Midui Glacier Attractions Guide

Located in Yupu Township, Midui Glacier is about 100 kilometers east of the county seat of Bomi. Belongs to the monsoon marine glacier, Midui Glacier is the lowest altitude above sea level in the world. Its altitude is from 2,400 meters to 6,800 meters. It was listed as "one of the top six glaciers in China" by China National Geography in 2005.

It is formed from the convergence of two excellent ice waterfalls, sandwiching a stretch of lush green virgin forest. Glistening, soul-stirring ice cliffs are everywhere at the head of the glacier; at its leading edge extends into sub-tropical evergreen broadleaf forests.

Here Snow Mountains, glaciers, forests, lakes, flocks and herds, villages and temples coexist in harmony, creating a sequence of unique vistas: the worlds of atmosphere, of ice and snow, of rocks, of water, and of living creatures. It looks as if Nature's hand itself had taken up a brush to paint a splashed-ink landscape.

Midui Village is at the bottom of the glacier between Ranwu Town and Bomi. To reach the village, it is closer to start at Ranwu Town than at Bomi County, coach starts in Qamdo and Nyingchi as far as Ranwu Town. It takes about 2 hours to reach the glacier from Midui.