Meili Snowy Mountain is also called the prince of snowy mountains. It is between the Nujiang River and the Lancang River of the Hengduan Mountains, which is 10 kilometres away from the northeast of Deqin County, Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Yunnan Province. There are thirteen peaks over 6,000 metres in the Meili Snowy Mountain. They are called the thirteen princess peaks. The Main peak is Kawagebo and is 6,740 metres high. It is the highest peak in Yunnan. The shape of the Kawagebo peak is like a pyramid. The clouds around the peak seem to cover a mysterious veil over the mountain. The Kawagebo Peak is regarded as the god of snowy mountains and it is one of the eight sacred peaks in the Tibetan area. Some American scholars visited it in the 1930s and praised it as the most beautiful peak in the world.
The mountain is firstly called Meili Snowy Mountain in the book Yunnan written by a French author Majier Davis in 1908. Actually in the book the Meili Snowy Mountain is not referred to as the thirteen peaks, but as a small hill in the north of the peaks. That’s because there is a village on the small hill called Meili Water, which has the same name as the Meili Snowy Mountain. However in the 1960s, there was a survey team that arrived in Deqin County. They misunderstood the local villagers and recorded thirteen princess peaks as the Meili Snowy Mountain. That’s how the Meili Snowy Mountain got its name.
Meili Snowy Mountain attractions
Meili Snowy Mountain story
The magnificence of the Kawagebo Peak attracts numerous travellers. They come and climb the mountain to admire the natural beauty and sacred atmosphere of Tibetan Buddhism. However all the previous climbs to the peaks have ended in failure. Thus the Meili Snowy Mountain is still a place where no one has ever conquered.
The Sino-Japanese joint climbing team tried to climb the main peak in 1991. When they got to about 6400 metres high, they met bad weather. They could only descend and planned to get to the top of the peak the next day. However after team members had their last voice communication, there was a big avalanche. The avalanche killed everybody. Now, there are letters written by the local Tibetan people in hotels and temples around the Meili Snowy Mountain that suggest visitors stopped trying to climb the Meili Mountain, because it was too dangerous.
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