Word: mingyong
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...views from the trail to Yubeng in Yunnan province leave you craving a closer look at the dazzling peaks of the Meili range, head to Mingyong...
...Luckily, the local government has constructed a safer, more reverent?and environmentally sound?way of viewing the glacier. Simply head out from Mingyong's main square where a comfortably graded trail rises alongside the tumbling icefall and cuts through a hardwood forest before emerging onto wooden viewing ramparts. You will be close enough to feel the cool breeze off the ice, but far enough away to keep the glacier pristine...
...even more leisurely ascent, the few clean and inexpensive stone guesthouses in Mingyong can arrange for mules to carry you partially up the mountain. Reaching the peak, however, will still require divine intervention...
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