Yulong Xueshan

Yulong Xueshan
Highest peak	Shanzidou ( 5596 m )
location	Yunnan ( PR China )
Coordinates	27 ° 6 ′ N , 100 ° 11 ′ E Coordinates: 27 ° 6 ′ N , 100 ° 11 ′ E

The Yulong Xueshan ( Chinese 玉龍雪山 / 玉龙雪山 , Pinyin Yùlóng Xuěshān - " Jade Dragon Snow Mountains ") is a mountain range not far from Lijiang in the northwest of the Yunnan Province in the People's Republic of China .

The highest peak is the 5596 m high Shanzidou ( Chinese 扇子陡 , Pinyin Shànzidǒu ). One side of the massif forms one edge of the Tiger Jump Gorge (虎跳峽 / 虎跳峡).

The Shanzidou has only been climbed once on May 8, 1987 by an American expedition.

Individual evidence

↑ Tamotsu Nakamura: East of the Himalaya . In: American Alpine Journal , 2003, p. 146.
↑ Eric S. Perlman: Yulong Shan . In: American Alpine Journal , 1988, p. 265.