It is 120 kilometers in length, is the the crosscut from Yi Li to south of Xin Jiang, and now no one walks in this ride, because the new highroad has been opened to traffic.

• 因为清代在木查尔特冰川上设有70户专门凿冰梯的人家，因而得名“沙图”，夏特是沙图的转音，意为“阶梯”、“台阶”、“梯道”，也有称之为“夏塔”的。