To adapt to hostile habitats characterized by low temperatures, high radiation, and short growing seasons, numerous alpine species inhabit narrow ecological niches and exhibit highly specialized phenotype (Sun et al., 2014). Alpine species are more sensitive to limiting environmental factors and show less tolerance to conditions change (Engler et al., 2011; Seddon et al., 2016; Yu et al., 2017). In response to climate warming, multiple studies show that plants are shifting upwards and northwards to track cooler and suitable environments (Ash et al., 2017; He et al., 2019a; Kelly & Goulden, 2008; Rana et al., 2022). Conversely, several studies suggest that alpine species are unable to effectively mitigate existential threats via migration (Gottfried et al., 2012; Steinbauer et al. 2018; Nogués–Bravo et al., 2007). Mountain systems typically exhibit a near–conical shape, with surface area decreasing as altitude increases, rendering alpine species ’nowhere to go’ (Steinbauer et al. 2018). In a dire scenario, alpine species become trapped at the summits, suffering from compound challenges including habitat degradation, migration constraints, and plant invasions (Ahmad et al., 2021). Recently, an increasing amount of research has focused on the range shifts of plants within the Third Pole. Several species are projected to maintain or even expand their potential distribution areas, contradicting the ”nowhere to go” hypothesis (He et al., 2019a; You et al., 2018). These studies suggest a possibility that, in the future, the TP may accommodate the migration of species from HHM, but this requires validation through more research on Third Pole species.