Wugong Mountain Ridge

A ridge walk over the grassland of Wugong Shan, unusual in southern China: instead of forest the tops carry open alpine meadow for tens of kilometres, and the cloud sits below the ridge at dawn. The traverse runs from Longshan village over Fayunjie and the Golden Summit and down to Shenzi village. [Route details] Start: 龙山村 Longshan · End: 沈子村 Shenzi 26.2 km · 551 m to 1,880 m at the Golden Summit Usually two days, camping on the meadow [Along the way] - 发云界 5.1 km · 绝望坡 10.1 km — the climb the name means - 好汉坡 14.1 km · 金顶 Golden Summit 15.4 km [Good to know] - The meadow is exposed and the weather turns fast; the ridge is where people camp for the sunrise and the cloud sea. - A cable car reaches the Golden Summit from the north, which is how most day visitors arrive. - Elevation is sampled from a terrain model, not recorded on the ground.