuangqiao Valley (Chinese: 双桥沟), covering an area of 2,000sq km.[9]

References

  1. ^ "Yaomei Feng, China". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
  2. ^ a b "China III - Sichuan and Yunnan Provinces". Peaklist.org. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
  3. ^ This Tibetan alphabet shown on the Ticket
  4. ^ www.adventure-video.com
  5. ^ Raleigh, Duane (16 February 2014). "Chad Kellogg Killed in Patagonia". Rock and Ice. Retrieved 10 April 2014.
  6. ^ MacDonald, Dougald (16 February 2014). "Chad Kellogg Killed By Rockfall In Patagonia". Climbing. Retrieved 10 April 2014.
  7. ^ www.dragonexpeditions.com
  8. ^ www.sportsandtravel.com.hk
  9. ^ china.org.cn
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