Tomur Peak of 7453 meters above sea level, means ¡°Iron Mountain¡± in Uighur language. 80.1¡ãE and 42.0¡ãN, it is situated in the north of Wensu County in the South part of Xinjiang China and proves to be the highest peak in Tian Shan Mountains while the Tian Shan Mountains, 2500 kilometers leighth from the east to the west, tranverses the whole of Kazakstan and stretches to the centre of Xinjiang China. With 15 high peaks over 6000 meters and 5 over 6800 meter around it, Tomur Peak is a place of clustering peaks in the Tian Shan Mountains. Highly developed, some 509 modern glaciers here of various kinds total an area of 2746.32 square kilometres and 350,000,000 cubie meters of water reserve, which serves as the important water resources in the vast expanse of both the south and north Tian Shan Mountains.

Deep in the inland, far away from the oceans, under the strong effect of the westerly wind in high altitudes and protected by screens of mountains, the south and the north slopes differ greatly in climate, while with the humid north slope and arid south slope, the Tomur Peak area often undergoes myriads of weather changesin the twinkling of an eye ¨C showers, a blast of strong wind and occasional hailstones. At an attitude of over 4500 meters, the temperature remains below zero all the year round with the lowest of 50 degree below the zero. Only between the months of July and August can the temperature rise about 18 degree below the zero, with proves to be a period of high temperature in a year. A cycles of 5 or 6 fine days favours a concentrated effort of mountains climbing.

Five ridges are on Tomur Peak. They are the West Ridge, the East Ridge, the Southwest Ridge, the Southeast Ridge and the North Ridge To the North of the North Ridge is the second highest peak, Hantengri Peak, which is 6995 meters, at a straight-line distance of about 20 kilometres away from Tomur Peak.

With its top like the spine of a fish, the giant, dangerous and steep Tomur Peak is covered by uninterrupted snow and often affected by the harsh climate. Glacier can be found everywhere in abundance, and the open and hidden crevasses are so deep as to be immeasurable. The natural barriers of the broken precipices, the difficulties caused by the crayon, frequent, snow and ice avalanches and rolling rocks, all pose a serious threat to the mountaineers.

In 1956, the former Soviet Expedition ascended the summit of Tomur Peak from the North slope along the northeast wall. In July, 1977, other 27 Chinese climbers conquered This peak again from the South slope along the Southeast Ridge. In 1977, however, the camp site, set up 5800 meters above sea level by the Chinese Mountaineering Team, was levelled to the ground by a snow avalanch, but luckily, nobody was in it. Moreover, in 1986, the Japanese Woman¡¯s Team met with three snow avalanches in two days. In short, the wild havoc of snow avalanches constitutes the greatest barrier for mountaineers.

En route, Drive up northwards to Wensu county first from Aksu city. The distance between Aksu and Wensu is about 20 kilometres. After going up to Taglak, walk northwards along the Muzart River Valley to the South slope of Tomur Peak, where the mountaineering base camp may be put up at one end of the Qongtailan Glacier, measuring 3200 meters above sea level. Another way to this peak is to advance for 60 kilometres from Wensu to Pochengzi. After that, trudge for 40 kilometres northwards along the Muerte River valley to Gaibieliqi from which you can climb Hantengri Peak and Snow-lotus Peak. Because it is a difficult mountain, you should have to consider to spend longer time to do your attempt-ing to its summit.

Itinerary: you may have choices which pass, you think, is convenient to you to enter into China. The following itinerary is only a kind of suggested one

Day 01 Come in to China through the Tuogart Pass on the border of China and Kyrgizstan. Drive further down to Kashgar. Check in your hotel

Day 02 Keep your driving towards the east to Wensu via Aksu city. Check in your hotel. The distance is about 520 kilometers by a good highway in this day.

Day 03 A prepare day here. You should have to do your last checking carefully before going into this mountains.

Day 04 Switch your bus into jeeps and drive till you arrive at a village named Talak, where your horses and donkeys will be collected. Camp for night

Day 05/08 Trekking up to the Base Camp with your horses and donkey along the Muzart River Valley

Day 09 Arrive at Chongtailan, where is used to be the climbing base camp site. Sept up your base camp.

Day 10/29 Climbing activities
Day 30 Come down to the base camp site from your altitude camps
Day 31/34 trek down to the village named Talak. Then say Good Bye to your animal drivers and drive back to Aksu. Check in your hotel

Day 35 Switch jeeps into a bus and drive Kashgar. Check in your hotel in Kashgar. The distance between Aksu and Kshgar is 500 kilometers. It takes 7 ours by driving., good highway.

Day 36 It should be Sunday today. Sunday is bazaar day in Kashgar, site of perhaps the largest and longest running bazaar in Central Asia. As many as 100,000 people come in from surrounding areas to buy and sell animals and goods. Early in the morning you can see streams of people in donkey carts coming in to market. There are separate areas for animals, furniture, fabric, clothing, shish kebobs, shaves with a straight razor (including scalp), fruits and vegetables, and much more. In the animal bazaar care needs to be exhibited as horses and donkeys are being "test-driven". Also in the animal bazaar you can find cattle, sheep, goats, and camels - all in a fairly small, walled-in area. When you are in the midst of all this, you may feel like you have stepped back in time several hundred years. After breakfast you will be free to roam the bazaar or to go along with a guide who willtranslate Uighur for you.

Day 37 Leave for the Tuogart Pass and exit China, all the services end in China. ITMC Tien Shan will take a good care of you when you enter into Kyrgzstan.