Orange Autumn Grassland Seen in Gedilamu

Gedilamu (4,100m) is a highland located south of Tagong Grassland. To the east, a valley of grassland was seen. To the south and southeast, rolling mountains all the way to the horizon, were observed. Snow mountains could be seen at the horizon. During autumn (2024), orange grasslands were seen here and from here.
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The valley to the east had wide expanse of orange grassland, with patches of yellow, red, brown and green vegetation at the bottom of the valley, with belts of roads and rivers. These rolling mountains were mainly of red and brown.

From Gedilamu, three major snow mountains can be seen, however during my visit, two had shyly covered up behind thick cloud layers. These two are the Yala Snow Mountain (northeast) and Qingrao Holy Mountain (east northeast). At the southeast horizon, were snow-covered mountain peaks of the great Gongga Mountain. Excitedly, Gongga Mountain was not covered up by clouds, the highest peaks were seen slightly poking into the clouds above.

Combination of the grassland here, with valley and/or rolling mountains seen from here, and snow mountains of afar, is what made Gedilamu so pretty, and a desirable location for zoom-in portrait photography and landscape photography.

Gedilamu is often included as one of the destinations in Daocheng Yading tours. It is also one of the attractions found in the vicinity of Xinduqiao municipal, notably the one which is found south of Tagong Grassland and north northeast of Yuzixi. Yuzixi is only a short distance away, thus both Gedilamu and Yuzixi are often visited one after another. A stretch of road before the attraction was non-paved, very bumpy and windy, so a bit of adventure was needed to reach here.

Post by Mikewen | Jan 1, 2025