Dagu Glacier in Western Sichuan: A Place with Thin Air but Abundant Faith

【Dagu Glacier】Aba, Sichuan, Elevation 4860m, 4A 🎬 Filming location of 'The Captain' 🗻【Fun Fact】Discovered by Japanese scientists via satellite in 1992, Dagu Glacier is considered the world's lowest-altitude, largest, and youngest glacier, as well as the closest glacier to a city. · 💰【Ticket Package】300 RMB includes everything (individual prices: entrance ticket 120 RMB ➕ sightseeing bus 70 RMB ➕ round-trip cable car 180 RMB). It's cheaper to buy through hotels or tour groups. You can rent astronaut suits and hire photographers at the summit. ⚠ Keep your ticket and ID safe; if lost, you need to repurchase. · 🚞 Ticket Check——Sightseeing Bus (1 hour, stops at scenic spots along the way)——Cable Car (15 minutes)——Glacier Viewing Platform 【Golden Monkey Lake】First stop, the frozen lake in winter is all white. You can walk and take photos by the lake. 🐒 Get off here to see monkeys at the 【Tibetan Macaque Viewing Area】. 【Log Colorful Forest Mountain】As shown in picture 8, the distant snow-capped mountain is the 4900m Loges Sacred Mountain. Tibetan people hold blessing ceremonies at the stone monument here. 【Red Army Bridge】A Long March relic, where the Red Army crossed the Changde Snow Mountain and Dagu Snow Mountain in the scenic area. 🚠 【Cable Car】There are food and warm items for sale at the cable car station, and you can get hot water. The cable car holds 8 people and quickly transports you from the coniferous forest to a polar-like environment. The interior of the cable car is also great for photos. 【Dagu Glacier】After getting off the cable car, you can access the indoor kiosk and the 9000-Year Promise Café ☕. 👉 The right exit leads to a viewing platform with an elevation monument, perfect for a 'been here' photo. 👈 The left exit leads to the national flag area, with no fence, suitable for full-body photos with a stunning snow-capped mountain background. If you have time and energy, you can walk further down to 【Tear Lake】, a moraine lake. In winter, the lake is covered with snow and appears white; in warmer weather, it turns blue. · 🧤【Must Bring】Gloves, scarf, hat, hand warmers, sunglasses (the sun and snow can be blinding), anti-slip shoe covers (very slippery, expect to fall a lot), oxygen bottles (around 30 RMB in the scenic area, provides 200 breaths, recommended to have one per person; use only if altitude sickness is severe, it alleviates but does not prevent it).