Heishui County

Home to Dagu Glacier, where a cable car takes you close to a modern glacier, and in autumn the Naizigou colorful forest stretches for miles.

Heishui County belongs to Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province, in the center of the prefecture. The Heishui River flows through the whole county, and it is a place where Tibetan and Qiang cultures blend. The Dagu Glacier scenic area has a modern glacier and alpine lakes, and a cable car takes you up to a high-altitude viewing platform with close-up views of the glacier and snow peaks. Naizigou is known as the “Hundred-Mile Colorful Forest,” ablaze with color in autumn; Kalong Gully is known for its travertine pools and forests. Autumn is the best travel season, and winter offers ice and snow scenery. It is reachable from Chengdu via the Wenchuan–Barkam Expressway toward Maoergai, and self-driving is fairly convenient.

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