Mt. Siguniang Tours and Travel Planning

The good seasons for Mt. Siguniang is from April to November. For golden foliage color one may consider mid-late October. For green mountain with flowers and warm weather one may consider in June, July and August. For trekking such as to Dafeng one consider doing from late May to November. It's hard to plan for good weather. It's all about probabilities in different seasons. Seasons with highest chance of good visibility is October, November, December, January, February, while the second highest chance of clear weather is in April, May, early-mid Jun, mid-late August, September. Note you will also need to consider temperature, crowds as well as your own objective and your own styles while planning. For example if you want to see mountains in clear weather and okay with cold weather then winter is the best time; or if you want to see mountains with green color and with flowers in a sunny day, then you may plan summer season with longer stay.

Avoid the Chinese holidays (1st week of May, 1st week of Oct) if possible. Avoid weekends if possible. Read More...

From Nov to the next mid Apr, any multi-day trek (including Dafeng, Erfeng) are shut off by the park and are not possible to do.

Depending on your travel style it requires different planning and duration. There are 2 popular ways of traveling to Siguniang. A: Siguniang as your sole travel destination; B: Siguniang as one of the travel places in a longer trip (usualy a circuit road trip).
Plan A (such as Dafeng Summit Trek, or Siguniang lodging hiking) then you'll need 3-6 days with different style of planning.

Plan B (such as Bipeng+Siguniang circuit trip, or Siguniang+Danba+Tagong+Kangding circuit trip) will then also take multiple days from 3 days to 6 days.

It is not possible to do Siguniang in 1 day's time from Chengdu due to the long distance of driving and the complication of traffic conditions.

One can do treks to Dafeng Summit, Erfeng Summit, and Changping to Bipeng Trek, and treks in Haizi Valley, Changping Valley. In different years or seasons some treks may be banned due to environment issues or fire restrictions. Each year from November to the next April there is fire restriction that all multi-day treks will be banned. Read More...
All multi-day treks (with nights inside the parks) in Siguniang will need to get permit to do.

Yes but will need to have permit and use mandatory guides from Siguniang Park aothority. It is required to have for a permit to do Dafeng Summit (or Erfeng Summit of any multi-day trek) of Siguniang. It is required whether you are a foreigner or a Chinese citizen. Read More...

One needs to submit your passport information and your travel plan and dates to the park of Siguniang Outdoor Office. Most travel companies who organize Dafeng trips can do this for you. The office of Siguniang Outdoor Office does not accept individuals applying for such permit. All permits are given to travelers through local travel/trekking companies. Therefore you will need to use a travel company to do trips to Dafeng (or Erfeng or Changping to Bipeng Trek). But there are more to know. Read More...