Is it the peak season to go to Daocheng Yading in late October?

The peak season is late October, the peak season is from May to October, and the off-season is from November to April.

Traffic information: Daocheng Yading Airport is located in Daocheng County, southern Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province. It has an altitude of 4,411 meters, a flight area grade index of 4C, a runway length of 4,200 meters, and a terminal building covering an area of ??5,000 square meters. The airport started construction in June 2012, successfully conducted a test flight on November 23, 2012, and was officially opened to navigation in 2013.

On September 16, 2013, the route from Chengdu Shuangliu Airport to Daocheng Yading Airport was first launched, with the first flight by Air China. It is expected to be opened before the National Day in 2013: Chongqing-Daocheng Malkang-Daocheng. It is expected to be opened in 2014: Guangzhou, Shanghai, Kunming, Lijiang, Xi'an and other places to Daocheng routes.

Extended information:

Notes

1. Adapt to the plateau environment in advance: get enough sleep and rest before entering Tibetan areas, and drink Rhodiola rosea, etc. appropriately. Drinks, patients with severe hypertension and heart disease should not enter the plateau. Everyone will feel varying degrees of altitude sickness when entering the plateau, such as headache, chest tightness, shortness of breath, nausea, vomiting, insomnia, etc. Generally speaking, after 1-2 days, the above symptoms will gradually reduce or disappear.

2. Tibetan areas are special areas, please respect the culture and belief habits of ethnic minority areas;

3. It is best not to shower or wash your hair in the first few days on the plateau, and pay attention to keeping warm. Never catch a cold.

Essential equipment: jacket, sweater, jeans, gloves, scarf. It is recommended to bring a flashlight, rain gear, etc. Hiking shoes are recommended.

5. Since Daocheng Yading is a high-altitude area, the elderly, weak and sick are not allowed to go, or special itineraries may be arranged.

6. Due to the remote geographical environment and inconvenient medical conditions, it is best to prepare some daily medicines on the plateau, such as inosine to resist altitude sickness, multivitamins, cod liver oil, etc. and other common diseases such as colds. Drug.

7. When traveling, you should always follow the staff’s arrangements. If you want to travel alone, you must report to the staff in advance.

Reference materials:

Daocheng Yading Scenic Area-Baidu Encyclopedia