Walls, Steep Rock faces in Sichuan High Mountains

This article is about the alpine walls or wall forms of high mountains in Sichuan Province. This includes walls with height of 300m to 500m as well as walls bigger than 800m. The bigger walls are located in Siguniang Range. The listed mountains below include most of the walls and steep rock faces in Sichuan High Mountains.

Mt. Siguniang Yaomei westface wall is around 1000m.  

Yaomei Peak
Mt. Siguniang Westface

Seerdengpu (the wild man) northface wall is around 1000m, its westface is around 800m, its neighboring Potala westface is around 600m.

Seerdengpu West
Seerdengpu West

Mt. Yangmantai northface wall is around 900m.

Yangmantai
Yangmantai North

Mt. Pomiu northface wall is around 600m, its westface is also around 600m.

Mt. Pomiu 2
Mt. Pomiu

Mt. Daogou northface wall is around 300m-500m, its westface is around 400m.

Daogou West Peak
Daogou West Peak

The wall of Mt. Melcyr side peak westface is around 500m. (Minya Konka Range)

Peak 5804 and Mt. Melcyr
Peak 5804 and Mt. Melcyr

The following walls are in Shalulli Range.

Mt. Is Gyasa of Chola Range has a wall by its north of about 500m.

Is Gyasa
Is Gyasa

In Gangga Range, the Zhuodala Wall is around 300m-500m with a connected mountain wall range of around 8km.

In Genyen Massif, Mt. Kaimailong has a wall of around 400m-500m by its south, west, and east. Mt. Xiaqiong has a wall of around 500m by its east and 300m by its north. Mt. Xiazha North Wall is a connected wall between 300m to 600m.

Mt Xiaqiong
Mt Xiaqiong
Xiaozha North

In Yading, Mt. Jampayang side peak westface has a long wall of around 400m-500m by height.

Jampayang South Wall
Jampayang South Wall

In Golog Nyenpo Yurtse Mountains there are very unique towering rock forms that are between between 100m and 400m.

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