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See 17 photos from a hike up to Nine-Eyes Tower at Jiankou—overcast but clear, with long views all around.
Read more about Nine-Eyes Tower and the Jiankou ‘Big West’ Great Wall, 2026/04/12

Springtime blossoms to go with the Great Wall views—see 24 photos from a hike on the rough and mostly-unrepaired Chenjiapu Great Wall.
Read more about Chenjiapu Great Wall, 2026/04/06

A loop hike that shows the highlights of the Great Wall between Jiankou and Mutianyu—see 15 photos from a springtime visit.
Read more about Jiankou Zhengbei Tower Great Wall Loop, 2026/04/05

23 photos from a springtime walk through the rolling hills near the Miyun Reservoir.
Read more about Rolling Hills hike, 2026/04/04

A collection of photos from a visit to Wuyuan and Jingdezhen in Jiangxi Province—photos from walks and hikes through fields and hills, strolls through villages, and a visit to a ceramics studio in Jingdezhen.
Read more about Wuyuan and Jingdezhen, 2026/04

All the flowers were out for this visit, making the scenery super nice. Not so many photos, but we’ve included some short videos!
Read more about Gubeikou Great Wall, 2026/04/01

19 photos from the Gubeikou to Jinshanling hike—a bit smoggy, still good!
Read more about Gubeikou Great Wall to Jinshanling Great Wall hike, 2026/03/28

See 26 photos from a walk at the Gubeikou Great Wall—early spring scenery, a little too early yet for blossoms and flowers.
Read more about Gubeikou Great Wall, 2026/03/21

We dodged road repairs and new fences and hiked up through the valleys and cliffs to the craggy overlook of the lake—see 14 photos.
Read more about Zhenzhu Lake Tops, 2026/03/14

This hike follows hill trails, paved tracks, and roads through the hills to the west of Beijing, passing abandoned hermitages, little temples, and Dingdu Pavilion, finishing up at Tanzhe Temple—see seventeen photos.
Read more about Through the Hills to Dingdu Pavilion and Tanzhe Temple, 2026/03/07

A new outing that starts with a loop hike in the foothills of Big Black Mountain and finishes with a tour of Chang Tomb—this time cold and icy with some snow on the ground. (17 photos)
Read more about Big Black Mountain and Chang Tomb, 2026/03/01

See 40 photos from a trip to Xiahe in Gansu Province—photos from the big festival and side trips to mountains, forts, and temples.
Read more about Xiahe and Labrang Monastery Festival, 2026/02

A variety of scenery on this hike, starting with the gloomy and frozen Big Cloud Valley and finishing with a look at the Longquanyu Great Wall—see 20 photos.
Read more about Xiangtun Village Loop, 2026/02/21

See seventeen shots from a two-day trip to Yu County in Hebei—Spring Festival opera performances, the splashing sparks of Dashuhua, temples, towns, and a countryside hike.
Read more about Yu County CNY overnight, 2026/02

We travelled out to Yanqing District to check out the caves at Guyaju, and then headed on to the ice festival at Longqingxia—see 24 photos.
Read more about Tang Dynasty Caves and Longqingxia Ice Festival, 2026/02/15

First hike here in a while! See 29 shots from a trail that follows old tracks between mountain villages and comes out by two of the closed Ming Tombs.
Read more about Longevity Village to Deling Tomb, 2026/02/14

See 23 photos from the hills and ice-filled valleys on the hike, including some of the Great Wall in the area.
Read more about ‘Big Cloud’ Valley and Shuiquan Canyon, 2026/02/07

24 photos from a walk down the frozen White River.
Read more about White River ice hike, 2026/02/01

An overcast day up on the Great Wall on the west side of Jiankou—see 13 photos.
Read more about Nine-Eyes Tower and Jiankou ‘Big West’ Great Wall, 2026/01/25

Twenty photos from a hike along the frozen White River.
Read more about White River ice hike, 2026/01/24