In this gorge, the Jinsha (upper Yangtze) River descends dramatically between Jade Dragon and Haba Snow Mountain.

They failed to reach the summit due to bad weather,[9] Byles was bitterly disappointed by this failure, she subsequently became a follower of Buddhist.

They climbed snow gullies and limestone headwalls and encountered high avalanche danger and sparse opportunities for protection.

[2] The Austro-American botanist and explorer Joseph Rock spent many years living in the vicinity of Mt Satseto and wrote about the region and the Naxi people who occupy it.

An interest in Rock later drew the travel writer Bruce Chatwin to the mountain, which he wrote about in an article that appeared in The New York Times[13] and later, retitled, in his essay collection What Am I Doing Here?.