| Steeple (Jianzishan, Hunter Peak) Mountain/Rock |
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| Steeple (Jianzishan, Hunter Peak)   | 
| Page Type: Mountain/Rock Location: Sichuan Province, China, Asia Lat/Lon: 31.11659°N / 102.74088°E Elevation: 17952 ft / 5472 m | Page By: Kenzo Okawa Created/Edited: Oct 13, 2004 / Dec 12, 2007 Object ID: 153210 Hits: 7692 Loading... Page Score: 89.04% - 26 Votes Loading... Vote: Log in to vote |
Overview
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Mount Steeple (Jianzishan) is a knife edged rock peak in southwestern China. In winter from 2005 to now, several parties made ascent.
Steeple is part of the Four Girls (Siguniang) Mountains, a beautiful Nature Reserve with many sharp rock peaks, lakes and marshes.
Glaciers shaped the area in a distant past. The highest peak in the region is Four Girls Mountain itself, reaching up to 6250m.
The area is known for it’s abundance of blooming flowers and alpine plants. Also, a lot of medicinal herbs can be found.
The Four Girls region is at the east end of the Tibetan cultural sphere. Many Tibetans live in this area for more than 1000 years.
The main living basis is pasturage and agriculture.
Note : Mount Steeple has another name as Hunter Peak. It is one of them in several Hunter Peak in the world like follows.
- Hunter Peak, Texas, United States
- Hunter Peak at the Kahiltna Glacier of Mount McKinley, Alaska, United States
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Getting ThereMount Steeple is located near Rilong town, Xiaojin County, Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture in Sichuan Province. In Rilong town you can find many hotels.
Beware that may 1st - 7th, and october 1st - 7th are a holiday in China, so the hotels are very crowded, they also change their rates.
Nearest major airport is in Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan Province. This is a 3 hours flight from Shanghai.
From Chengdu it's a 6 hours bus trip to Rilong town.
Steeple is in middle of the Shuangqiao-gou Valley. It takes 1.5 hour from Rilong Town to the base camp (around 3700m) by car. In Rilong Town, you can take taxi to the entry of the Twin Bridge Valley. The taxi fee is around $5. At the entry , pay the entry fee around $10. And change car from taxi to the shuttle bus, and go to the base. The bus fee is around $10.
There are several farmer's house around the base camp. You can ask farmer to stay their house. The fee is around $2 each night.
You can employs porters, but not horse. The porter's fee is around $15 each day.
You will have to find the climb route yourself. Because no one asent to the top yet.
Special gear needed to climb up to the top.
In summer season, usually not so many snow. But being a mountain there can always be unusual weather including snow fall.
In spring, fall and winter, the route is covered by snow and ice.
Red TapeYou pay the Management Bureau a entry fee (about $9) at the entrance gate in the Nature Reserve.
There are three valleys in the Nature Reserve. At the entrance gate which is in each valley, you pay the entry fee and other (like a camping fee).
At present, the climber who reaches the summit pays the Sichuan Mountaineering Association a mountaineering fee.
Please inquire to the office at the entrance gate or the following for the details.
The Sichuan Mountaineering Association "http://outdoors.www29.cn4e.com/sma/".
Sometimes, the rules changes. You should confirm them at the entrance gate or in the travel agency.
When To ClimbWinter is best.
CampingBefore building a tent, you notice this to the entrance gate and you'll have to pay a fee.
Mountain ConditionWill research into this soon, for now see the Nature Reserve website.
http://www.sgns.gov.cn/scholaweb/conts.htm (English)
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