Climbing the Mt SiGuNiang (4 Sisters), ErFeng (2nd Peak)
Climbing in China has been bee in my list of mountains to climb and i was introduced to it by a friend who organize a climb trip there. It was a totally different experiences and made an impression for me after our 1st climb to the big sister of Dafeng, and a partial climb to the 2nd sister peak of Erfeng. Some logistical miscommunication on Erfeng that made the initially climb unfinished and so after 1 year after my first visit to the mountain, I was back again to take on Mt Erfeng (5276m) on Nov-2018 and succeeded in getting to the summit of Erfeng. There was also a half hearted attempt to redo Dafeng since we are in the area but had to abort the climb near the windy saddle of the Dafeng trail with just 300m to the summit due to saftey reason for a team member. In totality, I managed to summit Dafeng back in end Oct-2017, half attempt on Erfeng back then; and summit Efeng last year during end Nov-2018. And that completes my 2 mountain peaks of the Mt SiguNiang. Maybe in near future will consider trying the 3rd sister peak if SanFeng which is more technical and difficult than the DaFeng and Erfeng.
The difference between the climbs back last year and the one i had last month. It was much older due to the winter season setting in with average morning temperature at the base camp reaching minus 4 degree celsius. It was cold indeed and sleeping in tents wasn’t easy too, but the guides arrange for enough of insulation for us like low temperature sleeping bags and additional fleece lining for us. It was still cold but to top that with my personal gear of extra thermal lining and insulated air mattress, it was warm and comfy. It was my first experience sleeping in tents in such cold temperature and it was quite an adventurous experience. Both climbs has much snow near the summit and for the climb last month, as you can see from the pictures, there were much more snow and to some team memebers, it was their first snow experience and snow climb as well. I would say Mt SIguNiang is a good place to get your 1st snow climb experience. There isn’t much danger, no glacier, no deep crevasses below snow and ice; just pure snow covered fields and rock paths. Just make sure one gets responsible and good guides as that may determine your overall experience in doing this climb.
We had to thank the climbing activity cordinator, cum owner of the hostel at the mountain town of Rilong for arranging all the logistics and bundled as a single package for us, picking us up from airport to Chengdu, from Chengdu to the mountain town of Rilong, arranging the guides and climb schedule and getting us back safely from the mountain peaks back to Rilong town and subsequently back to the Sichuan city of Chengdu.
Do drop me a note on contacting this friendly, responsible and wonderful person to help you realised you need to climb Mt SiguNiang. It is technically not a difficult mountain to climb, just need to be physically trained up and getting used to the high altitude. Acclimatisation is important and for the 2 climbs, all went well and I will be happy to share the needed precautions when preparing for the climb.
Travel Itinerary
Day 1: Flight out from Singapore to Chengdu, one night stay at Chengdu City.
Day 2: Morning pickup from Chengdu to SiGuNiangShan town (formerly called Rilong Town), 5hrs on the road.
Day 3: Acclimatisation at Rilong Town, visiting nearby attraction of ChangPing Valley
Day 4: Begin the climb from Riling town of approx 3200 m to Erfeng Base camp at 4200m.
Day 5: Begin morning summit to Erfeng at 5267 m. Descend back to base camp and proceed to Dafeng base camp to rest
Day 6: Begin morning summit to Dafeng at 5025 m. Return to base camp and return to Riling Town.
Day 7: Depart Rilong town for Chengdu city
Day 8: Flight out for home.
(One can extend to visit regional attractions near Chengdu, E,g, the Leshan Big Buddha, Mt ErMe which can be arrange as a day trip out of Chengdu)
Day 1~ Day 2
These 2 days were purely on travelling and getting from Singapore to the Rilong town. Don’t mind me using the former name of Rilong town over SIGuNiangShan town. We landed at ShuangLiu Airport around 10:20 pm , met up our arranged pickup drivers to bring us from the airport to the city area of Chengdu. It cost about 150 yuan per car and with 2 cars it cost us 300 yuan. One can choose the taxi and joined the queue and it cost much lesser. We took taxi from the city to the airport for our return trip and it cost around 60 yuan. It was preference for convenience over cost when we landed at the airport. On Day 2, our local driver from the Rilong town came to pick us up from our hotel at the shopping district of Chunxi for the 5 hours drive to the mountain town of Rilong. We arrived at Rilong town around 2:30 pm, departing from Chengdu around 9 am.
The 4 Sister Peaks 
日月山庄 
Checking my oxygen level
We had a filing late lunch at a local restuarnat shop at Rilong. It was the same shop that i patronized last year, found their food to be good and cheap and just brought the new team there for late lunch. The rest if the day was just lazing around and begining our acclimization.
Late lunch 
Our lunch place
Day 3: Full Day of Acclimization and Sightseeing
Today is the day that we just laze around the town of Rilong to get some acclimatisation done. The town of Rilong itself is about 3100 m in altitude and served as a good base to get acclimatised esp for folks like us who live most of our lives at sea level. We had a simple breakfast within our hostel. The place where we stayed was called RiYueShangZhuang (日月山莊). It is a hostel with rooms that has in-room toilet, all of which what a simple hotel has. The day’s activity was to visit the scenic valley of ChangPing Valley (长坪沟) which is a short bus ride from the town of Rilong. There is a visitor centre right at the Rilong town that sells tickets to visit the Chang Ping Valley. The price of the ticket covers the short bus ride (2 way) and the entrance into the valley park area.
Rilong Visitor Centre 
ChangPing Valley Entrance
To save some time for the next day trek, we did out permits and entrance tickets for the next day climb on this day so that the next day we could just proceed from our hostel and didn’t have to make the walk there to get the permits. The office of the Chang Ping Valley ticket office and the trekking permit office is just next to each other across an open space event area. Getting permits requires all climbers with the guide to be on site, passports for foreigners has to be scanned and tickets with our names printed for the next day climb. It took about 10 mins to get everything sorted. After that we proceeded to get the Chang Ping Valley tickets for our day of lazy sightseeing.
It cost 90 yuan for the bus rides and the Chang Ping Valley entrance . Since it was the off peak and quiet season already, there weren’t much visitors and so we boarded the mini bus instead of the big coaches that I had taken the year before where it was the shoulder period for tourists.
It was a quick bus ride of about 5 min to get from the visitor centre carpark to the park entrance of ChangPing Valley. The entrance is at a much higher altitude than the Rilong town. Couldn’t remember the exact altitude but it was roughly about few hundred meter gain. If I am not wrong should be around 3500 m. Since it was a lull period and cold, it was just a 12 seater kind of minibus. At the entrance, there is a open area to the right which is a good spot to take pictures of the 4 sister mountain peaks, and group photos as well. Before entering, for the season we were there, need to surrender any cigarette lighter. Maybe it was the winter dry season and the park rangers would not like a fire to break out. The post was manned by some soldiers and one of the group leader just need to go in and sign in for the group. Maybe to track the number of people going into the park and not getting lost or not coming back out from the same entrance. I noticed when we took the bus ride back to town, they count the number of people exiting the bus at the bus terminal at Rilong town.
The ChangPing Valley scenic park is one that caters for casual tourists. It offer very well maintained boardwalk for visitors, with nature blend in rubbish bin along the walking path. On and off you could see cleaners sweeping clean the boardwalk of leaves and maintaining the entire place clean. To me for a person who does hiking at trekking over 3000 m, to see cleaners sweeping the area at 3000 m kind of brings my mind to the perception that we were not at over 3000 m.
4th Peak 
Tibetan Monastery
喇嘛寺
The path from the gate entrance to the boardwalk that takes you deeper into the valley park passes by a golden roof monastery of Tibetan nature. This monastery offer a good photography candidate. With good weather, you will have blue skies with the backdrop of the snow capped mountain peaks.
喇嘛寺
Entering the monastery is free, just respect the rules by removing any headgear or sun-shades that you have. In a clockwise direction, you can start from the left and walk around the inner walkway in a semi circular manner to spin the Tibetan prayer wheels. There are instructions on the wall in English to advise visitors how to do it right. Usually there will be a caretaker to guide visitors how to visit the monastery and which way to walk. It was said that the spinning of the prayer wheels allow one to receive positive energy and to gain karma merits. After completing the spinning of the wheels, the caretaker would direct us to enter the interior of the monastery. One can walk into the interior of the designated path and inside the small area open to public, there are candle lamps which the monastery guide may ask if you wish to leave a candle lamp for prayers for families or self to be blessed and protected. The size of the candle lamps determines how much will it cost. If you are not a strong believer or of different religious faith, it is okay to say no and be firm on your decision. They may be a little hard sell but looking from a operational perspective, they need funds to keep the place running and pay the salary of the people there. It is okay to make small donations, but if you want to light the prayer lamps, the minimum i last recall is 100 yuan. Why do i know that? I bought a prayer lamp to be placed there for the short period a year ago in Oct-2017.
Leaving the monastery and turning to the left side of the building entrance you will see the starting point of the boardwalk that will lead you deeper into the valley of Chang Ping.
The boardwalk is suitable for children and families, just that the walk can be tiring for some as there is much stairs to overcome although there are resting stops along the way. Don’t worry about getting lost, the exit of the park is the same as the entrance where the bus will be waiting at intervals to take tourists back to Rilong town.
The boardwalk has an up and down altitude different of about 200 m, so be prepared to have some light exercise. There are only a few main points to visit only. One is the Wormy Waterfall ( which i translated from the Chinese name of 虫虫瀑布). Why it is called wormy is because the waterfall only has a few narrow lines of water coming down from the mountain wall. It does really some strong leg work to get to the viewing platform to see the waterfall in the closest you can get. I did that last year and did not attempt to make climb up the long flight of stairs for it. Besides, it was winter already and many of the water paths were frozen and could see some paths still have water coming down. From the waterfall base area which is a rest area with nearby toilets, tourist can continued deeper into the Chang-ping valley to a place with a wide open pool area. This is the part which most tourist ends their visit to the area. There are usually peddlers selling snacks and instant noodles which they will prepare for you. You can enjoy your light meal here overlooking the pool with the dead fallen trees with view of the 4th peak of the 4 Sister Mountain.
In Oct-2017, we ventured further another 1.5 hrs deeper which no longer has the boardwalk and were actually doing some light forest trekking, The path is meant for those wanting to climb the 3rd peak of the 4 sister which will bring the climbers to the trail head for the climb to the 3rd peak base camp. It was way to tiring last year when we made out way and later have to do the hike all the way back to the entrance. In total the walk to and fro could be in range of 14 km. So this year for us, we just stopped at the fallen trees pool area and made our way back.
One can follow hire horses or pony to ferry themselves from the dead pool area back to the entrance for a fee. The same can be done from the entrance to the dead pool area. Distance will determine the cost of the ride. Couldn’t remember the cost as last year we did ask just for fun. I think it was in range of around 100 – 150 yuan.
Heading back 
Back at the visitor centre
For our group we were back at the entrance around 2:30 pm, feeling hungry and wanting to get back to town fast to have our late lunch at the Rilong town centre. It was the same restaurant that we had our meal the day before. Well, not to say we didn’t want to try others, but just too hungry to be adventurous for other choices. And that wrapped up the day of activities. It was an earlier rest day for everyone to prepare for the next day climb.
Day 4: The Climb Begins
Today marked the 1st day of our 3 day climb to the peaks of Dafeng and Erfeng. As we had done all the permits paperwork, it was a get ready go from the hostel lobby. The guide came earlier to pack our duffel bags into gunny sacks to be strapped onto the ponies to be brought up to the base camps. They will be travelling on the same path as us but they would start later than us as they would easily catch up to us and arrive much earlier than us to the base camp.
From the Rilong hostel, there was a shortcut but steeper gradient that led us from the river besides the hostel to the top of the ridge line of the hill that is running parallel to the hostel. The ridge line forms the spine of the mountain range that runs all the way to the mountain peaks of Dafeng and Erfeng. The initial climb from the hostel up to the ridge line was a good morning warm up as the gradient was moderately steep but not difficult. Trail was wide and at places some turns, but with the winter setting in, the snow did help to make the initial climb fun as it was the first snow encounter for some of the climb mates.
Once we reached the open space at the top of the ridge line, it was a rewarding view for all of us. From here we could see the snow capped mountain range that runs parallel to the 4 sister mountain range. The 4 sister mountain range is like a long mountain dragon spine trapped in between two other mountain range.
We had a short break there for some snacks and most of the time went to taking photos of the 360 view. From here is was a gradual climb over a vast open plain towards the 4 sister mountain peaks of Dafeng and Erfeng.
The trail continues for about 3 hours to reach the lunch break stop, a place called the DaHaiZi (大海子). The altitude at DaHaiZi is about 3800 m high. The surrounding landscape does make one feel that they are that high. From the Rilong town of 3200 m, up the steep slope to the first ridge line about 300 m ascent, follow up the gradual hike to the DaHaiZi lunch stop would make that about 600 m of ascent. The rest stop at DaHaiZi is a mountain lodge offering more commercial basic lodging for climbers that may prefer to rest here but most climbers would just use this place as rest stop for food and water before making their way to the base camp for the night rest before the next day summit attempt. The place sells food like rice with cold vegetables, hot instant noodles and soft drinks. One would like to have a Coke to give them the needed sugar to help power up for the remaining climb.
大海子休息站 
We spend about 30 mins of lunch break time here before proceeding on. It was a much steeper climb form this place onward. Our base camp for the night will be the Erfeng base camp which is about another 2 walk from the base camp of Dafeng. We wanted to climb Erfeng before Dafeng as Erfeng is much more demanding physically as it is longer in distance from the base camp to the summit than Dafeng which is about half the distance.
Mild Snowing 
Me
Along the way there were many snow patches below shady area where the sun didn’t shine. At certain point during our climb, it snowed for a short while when the skies were blocked by thick dark clouds. But once it cleared the sun came out and the skies were blue again. As forcasted it was a day where it was partly clouding and light snow. The weather was too cold for rain at that time. Did i mention it was around zero degree when we started from the Rilong hostel? During the climb when there was no more sun, the temperature dropped, and we had to layer up accordingly.
When we reached the road intersection that split between Dafeng and Erfeng base camp, the sun was back in action and gave a good photo opportunity for us. But some team mates were just too tired to take pictures.
From the intersection we proceeded on to the Erfeng base camp, crossing into area where the snow had build up. The trail had became a snow trail but because the snow was still soft, walking on them was still fine without the need for crampons. Just had to dig in deeper and look for paths that the horses and climbers had left behind.
We reached the Erfeng base camp around 5 pm, the sun was setting down soon and the guides were busy setting up the tents for us to sleep in. As the location was located between the mountain walls, the sun did not shine at the location by the time we reached, It was cold, temperature was around minus 4. While waiting, it was real cold while we waited in the open and it was windy. Dinner was done inside the stone houses of the base camp. AT the base camp, there were houses to sleep in, but for us, it was arranged to be be tents. Besides the cold, actually the tents provided better privacy and less disturbed by others especially the heavy snoring at night. Maybe it was cost difference that our climb package was to sleep in tents. Fortunately the guide prepared all the needed stuff for us to have a comfortable night sleep. Within the tents, the guide set up thermal mats as the base, follow by foam mats, and then low temperature sleeping bags and an additional fleece lining for us to slip into before going into the sleep bag. It was still cold inside the tent, and i remember a check with my thermometer showed the same minus 4 degree inside the tent. Luckily i had my additional thermal lining to reduce the cold temperature inside the sleeping bag.
After dinner, it was immediate sleep time for us. With the altitude at around 4200 m, it was not easy to sleep on the first night, but we tried to rest as much as possible for the next day strenuous climb to the Erfeng summit at 5267 m. I had the luxury of having one tent to myself and was really happy for that as i could do my stretching inside the tent to prepare myself for the next day climb.
Day 5: The tough climb to Erfeng Summit
The trekking distance from the base camp to the summit is much longer than Dafeng about 8 km to and fro with a altitude difference of 1000 m. For the second attempt we requested to start earlier and so the set off time was 3am. Breakfast was set at 2:30 am and it was simple porridge and dried vegetables to go with the plain porridge. I had brought along my instant cup noodle from Singapore so that the taste was something i had more confident of getting it into my tummy. Well this climb would require a lot of energy to get to the summit and back. Could say with the past experience, this round i was more prepared than before.
From the base camp, it was already the start of some heavy climbing and overrated of being just a warm up. The steep path up the hill that is just behind the base camp and it was up and up with not much of flat ground to rest. We started on the trail but follow a consistent pace that helped to get us going without taking breaks and we managed to reach the higher flat ground over the 1st hill. It was a short rest break of 5 mins and off we continued on the trail. From the flat ground area, we were greeted with snow and as we proceeded further it was all snow covered path. It was really a snow climb as from that point onward there were only a few section of the trail that it was dirt track and everything else was snow field. To some member of the team, this was their first snow trek and also first time doing this in the middle of the night at 3 am. The weather was kind to us as there was little wind as we trekked across the snow valley with the mountain peaks surrounding us.
There were other groups doing the same climb as us following closely to us and at times I could even tell who were our guides and if they were guides or other climbers. We were still in our trekking boots only crossing the snow field until we came to a steel hill that required us to put on our crampons. The guide passed to the team members those snow walking crampons which was good enough for the climb as the snow was more of powder and soft snow and not hard ice that requires more professional crampons. For me, i brought along my own 12 tooth crampons that can do hard ice and glacier climbing. Well, I preferred to invest on a good crampons that I could use it my future snow climbs.
From there it was a steep climb up the snow covered hill towards to the top of this section. The steep climb has a few sections to clear and i recall that the previous year that i turned back was somewhere in the midway up this steep snow slope. This round, the determination was much greater and with the better time arrangement with the guide and facilitator, it was all pre-planned well. It took some time for the team to clear this steep sections of the climb. We did it without much resting. The climb up was difficult as there were many sections not covered by snow and we were walking on hard rocks with crampons. It was damaging to the crampons and bad for the legs but the hassle of taking them off and putting . There were also some section that requires some good acrobatic skills to manoeuvre through the rock crevices to continue on the path. Having a mix of snow and rocks really need to have patience and be careful to climb up the rock path. The trail was just going up and up against the steep slope of the trail. It seemed never ending but around 6:30 am we reached a snow clearing and that was the time the sunrise happened in the far distance. The distant skies was brightening up and the warm orangery skies at the horizon was like giving a nature performance. Just when the sun was about to peek over the horizon, everyone of us pause and took the photo break on the snow slope to take pictures of the sunrise and the surrounding. After climbing for 3 to 4 hours in the dark, the sunrise was a warm and welcoming feeling to encourage us to continue on for the summit. Some of us just sat on the cold snow on our butt and admiring the sunrise and the warmth that it brought along.
At this sunrise spot, we could see how much we have climbed from the snow valleys below up to this point where the summit could be seen in the near distant. The weather was good, the skies was clear and we could see the summit of the nearby Dafeng on the opposite mountain. At times, we could see the headlamps of the climbers at the Dafeng peak from where we stood.
After enjoying the sunrise and taking a lot of pictures, it was the last push towards the summit. It looked near but in fact there was still a distance to it and with the snow and steep slope, it was a hard climb from this point onward. Ropes were setup to assist us to climb up. With a good crampon my challenge was on overcoming the slope to climb higher and the rope did help to lessen the strain on the ankles due to the steep slope. Maybe it was the snow that created this steepness, and maybe on summer days, the path will be rocks and trail going in a zig zag manner.
When we reach the rusted copper poles and railings section, we knew that we were almost reaching the summit. The last part before the summit required us to climb on all fours. Not sure if it was the snow that make the trail in this manner but having something soft to land on does has it advantage. We stayed within the path of the guiding poles as what we saw beyond the poles were steep drop over the snow down far below. Focus was to stay on the left side and slowly work our way up to the summit.
Mt ErFeng (5270m)
It was tough with the 5200 m altitude of thin air, but we made it to the summit. It was a moment for all of us to celebrate. One by one, our member of 3 made it to the summit. The area was small and with the snow and ice, we were limited with little space to more around and take pictures. From the summit, we could see the 3rd and 4th Peak of the Mt SiGuNiang in closer proximity. Sitting on the snow ground at the summit of 5267 m, it was of great enjoyment to see the blue skies and the snow capped mountain while enjoying the snacks and hot drink from our thermos flask. Thinking back the distance we covered and rocks we climbed to reach the summit of Erfeng, it was well worth it. The climb although is not that easy, but technically no special skills or training needed as long one has the stamina and leg power and endurance to brave the thin air and steep gradient path. We enjoyed ourselves celebrating the success of our summit at Erfeng.
Me and Mt Erfeng
View at the top of Mt Erfeng
View from Mt Erfeng
We spent about 30 mins up there with the fine weather before making the careful trek down. Going down was difficult for the steep snow part and ropes had to be use to assist on the descend near the summit. Having a good crampon helped a lot as it gave the needed grip and assurance to the climber. The ones that were provided by the guide for my other team members did not really have the deep teeth to anchor themselves well on the steep snow slope. I was able to just walk down knowing my crampons would hold on well on the snow slope. It was much more relaxing walking downhill and with the area all lit up, we were able to see further and enjoy the scenery even more. The white snow blanketing almost everything leaving only expose mountain peaks and rock crops along the trail only. Could say that this was my first long distance trek on snow, 1st time spending more than 6 hrs on the snow trekking, comparing to my last snow climb to Allalinhorn at Saas Fee in Switzerland of 4 hours.
Rest Stop
We had a few rest stops as everyone was in a relax mode and not really in a hurry to get back to base camp. The rest stops were for snacks and drinks and many adhoc photo shooting. Just before reaching the open snow flat snow fields at the bottom of the steep snow slope where we put on our crampons, we had some snow sliding fun going down the last few 20 metres of the snow slope. The sun was out in full force and with the cloudless skies, the entire snow field was bright white reflecting all the UVs. Some of us who did not cover up in mere 20 minutes ended up with a deep tanned. Sun shades were a must doing this snow trek as the brightness could blind climbers. With our sun shades on, everything was good and we enjoyed the long trek on snow heading back to the base camp.
Leaving the summit behind
Just before we reached the base camp, we stopped short on the hill slope overlooking down the base camp. Even though it was as downhill trek, most of us were exhausted after the gruelling ascend and using whatever energy we have to get back to the base camp. We sat on the rocks we could find overlooking the base camp and basked ourselves among the gorgeous scenery around us. We could see our friends at the base camp who did not did the climb with us walking around the tents and waving to us.
Finally around 1 pm we were back at the base camps chatting with our friends at the camp sharing our experiences and joy with them. The guide was good enough to make some simple meals for us to take inside the stone lodge kitchen before we headed back to our tents to pack up to move out to the Dafeng base camp which is 2 hours hike away. The plan was to proceed to the Dafeng base camp for the next morning hike to the summit. Some of the members were not too sure if they want to attempt the Dafeng summit esp those who succeeded reaching Erfeng as they were dead tired. Even for myself I wasn’t too sure and would depend on if i could get some good rest for the next day.
Erfeng Base Camp
The guides went around dismantling the tents and packing them up into bags to be strapped to the horses for the short trek to the Dafeng base camp.
The trek to Dafeng base camp required us to gain some altitude, taking the same path that we used to reach the Erfeng base camp. With the needed rest taken after summiting Erfeng, it was all good and we made the slow but non stop trek to the Dafeng base camp reaching around 4 pm. Early dinner was served so that we could rest earlier before the sun sets as the temperature will drop back to minus 4 degree at night. So we were all cosy in our tents before the sun set.
Dafeng Base Camp 
Day 6: Attempting Dafeng
This morning, some of the team members preferred to give Dafeng a miss due tiredness from the Erfeng climb, The attempt climb to Dafeng was just myself and another team member. We started around 3 am in the morning to begin the climb. Due to the other team member unable to adapt to the steep climb and high altitude, we decided to stop at the saddle on the ridge line that leads to the Dafeng ridge line ascent. We waited in the cold for the sunrise and after some photo taking, we began the descend. For me, Dafeng would be my 2nd attempt if I would to proceed on. But looking at the condition of the other team member, it would be best to make the turn back.
Looking back at the saddle peak of Dafeng
There was still much snow and steep climb before we could get to the summit. This was the saddle location where all climbers would need to put on their crampons to continue the climb onward. The descend back to the base camp was slow but careful. Once we were back at the camp, it was a quick breakfast, followed up by some packing and we were ready for the hike back to Riling town to end our trek at Mt SiGuNiang.
As there was enough time for us to return to Rilong, we spent quite some time taking pictures at the Dafeng Base camp. I think the view at Dafeng Base Camp is much more scenic and breathtaking than Erfeng base camp.
We took the same trail back till the DaJianBa rest stop before taking a so called short cut down to the other nearest main road rather than the original trail up from Rilong town.
After completing the climb, I didn’t feel that the alternate route was shorter in any way, but maybe it was all the way downhill and helped a lot for one of our team member who was having some altitude sickness. Once we reached the road side, we already had the transport there waiting to fetch us back to the Rilong town lodge.
We enjoyed the hot showers back at the lodge and dinner was settled within the lodge by food prepared by the lodge’s chef. Guess everyone had enough of walking and preferred to just laze around within the lodge and just settle for a simple meal. Everyone had a very good night of sleep in the warmer comfort of the room, even though it was still cold around 10 degree inside the room.
There will be another blog write up on the climb for Mt Dafeng which was done a year ago as mentioned in the beginning of this article.
Day 7: Returning Home
This day marked the end of our adventure at Mt SiGuNiang as we left the Rilong town behind and headed back to the city of ChengDu. It was just a one night stay in the city before the next day flight home. We stayed at the popular shopping district of Chunxi, easy access to all the commercialism that you can find. Food, restaurant shops are all within easy reach just by walking. But it was almost a nightmare for us when we tried to get to the airport around evening time as the whole area was packed with cars and people. It was almost impossible to get taxi without prior arrangement. We did in the end got a taxi and manage to get to the airport in time for out flight. There were metro nearby to get to the airport, but the long snaking queues to get into the station would mean a very tiring experience carrying the bags and queuing to get into the station and also to do the bags screening over their X-ray machines. For those who intend to stay at Chunxi area and getting to airport, please planned ahead, best to make arrangement for private transport to get to the airport during the peak hours of the shopping district of Chunxi.
Chunxi Shopping District 
Our flight home to warm and humid Singapore.
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