Day
1
Lijiang - Hutiaoxia - Haba Villagethe First Bend on the Yangtze River, Iron Chain Bridge, the upper Tiger Leaping Gorge, middle part of Tiger Leaping Gorge
In the morning, drive about 60 KM to visit the First Bend on the Yangtze River and Iron Chain Bridge in the Stone Drum town. This town got its name from a large, cylindrical, marble tablet shaped like a drum.
Continue the drive to the upper Tiger Leaping Gorge, which is the deepest gorge in the world. Then, head for the middle part of Tiger Leaping Gorge for your lunch. After a short trekking in Middle Tiger Leaping Gorge, drive to Haba Village, a small Naxi village located at the foot of Haba Snow Mountain.
Stay overnight at Haba Snow Mountain Guesthouse. Prepare for your equipment and acclimatize yourself to the altitude.
Day
2
Haba Village - the Base Campetrekking
Trek about 7 hours up the Haba Mountain for about 15 km to the Base Camp(4200 m). Have picnic lunch in Haba Snow Mountain.
It is a long trekking along the muddy path. You'd better wear good waterproof boots. Then we will trek through the beautiful forest apart from three meadows that you will cross on the way. Adjust the altitude sickness and adapt to the high elevation.
Note: It is not allowed to sleep before 9:00 PM.
Overnight at the Base Camp or in the wooden hut(beds and quilt are availible in the wooden hut).
Day
3
Base Camp - the Summit - Base Camptrekking
Get up at 3:00 am and have a simple breakfast. Off to the top at 4:00 am. Leave most of your luggage at the Camp 1, take your mountaineering tools for the climbing to the summit of Haba Mountain.
It is the ice and snow trail from the camp 1 to the summit, which will take about 3 hours to the top of the Haba Snow Mountain(5396m). Enjoy the wonderful scenery of Haba Snow Mountain and Jade Dragon Snow Mountain with Yangtze River in the middle.
After picnic lunch, trek down to Camp 1 to take your luggage, then continue trek down to the Base Camp. Our service clerk at the BC will prepare good meals and waiting for you.
Day
4
Base Camp - Haba Village - LijiangHeihai Lake
Trek down from Base Camp to the Long Wang Bian Village. Visit Heihai Lake with the original forest. After lunch, drive back to Lijiang.
Our climbing team had a wonderful ascent of Haba ‘Snow Mountain’ above the village of Haba in the Yunnan province of China. The climb was only 3 days followed by some sight seeing in the historical city of Lijiang. The summit of Haba is 5,396m or nearly 18,000′ so this was not a small climb by any means!