24km / 1021m ascent / 1286m descent / 1400m peak
700 RMB (630 RMB for members)
6:30am departure from the Agriculture Exhibition Center Subway Station, Line 10
It’s a mountain-walking half-marathon. With 1000m+ of ascent over the course, perhaps you won’t finish as quickly as you think. But there’s nothing to hold you back: the trails will be marked clearly the day before the event, and we'll set up water stations along the way. Suitable for fit and healthry people aged 18 and above.
Registration for the hiking festival has closed.
7.5km / 390m ascent / 49m descent
Warm up the legs with a jaunt along a gravelly country road, passing through little villages on the way up to a table that marks the border of Beijing Municipality and Hebei Province. The village where we begin used to be a barracks for Great Wall-guarding soldiers all the way back in the Ming Dynasty, and parts of the wall and a big archway still remain.
7.5km / 362m ascent / 763m descent
Pick up a few bottles of water at the rest station and then follow flatter dirt trails through the hills before the trail gets seriously steep with a slog up to the High Tower, at 1440m above sea level one of the highest Great Wall beacon towers in Beijing. From the tower, dip down along a rough section of Great Wall before getting onto narrow dirt trails that lead down the north face of the mountain, crossing over onto gravel paths and then out to a concrete road.
3.5km / 48m ascent / 160m descent
A concrete road leads out to the nearest village. Take a quick rest break at an intersection and then head for the hills again. Checkpoint: pass the rest station here before the cut-off time, or your hike finishes here.
4km / 241m ascent / 271m descent
Turn off the concrete road and hit the last climb of the day, a valley trail that crosses the Great Wall at a dip in the hills. Then follow a hill trail down the other to a paved path that leads to the valley on the other side of the hill.
0.8km / 21m descent
Stroll on down a concrete road to Stone Valley Village, where your reward awaits. Congratulations!
Payments can be made by bank transfer, by bringing cash or card to our office, or by bringing cash to any of our hikes.
24km Challenge
700 RMB per person (630 RMB for Beijing Hikers' members)
Registration for the hiking festival has closed.
We're starting early to make sure we don't run out of light.
Please be on time for check in and departure.
Return times are approximate.
Trails clearly marked in advance so you can choose your own speed.
Snacks and drinks supplied post-hike; prizes for top competitors.
Early-morning pickup from a subway station and drop-off at the same place after the hike, all included in the cost.
Line 10 Agriculture Exhibition Center Subway Station
The hiking festival is open to anyone in good physical health. If you're not in good physical health or have a health condition that could be exacerbated by hiking – for example, but not limited to, high blood pressure, heart disease or history of heart disease in family – or if you're healthy but haven't exercised in more than a year, you should not participate.
We will ask you to sign a waiver to certify the above, a requirement for participation.
More terms and conditions apply. Please click here to read the rest of the guidelines and information.
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Phone: +86 (10) 6432-2786
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