Hillwalking

A steep climb up a path beside the Great Wall gets you to the Round Tower, a lookout point with unobstructed views of the surrounding mountains and the vast Miyun reservoir.
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Follow an ancient pilgrims’ trail through the hills and forests of Mentougou District, finishing up with a BJH-style picnic and a look about Dajue Temple.
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Hike an easy trail in the foothills of Big Black Mountain and then head over to the Ming Tombs for a tour of Chang Tomb before heading home.
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Make the big climb up to Yinmeng Temple, and then hike down the other side of the mountains to explore the Sujia River. Finish with a slightly smaller climb to get back on to the Beijing city side of the mountains. Awesome views of mountains, cliffs, canyons, and the river.
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A Pinggu District ramble that follows wooded trails, passes abandoned or lightly-inhabited villages, and crosses short rundown stretches of Great Wall. This is the shorter version of the hike; we’ll finish at the tunnel by the abandoned hotel.
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Hike easy trails in forested valleys, with one extended climb to Pigs Head Peak and a visit to the fabulous ‘One Ribbon of Sky’ boulder.
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Hike up into the low hills above Tiger Valley and then through woods up and over a ridge, finishing by walking out a valley and then along village roads to visit Zhao Tomb.
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A moderately-difficult loop hike in Beijing’s northeast that follows old roads and tracks through the mountains to pass by Big Tiger Stone and through Yellowstone Gap, with a good climb near the end to check out a short stretch of repaired Great Wall.
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Moderately difficult hill walking in the mountains north of the Ming Tombs.
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Hike past the Ming-era walled barracks at Changyucheng and up a quiet valley on the way to the one of the highest Great Wall towers in Beijing. We’ll return via a different valley to Changyucheng village to take a look at the temple and check out the walls and arches of an old Ming Dynasty-era military barracks.
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A hike around the hills on the border of Miyun and Hebei’s Xinglong County, featuring a look at what’s known as ‘the V-shaped Great Wall’.
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Follow a trail through the Changping countryside, passing villages, quarries, and a local shrine on the way to the Silver Pagodas, a set of five well-preserved 600-year-old pagodas that are all that remains of a big Buddhist temple. Includes a post-hike lunch at a countryside restaurant.
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