Death Hiking Guide

(🔺3050m) Start to reach the God Lake (🔺4400m), then climb up 🔝500m to reach the Cuka Ridge (🔺4900m), see the Goddess Peak and the Five Crown Peak. The whole journey is 13km round trip, with an altitude climb of about 🔝1850m. Hiking Difficulty: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️, advanced route, the most difficult route in Yubeng. ℹ️⚠️ Not recommended for hiking beginners. ❗️You can go to God Lake without a guide, the track is obvious. ℹ️But for God Lake plus, it is recommended to hire a guide, one is that the plus section is more dangerous, and the other is that it is safer to have a guide when there is snow or rain on the mountain. 🔶Transportation🔶 1⃣ Shangri-La—Ni Nong—Lower Yubeng Village➡️See the previous guide—Reverse through Yubeng; 2⃣Lijiang or Shangri-La—Xi Dang—Lower Yubeng Village➡️ Direct or transfer to Lijiang from all over the place, after arriving in Lijiang, share a car to Xi Dang (270 yuan/person), takes 6h✔️Direct or transfer to Shangri-La from all over the place, then share a car to Xi Dang (120 yuan/person), takes 4h✔️After arriving in Xi Dang, buy a 55 yuan ticket. 🔺How to enter the village🔺↘️Hiking. (The whole journey is about 13km, takes 5-7h, cross the Nan Zheng Pass, climb 1000m, descend 550m.) ↘️Take an off-road vehicle, to Upper Yubeng (200 yuan/person), to Lower Yubeng (260 yuan/person). 🔶Equipment List🔶 Backpack (15L—20L), hiking shoes, quick-drying clothes, storm jacket (bright color, for taking photos), fleece hat, warm gloves, headlamp, hiking stick, knee pads (steep slope, used for downhill), sunglasses, snow cover, simple ice claws, 2L water, one meal on the road, 500ml thermos cup of hot water (remember to bring), energy gel. 🔶God Lake Route Introduction🔶 1⃣ Start from Lower Yubeng Village at 8 am and walk the God Lake plus line. At the beginning, it is a long-distance climb, the track is clear, you can feel the change of different vegetation, you will pass through a large bamboo forest, the whole journey is a dirt road. 2⃣Arrive at the crosscut section at 11 o'clock, the gentle path on the hillside, about 1 kilometer, you can see a large rhododendron forest. 3⃣After this section, enter the snow line, the snow starts to get thicker, there is a small section of gravel road, cross two passes to reach God Lake. 4⃣After a rest, walk the plus section from the left and right sides, both sides have routes. ℹ️If you are an old donkey, you can follow the two-step track. If you are a beginner, you need to hire a guide. I think both sides can be called the God Lake plus section, the left section is more dangerous, the right section is more gentle in the climbing process. We walked on both sides, I walked on the left route. It is recommended to bring knee pads for downhill, the downhill is enough to abuse, protect the knees.