Hailuo Dyke Glacier Forest Park is superior to Alaska Glacier Park in the United States and Canuk Glacier Park in Canada as the unique glacier park boasting of the lowest altitude, most frequent geographical movements, and most complete glacier landforms. Hailuo Dyke Glacier came into being 1600 years ago. It is one of the rare glaciers with low altitude in the world. To the east of the ridge of the highest peak in Gongga Mountain Range lie precipitous mounts and deep valleys, presenting a rolling landform unique to the park. The roaring and deep Dadu River is accompanied by steep peaks and cliffs.
Here leans the grand canyon of about 30 kilometers wide and 6500 meters deep, rare to see in other places of the world. It is where the famous Hailuo Dyke Glacier Scenic Area is situated. The scenic area features complicated landforms and unique climatic features. There is a long spring time but without summer all over the year at the foot of Gongga Mountain. With amiable weather and lush trees, the average temperature here is 15 annually. But the mountain top is covered with white snow in the whole year and the annual temperature there is around 9 on average. Hailuo Dyke is originated from a river canyon of melted ice at the east slope of the highest peak in Gongga Mountain.
Hailuogou glacier in Gongga Mountain is one of very few glaciers at low latitudes which are possible to visit throughout the whole year. In China, Hailuogou glacier is the one closest to a big city (282 kilometers away from Chengdu), and is the most easily accessible and low-lying of modern maritime glaciers. Today people appreciate and understand glaciers as one of the wonders of nature. Hailuogou glacier, also known as the First Glacier, is the longest among 71 glaciers on Gongga Mountain, with a length of 14.7 kilometers and an area of 16 square kilometers. Its maximum altitude only reaches 6,750 meters, and the lowest parts of the glacier are 2,850 meters above sea level. Seen vertically it has several layers: the glacial amphitheater and the grand ice falls, 500-1,100 meters wide and 1,080 meters tall (the tallest and most spectacular glacial waterfall so far discovered in China, with a size eight times as large as the famous Huangguoshu waterfall). In the valley exist a large number of boiling, hot or cold mineral springs, a large area of virgin forests, special high-glacial peaks and a large number of rare animals and plants. The front-end of the glacier is only 2,850 meters above sea level, stretching to the virgin forest up to 6 km, and creating a rare scene of the coexistence between the glacier and the forest. In addition, Hailuogou glacier has such active movement that different forms of crystal such as arc arches, ice caves, ice ladders, ice doors, glacial lakes and ice peaks come into being.
Hailuogou scenic spot has special climate characteristics, described by the saying a ditch has four seasons, and ten miles of different weather . It is cool in summer and warm in winter, and has an annual precipitation of 2,000 mm. Hailuogou is ideal for travel, vacations, resorts, mountain climbing, expeditions and adventure holidays all year around.