Basum Tso
巴松措
3,480 m Elevation Lake 72 km into the day
A jewel-green holy lake with an island temple, in the mountains north of the road.
About this stop
Known in Chinese as 巴松措, Basum Tso is a lake on Day 18, The Niyang River · Gongbo’gyamda, the Cycling 318 stage from Nyingchi to Gongbo’gyamda, about 72 km into the day, at 3,480 m.
In the game, it sits inside the same route book as the rest of this stage: pedal, cruise or walk the bike at your own pace, check in at the landmark, and keep the stop in your 318 passport and postcard collection.
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