Mount Gongga [Photo/icpress]

2. Mount Gongga (Sichuan)

Mount Gongga, also known as Minya Konka, is the highest mountain in Sichuan province. It is also known to locals as "The King of Sichuan Mountains.” Situated in the Daxue Shan mountain range, between the Dadu River and Yalong River, part of the Hengduan mountainous region, Mount Gongga is the easternmost 7,000 meters (23,000 ft) peak in the world and the third highest peak outside of the Himalaya/Karakoram, after Tirich Mir and Kongur Tagh. The peak has a large vertical relief over the deep nearby gorges.

Best travel time: snows fall in later October and will melt in March

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