Day 1 → Arrive in Xining
Morning or Early afternoon- Participants arrive in Xining, Elevated Trips will pick them up at the Xining airport or bus station and take them back to hotel
6:00pm – We will all have a welcome feast
7:30pm – Issue Gear and pack for the trip
Day 2 → Bus from Xining to Labrang
7:20am – Breakfast at hotel
8:00am – Bus leaves for Labrang (2,900 meters)
1:00 pm – Arrive in Labrang town
1:15 pm – get settled in BaoMa Hotel and eat lunch
3:00 pm – Take a 2 hour day hike to acclimatize, journal time on mountain OR visit Labrang Monastery
6:00 pm – Dinner
8:00 pm – Continue to pack and issue gear
Day 3 → Bus from Labrang to Langmusi
8:00am – Breakfast at Baoma hotel
9:00 am – Bus leaves for Langmusi (3,345 meters), drive through grasslands
12:00pm – Arrive in Langmusi
1:00 pm – get settled in Langmusi BingGuan and eat lunch
2:15 pm – Set out on Langmusi Gorge day hike, 4 hours of hiking round-trip
6:30 pm – Eat dinner in Langmusi town
7:30 pm – Settle in hotel and rest
Day 4 → Hike to Camp 1
8:00am – Eat breakfast
9:00am – Check out of Hotel
9:15am – Take 2 Vans to the Trailhead (2,800 meters) (large vans or buses will not fit on the road)
12:00noon – Arrive at Trailhead, Eat lunch at a local home OR picnic style lunch
2:00pm – Briefing on wilderness experience, activity
2:30 pm – Start hiking
6:00pm – Arrive at Camp 1 (3,100 meters), set up camp
7:00pm – Eat Dinner
7:45pm – Clean up dinner
8:00pm – Campfire and rest at Camp 1
Day 5 → Day hike to Buddhist Caves
7:30am – Wake up
8:00am – Breakfast
9:00am – Set out on Day hike to Buddhist Meditation Caves (3,800 meters)
12:00noon – Eat lunch on the trail
1:00pm – Continue hiking. Final 100 meters need to climb ladders to reach caves in a cliff.
1:30pm – Arrive at Caves
4:00pm – Return to Camp 1 (3,100 meters) , rest
5:00pm – Start making Dinner
5:45pm – Dinner time
6:30pm – Clean up dinner
7:30- Campfire and rest again at Camp 1
Day 6 → Hike to Camp 2
7:00am – Wake up
7:30am – Breakfast
8:00am – Pack up camp
9:00am – Start hiking, hike 7.5 km
1:00pm – Arrive at high grassland pass( 3,800 meters) and eat lunch
2:00pm – Start hiking 1 km up to Prayer Flag summit
3:00pm – Be coming down from summit, hike 6.5 km to Camp 2
6:00pm – Arrive at Camp 2 (3,650 meters), set up camp
6:30pm – Cook dinner
7:00pm – Eat dinner
7:30pm -Clean up dinner
8:00pm – Rest
Day 7 → Hike to Camp 3
7:30am – Wake up
8:00am – Breakfast
8:30am – Pack up camp
9:30am – Start hiking, hike 8 km
12noon – Eat Lunch
12:30pm – Journal time, reflection
2:00pm – Hike to Camp 3
4:00pm – Arrive at Camp 3
Day 8 → Hike to Camp 4 at high pass
7:30am – Wake up
8:00am – Breakfast
8:30am – Pack up camp
9:30am – Start hiking
12:30pm- Eat Lunch
1:30 pm – Continue hiking
3:30pm – Arrive at Camp 4, set up camp and rest
6:00pm – Dinner
7:30pm – Clean up dinner
8:00 pm – Rest and reflection
Day 9 → Solo at Camp 4 at high pass
8:00am – Wake up
9:00am – Breakfast
10:00am – All day Solo in the mountains for rest and reflection
4:00pm – Return to Camp 4,
6:00pm – Dinner
7:30pm – Clean up dinner
8:00 pm – Rest and reflection
Day 10 → Descend to trailhead, return to Labrang
7:30am – Wake up
8:00am – Breakfast
8:30am – Pack up camp
9:30am – Start hiking,
12:30pm- Eat Lunch
1:30 pm – Continue hiking
2:30pm – Arrive at Anatang trailhead, vans to Labrang
6:30 pm – Arrive Labrang, check into BaoMa Hotel
7:00pm – Dinner
8:00 pm – Rest and reflection
Day 11 → Return to Xining
8:00am – Wake up
8:15am – Breakfast
9:00am – Bus leaves Labrang
12noon- Eat lunch on the road
3:00pm Arrive back in Xining and say goodbyes
