Hailuogou is a national 4A scenic spot, located in Luding County, Ganzi Prefecture, Sichuan Province, 53 kilometers away from Luding County and 298 kilometers away from Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan Province. Hailuogou is famous for its large-scale low-altitude modern glaciers, which are 14.7 km long and 6 km into the forest. The lowest point of the glacier is 2850 meters above sea level. It combines virgin forests, rare animals and plants, hot springs and waterfalls, forming a magnificent and unique landscape. It is the closest modern glacier to a big city and the most accessible glacier in the world.
There are 7 1 glaciers in Gongga Mountain Scenic Area, covering an area of 255 square kilometers. It is the largest marine glacier group in Hengduan Mountains and the eastern part of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Among them, the Great Ice Waterfall, located below the elevation of 4800-3720 m at the main peak of Gongga Mountain, is 1080M high and 500-100m wide, which is equivalent to 2 1 times that of Huangguoshu Waterfall. It is one of the few low-latitude and low-altitude glaciers found in the world, and it is also the largest glacier that can be seen all year round.
Glacier is a solid silver world, and the creator has created glacier wonders such as ice caves, ice mushrooms, ice towers and ice cracks. Glaciers are also called "green glaciers" because they extend from below the black pine forest to the virgin forest for 6KM. On the glacier, your hands are not cold and your feet are not stiff. You can float gravel on the ice and roam this mysterious silver world.
At the same time, it is also the "hometown of hot springs", where the water temperature is 40-60℃, and tourists can soak in hot springs at the small pier. The annual average temperature in Hailuogou is 10- 15℃, and the lowest temperature in winter is -2-5℃, which is known as "four seasons in one day, different days in ten miles".
Syracuse Hot Spring is a large-flow hot mineral spring with a daily flow of 8,900 tons. The hot springs are located at an altitude of 2600M, 1900M and 1500M, respectively, and the highest temperature at the outlet is 92 degrees.
Hailuogou virgin forest covers an area of more than 70 square kilometers, which is one of the areas with the oldest preserved and most primitive biological species in China. Various wild ornamental plants compete with each other to decorate Hailuogou into a colorful world. At the same time, Hailuogou is also the habitat of many rare animals in the world.