The stages of the big Kora
stage 5 | stage
7 |
Stage 6: Chinatong bridge (2500 m) across Nogtong La (3670 m) down to the village Aben (2273 m)
7.5 hours, 1150 meters ascending, 1400 meters descending
The fist four hours of ascent are very dry - no water available until a spring is reached after a 1100 m ascent to about 3500m.
Viewpoint with prayer flags. . |
Dry and hot. Ascent through oak forest. |
Panorama-trail. Almost at the spring at 3500m. |
View
of the 6000+ m peaks of the Kawa Karpo range.
Rhododendron. |
Rhododendron. |
Rhododendron. |
Pine forest with Rhododendron. |
View downhill in the pine forest. |
A bit of forestry with simple means. |
Terrace fields just before Aben in a thunderstorm. . |
The village Aben. . . |
Camp 6, 2270m under a roof of a public building in Aben. |
stage 5 | stage
7 |
Basic Information:
Logistic starting point for the trek around Kawa Karpo is the town Deqen in northern Yunnan Province.
The actual trekking stages for us were as follows:Stage 1: Yadza - QuXia
Stage 2: QuXia - YongXiTong
Stage 3: YongXiTong - DuoKa La
Stage 4: DuoKaLa - Camp4
Stage 5: Camp4 - Chinatong
Stage 6: Chinatong - Aben
Stage 7: Aben - Chuju
Stage 8: Chuju - Zathong
Stage 9: Zathong - Gebu
Stage 10: Gebu - Camp10
Stage 11: Camp10 - Laide
Stage 12: Laide - Donthon
Stage 13: Donthon - Meilixi