Yangmolong is a mountain situated in

Batang County Batang County (; zh, s=巴塘县) is a County (People's Republic of China), county located in western Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan, Sichuan Province, China. The main administrative centre is known as Batang, Batang County, Batan ...

, Garze Prefecture,

Sichuan Sichuan is a province in Southwestern China, occupying the Sichuan Basin and Tibetan Plateau—between the Jinsha River to the west, the Daba Mountains to the north, and the Yunnan–Guizhou Plateau to the south. Its capital city is Cheng ...

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ...

. Part of the

Shaluli Mountains The Shaluli Mountains (), known in Tibetan as Powor Gang, are a large mountain range in western China between the Upper Yangtze (Jinsha) and Yalong Rivers. It is one of the core ranges of the Hengduan group of mountains. The Shaluli Mountains ...

, Yangmolong is located approximately northwest of Ge'nyen Massif, the range's highest point. Yangmolong has an elevation of above sea level and a topographic prominence of approximately . Yangmolong was the last independent peak in Sichuan province to be climbed. It is one of the earth's most perilous peaks due to rock and ice falls, unreliable routes, and a proneness to avalanches. A couple of attempts have been made but despite the efforts of the people involved in the expeditions, they all failed in their attempts to reach the summit due to unreliable routes and weather conditions. The earliest recorded attempts to climb the mountain were in 2009. The first successful ascent was in 2011 by an American-Chinese team. Since then no more attempts have met with success.

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