Tomor Glacier
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Being the highest peak of the Tianshan Mountains, Tomor Peak is located in northwest of Wensu County, 7,439 meters above sea level. The Tomor Peak is well known for spectacular and marvelous nature landscape. It was described to have the rough topography, steep ridges and peak, arduous and high glaciers and the thousand feet high precipitous crags aloft hanging over the heaven.
As an alpine forest synthetic natural reserve, the main objects under protection are forest, alpine medicinal plant, glacier, and a great number of wild animals such as ferrets, snow pheasants, deer and it is also an attraction for mountaineering tourism and scientific research and investigation. The Hantengri Peak, 6,995 meters above sea level, faces the Tomor Peak at a distance, on which hundreds of glaciers are concentrated and interweaved, like grand jade dragons flying magnificently in the air, and which is the one of the four largest glaciers in Xinjiang.
Tomor is the highest peak of the Tianshan Mountains and one of the largest centers of glaciations in China. Tomor glacier area accounts for a quarter of all the total glacier area in the Tianshan Mountains. Mount Tomor has 510 glaciers. It is not only a region where modern glaciers develop but also one of the regions where traces of ancient glaciers are well preserved. The glacier stretches upwards towards 3,800 meters altitude. In these snow-capped peak surroundings, glaciers wiggled and curved their ways on the snow mountains like flying jade dragons. Under the rays of the sun, ice peaks glistened and glaciers surged. Such a world of power and wonder!
Admission fee: RMB 20/person
Opening hours: Unsure