Hailuogou (; ) is a

glacier A glacier (; ) is a persistent body of dense ice that is constantly moving under its own weight. A glacier forms where the accumulation of snow exceeds its Ablation#Glaciology, ablation over many years, often Century, centuries. It acquires dis ...

located in

Luding County Luding County (), also known via its Tibetan name as Chagsam or Jagsam ) is a county located in the southeast of the Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Sichuan province, China. Luding County covers an area of , and has a population of 86,234 ...

Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, often shortened to Ganzi Prefecture, is an autonomous prefecture in the western arm of Sichuan province, China, bordering Yunnan to the south, the Tibet Autonomous Region to the west, and Gansu to the nor ...

, Sichuan, China. It is a feature of Hailuogou Glacier Forest Park. The glacier is next to Moxi and over southwest of Chengdu. It is a 5A-level (AAAAA) tourist attraction in China. It is famous for its low-altitude modern glaciers, large ice waterfalls and alpine hot springs. The glacier originates from

Mount Gongga Mount Gongga (), also known as Minya Konka (Khams Tibetan pinyin: ''Mi'nyâg Gong'ga Riwo'') and colloquially as "The King of Sichuan Mountains", is the highest mountain in Sichuan province, China. It has an elevation of above sea level. This m ...

History

In February 2017, the park was listed under the 5A-level tourist attractions list. On September 5, 2022, a magnitude-6.8 earthquake struck Luding County, killing three park employees. An additional 219 visitors were trapped in the park for more than 50 hours before being rescued.

Glacier

The glacier covers a area of Conch Gully and is characterized as a modern glacier, having formed 16 million years ago. At its most extreme, the glacier reaches a low altitude of above sea level and reaches a high of , and is also about long. It also features the world's tallest icefall at . 海螺溝2014 P1000318

Tourist attractions

The park features several

hot spring A hot spring, hydrothermal spring, or geothermal spring is a spring produced by the emergence of geothermally heated groundwater onto the surface of the Earth. The groundwater is heated either by shallow bodies of magma (molten rock) or by circ ...

s and "red rocks" which are rocks covered in red orange

algae Algae (; singular alga ) is an informal term for a large and diverse group of photosynthetic eukaryotic organisms. It is a polyphyletic grouping that includes species from multiple distinct clades. Included organisms range from unicellular mic ...

References

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