This is the classic way of doing Dafeng Summit Trek. From the beginning when people started to go to Dafeng, they did it in 5 days with proper acclimating and the chance to make the summit is very high. It takes longer time and costs more money but provides a much higher chance of summiting. Please see below details of the plan of 4/5 days dafeng trekking.
Day 01 Mount Siguniang Town - Laoniu Yuanzi (Laoniu Hut)
Start your Dafeng Expedition from the base of Mt. Siguniang at Rilong to Laoniu Yuanzi, which is the yak ranch in Haizi Valley. Total walking for about 11km from 3000 meters to 3700 meters. This is your first acclimatization day walking before making summit to Dafeng. You will be walking on horse trails in the forest and camp at Laoniu Yuanzi. Overnight at 3700m.
Day 02 Laoniu Yuanzi – Huahaizi Lake - Laoniu Yuanzi
Today is your second day of acclimatization walking. You will start from your campsite and walk to Huahaizi Lake which is about 4 km away from Laoniu Yuanzi. Walk around the lake and depends on your fitness and your acclimatization, you can choose to walk further into the valley to go higher and to see more views. After worth walk back to Laoniu Yuanzi to your campsite and stay there for overnight. Overnight at 3700m.
Day 03 Laoniu Yuanzi – Dafeng Base Camp
Today you will walk from Laoniu Yuanzi at 3700 meters to Dafeng Base Camp at 4300 meters above sea level. The walking is very strenuous. It is all the way going up wards but it is about 6km in total. The elevation at Dafeng Base Camp is about 4300 meters. Be careful of warm keeping and dehydration as this is the critical day before your summit. Overnight camping at base camp at 4300m.
Day 04 Dafeng Base Camp – Dafeng Summit – Laoniu Yuanzi
Today you can either start early in the morning before 4 am to try catching the sunrise by the summit of Dafeng, or you can start at a normal time and walk to the summit of Dafeng. It normally takes about 4-5 hours to reach the summit. If the weather is good, you will have wonderful views of the peaks of Mount Siguniang. Dafeng is measured as 5000 meters’ tall and it is one of the four sisters of Siguniang. Walk back to your base camp and continue to Laoniu Yuanzi and overnight camping at 3700m. Total walking 12km and 7 to 8 hours.
Day 05 Laoniu Yuanzi - Rilong
Today you will walk back to the town of Rilong from Laoniu Yuanzi. It is a leisure and easy day after your summit. This part of walking is around 10km and if you don't wish to spend another night in the mountain and want to have some nice shower, etc, you can start early the former day and go back to Rilong directly from the summit instead of having one more night at Laoniu Yuanzi.
This plan involves camping for several nights. If you are used to camping this should be no problem. Each day's walking is at a reasonable distance and pace. The altitude gain and loss are more equally distributed to each day before summiting. All you need to do is to stay warm and healthy. The time provided before the hiking is long enough for proper acclimating for most people.
Please read a sample tour we provide here>>.
Route: Chengdu - Mount Siguniang
Route: Chengdu - Mount Siguniang
Route: Chengdu - Mount Siguniang
