Yulong Xue Shan 13 June

DSCN6713  Su Wei chatting up the students on the field trip to the glacier on Yulong Xue Mtn DSCN6717  Unplug your dream in Lijiang DSCN6718  A highly contrived luxury hotel complete with constructed streams DSCN6719  Up in the forest on the mountain, probably nearly 3000m
DSCN6720  The Pope and the College of Cardinals in the VIP lounge at the base area DSCN6721  We were plied with VIP tea DSCN6722  Coffee or O2 for you? Note: five A's! DSCN6724  The weather left a bit to be desired for optimal glacier gawking.
DSCN6726  Still we continued up the stairs to the overlooks DSCN6723  Glaciers For Dummies DSCN6727  The crowds decked out in loaner parkas DSCN6728  Prof. from Nanjing, Liu and Nikki
DSCN6730  Groovin' in the mist DSCN6731  In case your flame is sputtering out... DSCN6732  Lots of steps at a high elevation DSCN6734  The crowd moves upward
DSCN6736  Glacier with explanation DSCN6737  Ablation for you all DSCN6738  It is ablating, that's for sure DSCN6739  The upper overlook
DSCN6741  High Mountain DSCN6742  Gray DSCN6743  Walkway DSCN6745  The Bane of Love Locks
DSCN6746  Nikki approaches DSCN6748  Nikki arrives DSCN6749  You can't read it but it say 4617m, pretty darn high! DSCN6750  We start back down.
DSCN6751  Nikki walking carefully on the wet steps DSCN6755  Note: this was a weekday with bad weather. Imagine a sunny weekend! DSCN6756  The fog thickens around the bergstation DSCN6757  You can make out the wooden walkway
DSCN6758  Stepping back a bit... DSCN6765  What it looks like on a nice day! DSCN6759  Way up at 4500m a full service coffee bar DSCN6760  I don't know about you but I always do my coffee equipment purchases on the mountain top!
DSCN6762  Coffee and O2 bottles DSCN6763  Here's a "Gratitude" brand O2 bottle! DSCN6764  Meanwhile the Pope and Co. are texting with God DSCN6766  This was a small portion of the largest cafeteria that I think that I have ever seen, at the National Park visitor center
DSCN6768  We had to get to the airport so our Gal Friday at left got us the SUV taxi down to town DSCN6771  Grapes as a snack DSCN6770  Leaving Lijiang on our way to airport DSCN6772