Mount Siguniang (), or Mount Skubla (, 'Mountain of the tutelary deity') is the highest mountain of
Qionglai Mountains in Western China. It is located in the bordering area of
Siguniangshan Town,
Xiaojin County and
Wenchuan County
Wenchuan County is a County (People's Republic of China), county in Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan, China.
The county has an area of , and a population of 100,771 as of 2010.
Wolong National Nature Reserve is a protected ...
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Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture
Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, also known as Aba (; Qiang language, Qiang: ; zh, s=阿坝藏族羌族自治州, t=阿壩藏族羌族自治州), is an autonomous prefecture of northwestern Sichuan, bordering Gansu to the north and ...
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Sichuan Province
Sichuan is a Provinces of China, province in Southwestern China, occupying the Sichuan Basin and Tibetan Plateau—between the Jinsha River to the west, the Daba Mountains to the north, and the Yunnan–Guizhou Plateau to the south. Its capita ...
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Mount Siguniang is renowned for its beauty. Mount Siguniang National Park was identified as a
UNESCO
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Heritage Site as part of
Sichuan Giant Panda Sanctuaries in 2006. The park comprises Mount Siguniang and the surrounding three valleys, namely Changping Valley (), Haizi Valley () and Shuangqiao Valley (), covering an area of 2,000sq km.
Peaks
Mount Siguniang encompasses four peaks (with meaning 'peak'): Daguniang Feng (Big Peak or 1st peak), Erguniang Feng (2nd peak), Sanguniang Feng (3rd peak), and Yaomei Feng.
The highest peak is (), also known as the "Queen of Sichuan's peaks" (), standing at . It is also the second highest mountain in
Sichuan Province
Sichuan is a Provinces of China, province in Southwestern China, occupying the Sichuan Basin and Tibetan Plateau—between the Jinsha River to the west, the Daba Mountains to the north, and the Yunnan–Guizhou Plateau to the south. Its capita ...
and the easternmost or higher peak on Earth. 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 those succeed. The first ascent of the southwest ridge was made in 2008 by
Chad Kellogg and Dylan Johnson.
The other three lower peaks are regular mountaineering destinations through all seasons. Mount Siguniang DaFeng (, ) is normally considered as a pure trekking peak while ErFeng (, ) and SanFeng (, ) are more challenging, requiring basic climbing techniques.
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Mountains of Sichuan
Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture
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