• Jade Dragon Snow Mountain
  Elevation 5,596 m (18,360 ft) Shanzidou Yunnan, China
  Mount Satseto, known in Chinese as the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain is a mountain massif (also identified as a small mountain range) near Lijiang, in Yunnan province, southwestern China. Its highest peak is named Shanzidou (5,596 m or 18,360 ft). 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. The far side of the mountain forms one side of Tiger Leaping Gorge (Hutiao Xia).
  Shanzidou has been climbed only once, on May 8, 1987, by an American expedition. 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 Nakhi 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 and later, retitled, in his essay collection "What Am I Doing Here?". Chatwin's article inspired many subsequent travellers, including Michael Palin, to visit the region. Source: Wikipedia

Peak "Shanzidou"	Sharp mountain range can be seen.	Going down tree road while looking at mountains on the other side.
Right side of tree road is Jade Dragon Snow Mountain.		Lamaism Buddhist temple.	Blue sky is also clear.
Looks up at Glacier Park Station.	The view is wonderful even from on the way.		Shops when climbing walking before ropeway.
Right side has old shops.	Rock mountains like fan has not been reached the top of a mountain yet.		View from inside of station.
Glacier Park Station of ropeway has a big tree terrace.
There is a park where 13 mountain ranges can be seen on the way return to Lijiang.
Written as "Sweet See" on stone monument.		One all view of this big mountains is great.
Jade Dragon Snow Mountain can be cut out.		A big park looks small.

2012/04/01