玉龙雪山属南温带型高原季风气候区，具有独特的山体季风特色，由于河谷至山顶高差大，气候垂直差异，从河谷到山顶依次出现暖性、温暖性、温凉性北亚热带和寒温性等山地垂直气候带。
YulongSnowMountainislocatedinthenorthwestofLijiang,YunnanProvince,China.Ithasanorth-southtrend,asteepfan,andanaltitudeof5596meters.Itisthelowestlatitudeandhighestaltitudepeakinthenorthernhemisphereoftheworld.The13peaksofthesnowmountainarecoveredwithsnowalltheyearround.Likeavigorousjadedragonlyingonthetopofthemountain,ithasthepotentialtojumpintotheJinshaRiver,soitiscalled"JadeDragonSnowMountain".
YulongSnowMountainislocatedbetween100°4′2″-100°16′30″Eand27°3′2″-27°18′57″n,coveringanareaof415squarekilometers.Themainpeakfanissteep,withanaltitudeof5596meters.Itiscoveredwithsnowalltheyearround.TherearetemperatemarineglaciersintheEurasiancontinentclosesttotheequator.YulongSnowMountainiscalled"OuLu"inNaxilanguage,whichmeanssilverrock.Itiswrappedinplainsilverandhas13snowpeaks,justlikea"giantdragon"flying,soitiscalled"jadedragon".BecausethelithologyofYulongSnowMountainismainlylimestoneandbasalt,blackandwhite,soitisalsocalled"blackandwhitesnowmountain".
YulongSnowMountainisthesacredmountainintheheartofNaxipeople.ItissaidthatitistheincarnationoftheNaxiprotectivegod"Sanduo".YulongSnowMountainisrichinnaturalresources,themostornamentalvalueisthealpinesnowlandscape,waterlandscape,forestlandscapeandmeadowlandscape.Theseuniquenaturallandscapesattractcountlesstouriststovisithereeveryyear.In20__,YulongSnowMountainwasratedas4Ascenicspot,andinMay20__,itbecameoneofthefirstbatchof5AscenicspotsinChina.Itisbelievedthatinthenearfuture,YulongSnowMountainwillbecomeafirst-classscenicspotwithfirst-classecologicalenvironment,whichcanlettouristsenjoyecotourism,feelbiodiversity,andfullyreflecttheintimacyandharmonybetweenhumanandnature.