Dêqên County

Home to the Meili Snow Mountains, Dêqên offers golden sunrise on the peaks and the trek to Yubeng Village, and is one of the most magnificent snow-mountain destinations in the Tibetan areas of northwest Yunnan.

Dêqên County lies at the far northwest of Yunnan, on the Yunnan–Tibet border, in the Hengduan Mountains along the Lancang River gorge. It sits at a high average elevation and is a Tibetan area. The county's Meili Snow Mountains, whose main peak Kawagarbo is regarded as a sacred mountain by Tibetans, can be viewed from afar around Feilai Temple, and on clear mornings you can see the "golden sunlit peaks." Yubeng Village is a famous hidden trekking destination, Mingyong Glacier lets you see a glacier up close, and the Baima Snow Mountain Nature Reserve is a habitat of the Yunnan snub-nosed monkey. Autumn and winter bring clear skies and a better chance of seeing the mountains. The trip is usually made by road from Shangri-La along the Yunnan–Tibet Highway, so be mindful of the high altitude and mountain-road safety.

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