Dahaituo Mountain hiking photos, 2009/10/03
For the first of our holiday weekend trips we headed out to Dahaituo Shan, in the Songshan National Park, on the border of Beijing Municipality and Hebei Province. After a wee bit of messing about (police checks, fire wardens, etc.), we were able to get started and spent six hours hiking through beautiful autumn scenery on a very clear day.
Statistics: 4.75 hours hiking over 15.5km at approx. 3.5km/hr (6 hours total time); start height 1389m, highest point 2199m, approx. 1345m going up, 1365m going down. Estimated 2431kCal burned. Checks of passports by police: 3
Group shot at the top. Click for a larger picture.
Getting started on the hike.
Autumn colours on the hillside.
More of the autumn colours.
The broad plateau halfway up Daihaituo.
Looking down toward Haituo Village.
Pine trees near the top of Dahaituo.
Pine trees in the valley at the foot of Dahaituo.
More of the nice autumn colours we saw.
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Autumn colours (Dahaituo Mountain, Hebei).
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