Jade Dragon Snow Mountain

The Chinese name, Yùlóng Xuěshān, translates directly as Jade Dragon Snow Mountain; it is sometimes translated as Mount Yulong or Yulong Snow Mountain. The mountain's Naxi name is Mount Satseto. ==Geography==

The Jade Dragon Snow Mountain massif forms the bulk of the larger Yulong Mountains, that stretch further north. The northwestern flank of the massif forms one side of the Tiger Leaping Gorge (Hǔtiào Xiá, 虎跳峡), which has a popular trekking route on the other side. In this gorge, the Jinsha (upper Yangtze) River descends dramatically between Jade Dragon and Haba Snow Mountain. The Yulong Mountains lie to the south of the Yun Range and are part of Southwest China's greater Hengduan Mountains. Settlements surrounding Jade Dragon Snow Mountain include Baisha Town to the south, Longpan Township to the west, Daju Township to the northeast, and Jade Water Village at the foot of the mountain to the east. ==Exploration history==

Marie Byles, the Australian lawyer, feminist, conservationist, and mountaineer, led an expedition to the mountain in 1938 accompanied by five others who included Dora de Beer, Mick Bowie and Marjorie Edgar-Jones. They failed to reach the summit due to bad weather. Byles was bitterly disappointed by this failure, and she subsequently became a Buddhist. Shanzidou has been climbed only once, on May 8, 1987, by an American expedition. The summit team comprised Phil Peralta-Ramos and Eric Perlman. They climbed snow gullies and limestone headwalls and encountered high avalanche danger and sparse opportunities for protection. They rated the maximum technical difficulty of the rock at YDS 5.7. and later, retitled, in his essay collection What Am I Doing Here?. Chatwin's article inspired many subsequent travellers, including Michael Palin, to visit the region. ==Tourism==

The view of the massif from the gardens at the Black Dragon Pool (Heilong Tan) in Lijiang is noted as one of China's finest views. The mountain is part of Yulong Snow Mountain National Scenic Area and National Geological Park, an AAAAA-classified scenic area. The Park operates a tourist cable car that climbs to an observation platform at an elevation of , and there is also another higher observation platform, one of the highest in the world, at an elevation of for close views of the snow peak. Due to the extremely high elevation, many people become oxygen starved and carry cans of compressed oxygen to help. Some have criticized the cable for accelerating the melting of the snow and reducing the water retention by the mountain.. The mountain was featured on Episode 4 of The Amazing Race 18. File:1 yulong xueshan yak 2012.jpg|Yak and cascading pools with the mountain in the background File:Lijiang Yunnan China-View-of-Jade-Dragon-Mountain-01.jpg|View of Jade Dragon Mountain File:玉龙雪山瀑布.JPG|Yulong Snow Mountain Waterfall File:1 yulong xueshan 2012.jpg|Glacier on top of the mountain File:Lijiang Yunnan Black-Dragon-Pool-01.jpg|Yunnan Black-Dragon-Pool File:Jade Dragon Snow Mountain 20260221-10.jpg|Xuehua Temple ==See also==