On this hike we did the Stone Valley Great Wall trail and then added on a serious amount of stairclimbing to get up to the top section of the Great Wall here—see 23 photos from the Great Wall surrounded by green.
Read more about Switchback Great Wall, 2021/06/02

For this Kids Club hike we walked up Immortal Valley to the ‘Big Buddha’, passing cliffs, boulders, and cool pools of water on the way—see 20 photos.
Read more about Kids Club at Immortal Valley, 2021/05/30

An incoming storm cut this hike short, but before the rain came through we had beautiful long views from the hills and open ridgelines below the High Tower—see 14 photos.
Read more about High Tower and Huanglouyuan, 2021/05/26

A short hike up to see the views from a firewardens’ hut followed by a gingerbread making-and-baking session at a fancy village guesthouse—see a small set of photos.
Read more about Hiking and Gingerbread-making at Taoyukou Village, 2021/05/22

See seventeen photos from a hike up to the Yellow Grass Plateau and along ridges and forest trails to the Seven Towers.
Read more about Yellow Grass Plateau and Seven Towers, 2021/05/22

See 14 photos from a hike down the Longquanyu Great Wall and up the ‘Big Cloud’ Valley.
Read more about Longquanyu Great Wall, 2021/05/09

The Gubeikou to Jinshanling Great Wall hike is one of the classics, with a mix of repaired and unrepaired Great Wall joined by a ramble through farmland—see 15 photos from the hike.
Read more about Gubeikou Great Wall to Jinshanling Great Wall, 2021/05/08

For the Labour Day holiday weekend we headed out to Stone Valley to camp high up on the wall—see 21 photos of Great Wall and green hills.
Read more about Camping at the Stone Valley Great Wall, 2021/05/03

With cloudy skies and a touch of light rain the sundown part of this hike didn't work so great, but the views of the Great Wall in the late afternoon were still worth it—see 15 photos.
Read more about Hemp Village to Gubeikou Great Wall sundown hike, 2021/05/03

Fourteen photos from the Prove Your Loyalty hike, a long walk through hills and valleys in Pinggu District.
Read more about Prove Your Loyalty, 2021/05/01

See 14 photos from a walk on the ‘wild’ Great Wall at Stone Valley.
Read more about Stone Valley Great Wall, 2021/04/25

See a set of 25 photos from a super hike from Zhenbiancheng to Big Camp Plate.
Read more about Zhenbiancheng to Big Camp Plate, 2021/04/24

Changyucheng is a village that grew up around a Ming Dynasty-era barracks, and on this visit we hiked hill trails and valleys behind the village reservoir before taking a look around some of the remaining fortifications—see 13 photos from the hike and walkabout in the village.
Read more about Changyucheng Walled Village, 2021/04/18

We hiked the Longquanyu Great Wall and ‘Big Cloud’ Valley on a wonderfully mild and sunny day—see 14 photos from the Great Wall and valley, with views of the surrounding mountains.
Read more about Longquanyu Great Wall, 2021/04/18

We visited Stone Gate Mountain Camp for a hike in the hills above—see 15 photos of flowers and blooms, cliffs and mountains, and the ‘Stone Gate’.
Read more about Stone Gate Mountain Camp, 2021/04/11

See a small collection of photos from the hills in between the Silver Pagodas and East Water Valley Village.
Read more about Silver Pagodas to East Water Valley Village, 2021/04/10

This hike took us up to Zhenbei Tower at Jiankou and then over to the top section of the Mutianyu Great Wall, with superb views all the way—see 31 photos of Great Wall, pink blossoms, and a surprising pink glow in the light at dusk.
Read more about Jiankou Great Wall to Beigou Village sundown hike, 2021/04/04

We got up to high elevations on this walk, hiking up a broad ridge to reach the High Tower and then continuing through forest and along repaired Great Wall to finish at Huanglouyuan—see sixteen photos.
Read more about High Tower and Huanglouyuan, 2021/04/03

On the Spring Equinox we hiked through the hills to reach the tops of the Western Hills Forest Park, seeing the start of spring blossoms, the sunset, and the lights of Beijing coming on as the sky darkened—see 14 photos.
Read more about Sundown at the Forest Park, 2021/03/20

In a break in the recent smoggy weather we hiked up to Nine-Eyes Tower to find blue skies, great views, a little bit of snow, and quite a lot of mud where the snow had melted—see 19 photos.
Read more about Nine-Eyes Tower, 2021/03/13