The Best Route for One-day Tour in Kongtong Mountain

The best route for a one-day tour of Kongtong Mountain: Xi 'an-Xianyang-Liquan-Ganxian-Yongshou-Binxian-Changwu-Jingchuan-Pingliang.

There are more than 4 buses from Xi 'an to Pingliang every day, and there are about 6 buses from Lanzhou to Pingliang every day. The train can also arrive. After arriving in Pingliang, you can take bus Panxuan Road 13 to Kongtong Mountain Passenger Transport Center, and then climb the mountain by yourself. You can also take a bus up the mountain, or take a cable car up the mountain on the bank of Tan Zheng Lake Dam in Qian Shan.

General situation of mountain system

Kongtong Mountain is located in the western suburb of Kongtong District, Pingliang City, Gansu Province 15km. It starts from Erdaogou, Huapaoling and Liushugou in Jinghe area of Taitong Mountain in the east, reaches Jingyuan County in Ningxia in the west, reaches Dayinshan and Shiwangou in the south, and reaches Daxiangshan in the north, with a total area of 83.6 square kilometers, and the main peak is 2 123.3 meters above sea level. There are trilobites, graptolites and other paleontological fossils found in this area, which are influenced by external dynamics such as differential weathering, water erosion and collapse, forming unique Danxia landforms and geological structure relics such as Shizhu Peak Forest on the Loess Plateau.