Snowstorm Mosca, lakes dotted with stars

2022-06-16 10:41:21

Snowstorm Mosca, lakes dotted with stars

Mosca

TheMoscaSeaViewLinestartsfromDandongTowninGanziPrefecturesportsfitness,takesadaytowalktoMoscaVillage,andthencrossesseveralpassestothenorthtoentertheboundaryofAbaPrefecture.Thismountainousareaiscrisscrossedwithcountlessravinesandlakes,dottedwithstarsandcoveredwiththeearth.Thewholerouteisverycasualandbasicallyfollowsthescenery.Inaddition,therearemanyforkroadsandsuddenchangesintheweather.Theactualtrajectoryisfarfromtheplannedroute,anditisalsodifferentfromtheconventional"MoscaTwelveLakes"route.

TheweatherinthelastweekofOctoberisalsounpredictable.Justinthefirstsnowseason,Haizi,whichissunnyafterthesnow,isverybeautiful,coveredinsilver;Snowcampingisalsoverycold,soaslongasthecamphasanunlockedchalet,weallchoosetoliveinthechalet.

ItineraryDay1DandongTown-Aluogou

Day2Aluogou-JinlongMountainPass-MoscaVillage

Day3MoskaVillage-variousgully-Gucencuo-Musencuo

Day4KeitaVillageMachineCultivationRoad-DoubleEyesSeaShepherdCamp

Day5BeefLiverandHorseLungSea-Changhaizi(JinchuanLoverSea)-SaerzuVillage

Day1DandongTown-AluogoutooktheshuttlebusfromDanbaCountytoDandongTownonthefirstday,becausethecartoMoscaVillagewasnotfound.ThemountainroadfromDandongTowntoMoscaVillageisatraditionaloldroad.BeforetheroadinMoscaVillagewasclosed,thiswastheonlywaytoenterandleavethevillage.

Itwasverylateintheafternoonwhenwearrivedinthetown,sothefirstday'swalkingdistancewasveryshort,startingfromthemachinefarmingroadinthebackmountainofthetown,passingthroughthewatersourceprotectionarea,andenteringtheAluogou.

▲DandongTownisfullofyellowleaves.

Day2Aluogou-JinlongshanPass-MoscaVillagesnowedovernight,andthewholeworldturnedwhiteinthemorning.

▲Earlyinthemorning,therewasaponycamplookingaround.

Allthewayuptherivervalley,tocrosstheJinlongMountainpassatnoon.Therearetworoadsinthissection,theoldroadinthevalley,andthenewlybuiltmachine-farmingroadontheside.Herdsmencanridetramsallthewayoverthepass.

▲Pass.

Theweatherwasstillnotverygood,andthesnowcameandwentfromtimetotime,butwalkingtowardsthelowerpartofthevalley,thesnowhadgraduallymeltedaway,revealingthegoldenearth.Afterthepass,thereisalsoaspaciousmachinefarmingroadthatleadsstraighttothevillageofMosca.Thevillagehasbecomeatouristattractioninrecentyears.Therearemanyhomestaysandinns,andtherearealsomanytourists.

▲Heavysnow.

▲Descendingintotherivervalley,thesnowstoppedandthesnowmelted.

▲Thelittleyakwhoinsistedontakingpictures.

Day3MoscaVillage-VariousGully-Gucencuo-MusencuoItwasanothernightofheavysnow.MoscaVillageintheearlymorningwascompletelydifferentfromyesterdayevening.

▲MoscaVillage.

Butthegoodnewsisthattheweatherfinallyclearedup.

Weenteredthegulliesalongthevillageroad,whichwasgentle,exceptforthesnowthatmeltedwiththemudinthesunandwasalittleannoying.

ThefirstHaiziwasmarkedas"Gucencuo"onthemap,Idon'tknowifitwas"Gechonghai".ThereisalsoaslightlysmallerHaizinexttoit.Duetothebacklightinthemorning,thecolorofthephotographisnotclear.

▲GuCenmeasures.

Afterturningoverthepass,therearetwosapphireblueseas,shiningundertheclearsky.Whenwegottothelake,thelakewaterbecamefriendlyagain,likeasoftskyblue.

▲Atnoon,acrescentmoonhungoverthepass.

Weplantocontinuetoclimbthemountain,goaroundtotheothersideofthelake,goupthepass,andseeMusencuointheditchinfrontofus.

Thissectionofthepastoralpathiscoveredwithweedsandhassomeslopes,butfortunately,themeadowterrainisnotdifficulttowalk.Aftercrossingthepass,itisonthemountainside.Thethicknessofthesnowasdeepasthekneevaries.Whenyousteponit,youdon'tknowwhetheritisastoneoravegetation.

▲Lookingbackatthelastpass.

▲Thereisagroupofsmallanimalslinedupinthebeautifulrivervalley.

▲SnowontheSan'insurface.

▲LookingatMusencuofromafar.

LivinginasmallhousebytheMusencuoLakeatnight,althoughthestoveandchimneyhavebeenputaway,itisstillwarmerthansleepinginthesnowatnight.

Day4CuolonggouinKeitaVillage-DoubleEyesSea-MuwuCampisverybeautifulintheearlymorning.Thereflectionofsnow-cappedmountainsinthelakeseemstobelookinginamirror.

▲MuSencuo.

Afterthedeparture,theweathergraduallybecamecloudy.ItwasnotuntilIlookedbackatthetopofthemountainthatthesnowandthecloudsseemedtobeindistinguishablefromeachother,andthenIrealizedthattheheightsbegantochangeagain.

Themachine-farmingroadfromMusencuoleadstoKetaVillageinMizoguchi,whichissmoothandspacious.Aswewentdown,thesnowgraduallydisappearedontheroad,andwitheredyellowleaveswereexposedonthemountainsonbothsides.

Weturnedrightataforkbeforethevillageandwenttothefamousbeefliverandhorselungseainrecentyears.Thisintersectionisalsoveryconspicuous,withaneatlyrepairedsmallwoodenbridge,whichisobviouslythemainroadoftenusedbyherdsmen.

Leavingthemainroadaround2:00p.m.andclimbedupasmallhighland,wheretherearetwoside-by-sideXiaohaizi,markedonthemapas"SeaofEyes".Therearealsotwohutsnearby,withmulticoloredprayerflagshangingandgazingsilentlyatthemountain.

▲The"oneeye"oftheseaoftwoeyes.

Isuggestedtorestforawhileattheentranceofthehut,butnotlongafterIsatdown,itsuddenlybecamedark.Theblueskythatwasstillappearingintheskybeforehasdisappeared,andthedarkcloudsinthedistancefloatedover,likealargearmypressingtheborder,andthehornsgathered.

Excludingallotherfactors,Ipersonallyliketowatchsuchameteorologicallandscape.Thereisalwaysasenseofoppressionandlonelinessliketheendoftheday.

Thegoosefeather-likesnowfellinashorttime,butitwasheavierthangoosefeathers,anditblewwithaslightpainontheface.

"ItlookslikeIcan'twalktoday..."Mr.BigPenguinsaidashemovedhisbackpackintothesmallhut.

"Ifthesnowstopsat17:00,wewillcontinuewalking,howaboutthat?"Thetwoofthemmadesuchanagreementhesitantly,buttheyrolledouttheirsleepingbagsandgotin,becauseitwastoocoldinthehutwithoutafire..

At17:00,Istruggledtogetupandtookalookoutthewindow.Thesnowwasgettingheavier,andthevisibilitymightbelessthantenmeters...

▲Astorminthedistance.

▲Thesnowcoveredthemountainbehindthehouseatonce.

Inthemiddleofthenight,Iwaswokenupbytherustlingofplasticbags,whichshouldhavebeenplasticmatsplacedonthegroundbytheherdsmen.Afterturningontheheadlightandsearchingforawhile,arodent'ssmallheadcameout,anditclimbedontotheshelf,motionlessinthelightofthelight,pretendingtobestupid.

BeforeIcouldtellifitwasamouseorapikaorsomething,thelightflashedagainanditslidaway.

...

Thesnowseemstohavenotstoppedovernight.

Day5BeefLiverandHorseLungHai-Changhaizi-SaerzuVillagehasbeenprayingthatitwillbesunnyagaintoday,butitbackfired.WhenIopenedthedoorinthemorning,Isawavastexpanseofwhiteland,coveredwiththicknewsnow,anditwasimpossibletodistinguishyesterday.scene.

Theweatherwasalsogloomy,thesunwasvaguelyshowingitsoutline,theskyandtheearthwerethesamecolor,andthepassbecameathinblackline,tryingtodividethewholepicture.

Thetwofiguresmovedstaggeringlyontheground,andthebrightcolorsofthejacketsweretheonlysolaceintheblackandwhitepicture.

▲Pass.

▲LookingbackatthepasturehousewhereIstayedyesterday.

Whenyoucrossthefirstpass,youcanseetheSeaofBeefLiverandHorseLungsinthedistance.Itislikeapearlcoveredwithdustinthewindandsnow.

▲Beefliverandhorselungsea.

"Intoday'sweather,itisestimatedthatthisiswhatHaizilookslike."Mr.BigPenguinandIjudgedtheweather,andchosethelatterbetweenstayingandwaitingandleavingthemountainaheadofschedule.

SinceIdecidedtogoouttoday,Iwillwalkallthewaywithoutstoppingtoomuch.Goingdowntothesideofthebeefliverandhorselungsealake,thereisamachinefarmingroad.Theobviousrutssuggestthattheremaybeherdsmendrivingdownthemountainthismorning.

▲Obviouslyfreshrutmarks.

Wehavetocrossthelastpasstoreachthevillageasquicklyaspossible.Thisisoriginallyagentlegrassland,butbecauseofthegentleness,thesnowisalsothedeepest,enoughtocovertheknees.

▲Thelastpass,lookingback.

Withoutsnowboards,thesoft,freshsnowtravelsslowly.Onthepass,snowparticlesfellfromtheskyagain,anditbecamemoreandmoreintense.Wedarednotstop,andhurrieddownhillthroughtheslipperybushestoasmallhutforshelterfromthesnow.Atthistime,thesnowparticleshaveevolvedintoablizzard,mixedwithstrongwinds.

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