The stages of the big Kora


stage 11		stage 13

Stage 12: From Laide (3084 m) across Shu La (4836 m) to Donthon (4185 m)

8 hours, 1800 metes ascending, 650 meters descending

View back down to Laide.

Zigzag trail up to Shu La.

The last meters in showfall.

Shu La, 4836m.

Descent in pooring rain.

View towards Mekong valley.

Hut in Donthon.


stage 11		stagee 13

Basic Information:

Logistic starting point for the trek around Kawa Karpo is the town Deqen in northern Yunnan Province.

The actual trekking stages for us were as follows:
Stage 1: Yadza - QuXia
Stage 2: QuXia - YongXiTong
Stage 3: YongXiTong - DuoKa La
Stage 4: DuoKaLa - Camp4
Stage 5: Camp4 - Chinatong
Stage 6: Chinatong - Aben
Stage 7: Aben - Chuju
Stage 8: Chuju - Zathong
Stage 9: Zathong - Gebu
Stage 10: Gebu - Camp10
Stage 11: Camp10 - Laide
Stage 12: Laide - Donthon
Stage 13: Donthon - Meilixi