Since I didn’t do a thorough job of assigning keywords to my pictures it is taking me some time to sort through my Gorge pictures.

Qutang Gorge

Entering Qutang Gorge from the east (facing upriver).

Qutang Gorge, heading upriver.

Trash picker, in Qutang Gorge.

Shipping traffic in Qutang Gorge.

Shipping traffic in Qutang Gorge.

Looking back toward Qutang Gorge from the exit.

View of the entrance to Qutang Gorge, Kweimen, from White Emperor City.

Entering the Gorge from the west, heading down river.

Mountain tops along Qutang Gorge.

If you are heading down river the first gorge of the three gorges is Qutang Gorge. It starts at the White Emperor City (Baidicheng) and ends at Daxi. Here are some images from two trips through the Qutang gorge. In fall of 2014 my Dad and I went up river and in spring of this year, 2017, my son and I went downriver. The photos with brown water are from the fall of 2014, right after a flood, which washed a lot of soil and trash into the river. The ones from the spring of 2017 are, I’ve been told, the more normal water color.