Mt Siguniang
| Mount Siguniang | |
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| རི་བོ་སྐུ་བླ་འི། | |
From left Yaomei Feng, Sanguiang Feng, Erguniang Feng, Daguniang Feng.
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| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 6,250 m (20,510 ft) |
| Prominence | 2,571 m (8,435 ft) |
| Listing | Ultra |
| Coordinates | 31°06′24″N 102°54′06″E / 31.10667°N 102.90167°ECoordinates: 31°06′24″N 102°54′06″E / 31.10667°N 102.90167°E |
| Geography | |
 Mount Siguniang
Location in China
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| Location | Sichuan, China |
| Parent range | Qionglai Mountains |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | 1981 |
| Easiest route | snow/ice/glacier climb |
Mount Siguniang (Chinese: 四姑娘山; literally "Four Girls Mountain" or "Four Sisters Mountain";Tibetan: རི་བོ་སྐུ་བླ་འི།,Skubla) is the highest mountain of Qionglai Mountains in Western China. It is located in the bordering area of Rilong Town, Xiaojin County and Wenchuan County in Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province.
Mount Siguniang encompasses four peaks: Daguniang Feng (Big Peak or 1st peak), Erguniang Feng (2nd peak), Sangungiang Feng (3rd peak), and Yaomei Feng (4th peak). The highest peak is Yaomei Feng (Chinese: 幺妹峰; literally: "peak of the youngest sister"), also known as the "Queen of Sichuan's peaks" (Chinese: 蜀山皇后), standing at 6250 meters. It is also the second highest mountain in Sichuan Province and the easternmost 6,000 m (20,000 ft) or higher peak on Earth. The first ascent was in 1981 by a Japanese team via the east ridge. Very few people attempt to climb this and very few of them succeed after that. The first ascent of the southwest ridge was made in 2008 by Chad Kellogg and Dylan Johnson.
The other three lower peaks are regular mountaineering destinations through all seasons. Mount Siguniang DaFeng (Chinese: 四姑娘山大峰 or 大姑娘山; literally: "peak of the oldest sister", 5025 m) is normally considered as a pure trekking peak while ErFeng (Chinese: 四姑娘山二峰 or 二姑娘山; literally: "peak of the second sister", 5276 m) and SanFeng (Chinese: 四姑娘山三峰 or 三姑娘山; literally: "peak of the third sister", 5355 m) is more challenging as it involves basic climbing technique.
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