It is also a major pass on the Qinghai-Tibet Highway. The Kunlun Pass has a towering terrain, cold and humid climate, thin air, unique ecological environment, and spectacular natural scenery. There are rolling mountains, abrupt snowy peaks, and vast grassland. Although the permafrost of the Kunlun Pass does not melt all year round, the meadows on the surface of the permafrost are full of green pastures.
Every summer season, the grass is full of bright and dazzling wildflowers, which is really beautiful. Kunlun Bridge is also known as a one-step natural risk bridge. Located at the foot of Kunlun Mountains, in the south of Golmud, about 50 kilometers away from Golmud city, it is a major danger on Qinghai-Tibet Highway.
The total length is only over 4 meters, and it is a reinforced concrete bridge. The magnificence of Kunlun Bridge is not in the bridge itself, but in the rock cliffs and deep streams under the bridge. You can choose to arrive in Xining by plane or train. Then take the train to Golmud.
Kunlun Mountain Pass is about kilometers away from Golmud and it takes about 3. Sign up for our newsletter below. It's a great way to stay in touch with us and receive great news when we have them ready for you.
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It's almost a km of uninhabitated wasteland, without roads to deal with and rivers, mud, sand and mountain ranges will deter even the most intrepid expedition. Those who're willing to risk it also have to think about other security considerations.
If stuck out there, the time for a rescue team to reach you if they can at all may be weeks. There's no way to get help from a helicopter as in for example The Himalayas. Most of the Kunlun recieves very little precipitation. The exception is the western end, where peaks like Muztagh Ata and Kongur are located. For those peaks and all the ones close by, the summer season is the best and the peak is July-August. For the rest of the range, late fall is the preferred time of the year. That's when the late summer rains have ended and before it's too cold.
Mud and flooding are the main reasons why the warmest period is a no-go option. There's also a short period in the spring when it's possible go reach the targets.
That's after winter's melt-off and before the rains start. It's possible to go in the winter, but intense cold makes it really hard and sudden blizzards can block the routes up to the mountains. If you approach from the north, the only option is to go from late fall to early spring. Mud will stop all access at other times. Count on dealing with intense cold. Normal Chinese peak fees are applied for all the peaks in the Kunlun Shan.
The permit can be split between 12 people officially and usually it's not hard to make a deal and include more climbers on one permit. If the peak is unclimbed, higher rates are applied. The peak fee is not the expensive part though. The transport and the rest of the support is. Organizing a climb to the southern side will take an astronomical budget and may not be possible at all as the permits to go through the protected wildlife preserves can be very hard to get.
Arriving from the north can be a quite cheap option, but only if the authorities agree on making it a light weight expedition. Demands on having a liaison officer, cooks, porters, lots of vehicles etc. The price list for peaks in The Xinjiang Province is officially as follows below. It's not corresponding completely to the fees given by the national organization and I must admit I'm not sure which rules apply in certain cases.
Look at the given prices as approximations. Our plan was to cross the whole of the Chang Tang and we wanted a "warm-up". We were told we could go over the old trade route pass at Kerriya. No problem, the person said, you can cycle all the way over the Kunluns. It was much tougher than we could ever had imagined and we actually had some very close calls on the way. After this trip we were way to wasted to go for the Chang Tang traverse.
On the expedition were three summitpost members. Nadios, Martin Adserballe and I. Martin's site - Introduction. Martin's site - A photo story. My site - Over the Kunlun. Children refers to the set of objects that logically fall under a given object. Parents refers to a larger category under which an object falls. For example, theAconcagua mountain page has the 'Aconcagua Group' and the 'Seven Summits' asparents and is a parent itself to many routes, photos, and Trip Reports.
Toggle navigation. China, Asia. Kunlun Shan. Save Add photos See all photos. Log in to vote. Quotes Sunset over Kunlun. Part of Kunlun seen from m. Muztagh Ata, m, the second highest peak in Kunlun.
Yuzhu Feng, the highest in the SE. Early morning on Koskulak's NW ridge. Kalaxong west ridge. The vast plains of the southern side. Access from the south. View from Karakol Lake. Table of Contents. Children Children Children refers to the set of objects that logically fall under a given object.
View all on Map. Muztagh Ata. Ulugh Muztagh. Zangser Kangri. Jiao Feng. Toze Kangri. Yuzhu Feng. Toze Pyramid. Skiing Muztagh Ata, China. Most of the terrain is occupied by rock deserts and willow thickets are found near the watercourses.
Some of the animals that are found here include Tibetan gazelle, Tibetan goat antelope, wild asses, brown bears, wolves, wild yaks, argali sheep, Ladakh urials, blue sheep, ibex, etc. Several waterfowls visit the lakes during the migration season. The Kunlun Mountains were believed to be the residing place of Xiwangmu — the revered goddess of the Taoist people according to the Chinese Mythology.
The Kunlun Mountains have also been mentioned in several Chinese folk legends. Early British explorers tried to reach the western end of the Kunlun Mountain range but failed. During the end of the 19 th century, the Swede explorers Sven Anders Hedin and others were quite successful in reaching the western part of the Kunlun Mountains. In the later years, several other explorations focused on the adaptability of the ethnic groups to the sparse high-altitude environment of the Kunlun Mountain range.
From onwards, an international research cooperation was started between the Chinese and the French and American teams for studying the tectonic movements along the Altun Fault System as well as the geological evolution of the Kunlun Mountains.
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