Oct.1st-5th Shangri-La | ​Life's First Snow Mountain: Haba Mount

# Oct.1st-8th National Holiday Tour #

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Haba snow mountain | Challenge life's first snow mountain of 5396 meters

Haba Snow Mount Forest National Park Hike @Suede

Life's first snow mountain

So let's start here!

Good accessibility and long climbing window period

Recognized  as an entry-level mountaineering site

Perfect and mature mountaineering service

The natural landscape is rich and shocking

Yunnan Shangri-La Haba Snow Mountain locates in the border area between Yunnan Lijiang and Shangri-La.

Tiger Leaping Gorge, a world-famous hiking resort, lies between two snow-capped mountains.

With an altitude of 5,396 meters, it is the only 5,000-meter snowy mountain in Yunnan province that is allowed to climb.

During our trip to Haba Snow Mountain, we will pass by villages, forests, meadows, alpine coniferous forests, rhododendron forests, giant rocks, snow slopes and other rich landscape, diverse and shocking scenery.

At the summit, you can also see Yulong Snow Mountain, Meili snow Mountain, Daocheng Yading, and three sacred mountains (Xian Nai Ri, Yang Mai Yong, Xano Doji).

Trip Overview

• Day0 Meet at Lijiang.  Live in hotel of Lijiang.        

• Day1 Lijiang - Tiger Leaping Gorge - Haba Village. Live in Haba Village

• Day2 Haba Village - Haba stronghold. Live in Haba stronghold.

• Day3 Haba stronghold - Rush to the hilltop - Haba Village.  Live in Haba Village

• Day4 Haba Village - Lijiang

FYI：In case of rain, traffic jam or any other unpredictable situations, CET reserves the rights to adjust the schedule.

Basic Tour Information

Activity place: Haba snow mountain

Activity date:2020 Group Tour Date

• Oct.1st-5th

• Oct.3rd-7th

• Arrive at Lijiang on Day0 and trip is over on Day4 around 15:00;

Gathering time and place

• Assembly day is a free activity, not a formal itinerary, please pay attention to personal and property safety during free activities.ssembly day is not covered by insurance.

• Report to the travel agency name + phone number to pick up the room at the gathering hotel(Lijiang hotel). The room fee has been paid, and the deposit is paid by yourself.

• For team members who share a room, customer service will exchange the phone number of the roomer.

• About tour departure: We will inform every team member of the gathering time and place, leader's phone number and other important information by text message between 18:00 and 21:00 the day before the activity. Please reply "confirm + name" after receiving the message.

Trip Fee: Accommodation +Ticket Meals +Transportation +Guide Equipment cost+Insurance

• Normal Price: 4580RMB/pax

• VIP Price: 4550RMB/pax (Buy CET VIP on our wechat offical Menu)

• Group Discount: 4480RMB/pax (if 3 or more than 3 ppl book together)

Participants: Min 2 (if less than 2 participants, this trip has to be cancelled)

Pay attention:

• Please wear your mask；

• Good health , no symptoms ;

Travel Advisor: Monica 18514204169 (English & Mandarin) If you have any question, please call us.

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Statement about the Trip Fee

What is includes in the cost?

• Accommodation: 2 nights in Haba Village and 1 night in the Haba stronghold;

• Ticket: Tiger Leaping Gorge ticket, mountain entry ticket, registration fee, environmental protection fee;

• Meals: 2 breakfasts and dinners in Haba Village and 1 breakfast and dinner in the Haba stronghold;

• Transportation: Round-trip fares from Lijiang to Haba Village;

• Guide: Full-time mountaineering cooperation guide fee; 

• Horse team: The shipping fees by horse teams including transferring food, equipment from Haba village to the Haba stronghold back and forth;

• Equipment cost: public equipment, technical equipment, fuel and other public equipment required by the activity;

• Insurance: Professional mountaineering insurance.

What is not included in the cost?

• The transportation cost from your departure position to Lijiang;

• Climbers need to pay a 1V1 cooperation tip of 200 yuan if you get to the mountain top;

• Taxes, personal riding expenses and other expenses not specified.

Special offer:

• Complimentary 1 night comfortable accommodation for Lijiang on assembly day (no complimentary on National Day 9.27-10.5);

• One climbing certificate or commemorative medal for climbing to the summit;

• Free for a mountaineering staff, mineral water one bottle, one disposable raincoat, a magic scarf;

• If you don't reach the top for the first time, you can take part in the activity 20% off the next time;

• For more than 3 group members, 100 yuan discount per person;

Single room difference: We will arrange Shared rooms under normal circumstances. If the actual situation does not allow, you should make up the difference between single rooms (please contact customer service for details).

Statement about the Refund

• If you cancel this trip more than 7 days before depature, we will fully refund

• If you cancel this trip within 7 days before depature, no refund.

About Insurance: Our trip leader will collect your insurance information 3 days before this trip happens, if you didn't fill the form when he collects the informations or gave the wrong information, it means you give up this trip's insurance and the accident compensation.

Full Itinerary Day by Day

Day0 Meet at Lijiang(Specific meeting location of  Day1 will be informed between 18:00 and 21:00 the day before the activity.)

Accommodation: Lijiang hotel

This day is your own time to explore Lijiang City.

Day1  Lijiang - Tiger Leaping Gorge - Haba Village

Accommodation: Haba Village

 Provide: dinner.

Meet at around seven after breakfast. Starting from Lijiang, we will go through Tiger Leaping Gorge (if the weather conditions permit, you can consider going  to The Tiger Leaping Gorge on foot)

In the afternoon we will arrive at Haba Village (altitude: 2650 meters) to rest, check equipment and carry out training for climbing skills.

After the guide understanding every team member's physical condition, explaining the next day's activity arrangements and exchanging views with each other, everyone moves freely.

Try to rest early in the evening, and the next day you will officially head for the Haba snow mountains.

Day2  Haba Village - Haba stronghold

Accommodation: Haba stronghold

Provide: breakfast and dinner.

Get up at 7:30am, and start from Haba village to Haba stronghold at 8:30(equipment will be transferred to Haba stronghold by horses).

Members with weak physical strength or the need to conserve physical strength can rent horses (at your own expense and take care of your safety).Then take a break to eat some food you prepared. After about six and a half hours we will reach the Haba snow mountain stronghold(elevation: 4100 meters)

Pack up the goods that equipment that should be taken the next day, rest early, and raise sufficient spirit.

Pay attention to keep warm at night in case of catch cold influcing the coming climbing plan.

Note:The altitude of the base camp is 4,100 meters, some team members may have slight altitude sickness, such as headache, chest tightness, or hard to breath, etc. At this time, we should try to avoid strenuous exercise, alcohol, tobacco, etc. Keep a good attitude, drink more water, eat properly, and soon you will overcome altitude sickness.

Day3  Haba stronghold - Rush to the hilltop - Haba Village

Accommodation: Haba Village

Provide: breakfast and dinner.

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Rush to hilltop time schedule:

Set out at 3:30;

At 5:30, we climbed two small hills and reached the big stone slab

Start to gravel section at 6 o 'clock;

7:00 enter the ice and snow zone;

8:00 put on crampons, about 4900 meters, and hit the despair slope;

Arrive at Moon Bay at 9:30;

10:00 Climb to the top, take photos as a souvenir;

At 11:30 the wind began to rise, and at that time, no matter where you were, you had to retreat.

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Get up at 3:00 am to pack up and check personal equipment.

Eat breakfast at 3:30, then follow the team to the summit at 4:00.

Please take photos at the summit as soon as possible after reaching the summit (normal time is between 9 and 10 o 'clock) Do not stay too long at the summit, and then descend to the base camp under the guidance .

After arriving at the Haba stronghold, we will take a short rest, pack the supplies on the horses, and retreat to Haba Village.

Pay attention: In the process of mountaineering, if you encounter a member who is physically weak, please inform the guide or team member in time, and the team member will take them back to the base camp;Today, physical exertion is great, and horses can be booked in advance to down the mountain (safety and expenses are self-care).

Day4  Haba Village -  Lijiang

Accommodation: None

Please Note: We suppose to arrive Lijiang at around 15:00 or 19:00, so pay attention when you book your back flight.

Today is the return day. If you are not in a hurry and have a unified opinion, you can go to Baishuitai Scenic Spot (the ticket is 30RMB and you can play by yourself), and the return time to Lijiang is 7pm;

If you are in a hurry, you can go back to Lijiang directly. You can get up at 9:00 am for breakfast, leave at about 10:00am, and arrive at Lijiang at about 15:00 PM to finish the Activity of Haba Snow Mountain.

Equipment specification

Clubs provide equipment:

Technical equipment: professional crampons, helmets, ice axes, safety belts, road ropes, alpenstock, power ropes;

Camping equipment: public tents (camping), mountain stoves, cooking pots, etc.

Communication and directional equipment: walkie-talkie, BC solar charging equipment;

Other equipment: blood oxygen monitoring equipment, portable oxygen cylinders.

Personal care equipment:

• Mauntaineering jackts and pants(Reference: Gore-Tex, EVENT, NOVADRY fabrics, windproof, waterproof, breathable, and wear-resistant), cashmere sweater (windproof, warm), sweat-absorbing underwear.

• Quick-dry pants (non-essential, pants and cuffs should be detachable, preferably for the trip to base camp);

• Down clothes and trousers (for staying at the summit and to keep out the cold at night at camp);

• A set of snow glasses (bring your own, or you can rent them. If you are short-sighted, please wear glasses with frames);

• A pair of gloves (bring or rent, warm and waterproof);

• A headlamp with battery only (self-provided or available for hire);

• High-top mountaineering shoes, light commuting shoes;

• Sleeping bag (temperature can be -10°C; if you have cleanliness or sleep afraid of cold, take one.)

• Backpacks (one 50L large bag or pack bag, and one 20L bag);

• A one-liter thermos cup (or 500ml+1 can of Red Bull +1 bottle of mineral water);

• Three meals on the road and one piece of dry food for a meal (Snickers bar, energy gel, raisins and beef jerky prefer)

Pay attention

• Please everyone makes the right assessment to determine whether you are fit for it. In principle, you need to provide public hospital check-up report before registration. Please let us know your actual situation before signing up. If you have to hide and cause consequences, you will take responsibility for it;

• Insurance instructions: all travel insurance is purchased in advance. In case of any accident, the team members shall pay the extra expenses by themselves.

• Personal belongings: Please take good care of your personal belongings during the ride, accommodation and travel, and bear any loss or damage by yourself.

• Instructions for leaving the tour in advance: the departure agreement shall be signed with the guide, and the travel agreement shall be terminated upon signing. All safety responsibilities and expenses after leaving the tour shall be borne by the individual;

• Presentation instructions: No participation, no refund.

• The specific time and place please refer to our guide to inform. 

• Risk description: as in plateau area we may encounter broke down and affect the itinerary, please prepare for visitors.

• If we meet special conditions, such as in the scenic spot of force majeure factors, policy changes (force majeure including but not limited to: travel to build roads, collapsed, road maintenance, fire, earthquake, floods and other natural disasters, transportation service, national policy or restrict the government behavior, riots or infectious diseases, such as social abnormal emergency destination caused by the team schedule change), we will change line arrangement or refund according to the actual situation, but cost overruns should be paid by the tourists themselves.

• Due to the reasons of the guests not using the car or room, fees are not refundable;

• Tour instructions: The club has the right to adjust the above itinerary without changing the visit content and scenic spots. Some areas have not been developed and some scenic spots have special characteristics.

• Objective conditions: The economic level along the route is relatively backward, the overall conditions are poor, the base camp has no power and no signal, and the natural conditions are harsh, so participants are requested to make psychological preparations in advance;

• Disclaimer: Participants of the activity are healthy adults with full civil capacity, who clearly understand the detailed rules and know the risks of mountaineering activities. They can participate in the activity only after being notified and with the consent of their families.

• If members have danger, the organizer and the players will provide assistance under the precondition of not to endanger the safety of their own. Organization only assist the rescue activiyies, but does not assume any liability to pay compensation.

• Different from the traditional tour group, travel activities of the club belongs to outdoor travel. No forced shopping, no nanny service. We should have a good spirit of love and help each other. 
  

• After-sales service: participants should clearly understand the mountaineering activities for outdoor sports: the staff will assist you to complete the activities as much as possible, but in principle,we don't accept the service after the event.

• As the initiator of the activity, we have the right to use all photos, videos and other materials during the travel activity.

Pay Attention

All participants in this outdoor activity should fully learn about the following terms:

• There are risks and uncertainties in outdoor activities!Participants shall be citizens over 18 years old (minors shall be under the guardianship of legal guardians)with civil autonomy ,in good health, aware of the uncertainty and danger of the activities they participate in and fully understanding the concept of outdoor activities (self-expense, self-responsibility and self-risk).

• Participants are required to determine the intensity of the activity by themselves, and have sufficient psychological and physiological capacity for all unforeseen accidents and risks during the journey from departure to return. 

• Participation in the activity is purely voluntary.If anything should happen, it would have nothing to do with other participants or the organizer.Participants are advised to purchase relevant insurance.

• Statement of Responsibility: This activity is a non-profit self-help tour with some risks. Participants must be responsible for their own safety.This statement will take effect automatically after the event begins and indicates that you accept this statement. Otherwise, please withdraw from the event before the event begins.

•  Disclaimer: This outdoor activity is self-help travel activity. In case of physical injury caused by unpredictable factors such as accidents and acute diseases, other members shall try their best to help, but other members shall not bear any (mental and economic) responsibility if irreversible permanent damage is caused.

• Any member of the team will take part in the rescue activities in line with the principle of "try your best to rescue under the condition of ability and take risks by yourself".

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