See 21 photos from the hike—mostly the Jinshanling section, also two lovely shiny bugs!
Read more about Gubeikou to Jinshanling Great Wall, 2025/11/05

A hike on the Gubeikou Great Wall on a lovely clear day—see 15 photos of the wall and surrounding scenery.
Read more about Gubeikou Great Wall, 2024/11/02

Seventeen photos from an outing arranged for a teambuilding day, with a hike at Wucaiqianshan followed by a visit to the War Tunnels at Jiaozhuanghu Village.
Read more about Wucaiqianshan autumn colours and War Tunnels, 2025/11/01

See sixteen shots from the hike up to the Great Wall towers at Lupiguan—autumn colours, reservoir views, and some rough Great Wall to look at.
Read more about Lupiguan Great Wall, 2025/11/01

See 60+ photos from a trip to visit Lingshui Village, Yanhe River Fort, and the two towers at Yanhekou.
Read more about Lingshui ‘Scholars’ Village’ and Yanhe River Fort scouting trip, 2025/10/30

We were maybe a week too early for the best of the colours on this hike, but with a beautiful blue sky day the views were amazing nonetheless—see 19 photos from the trail.
Read more about West Hills Red Leaves Route, 2024/10/26

20 photos from a hike at Yellowstone Gap, where we found valley trails washed out after the July flooding. And nice autumn colours also!
Read more about Yellowstone Gap, 2024/10/25

Fourteen photos from a hike on the rough and rugged Great Wall at Zhenbiancheng, with plenty of autumn colours on display.
Read more about Zhenbiancheng Great Wall, 2025/10/19

See 20+ photos from a cloudy and cool day on the Gubeikou Great Wall.
Read more about Gubeikou Great Wall, 2025/10/12

The classic Gubeikou to Jinshanling hike, with some autumn colours starting to show in the hills around the Great Wall—13 photos from the walk.
Read more about Gubeikou Great Wall to Jinshanling Great Wall hike, 2025/10/04

We hiked over to the Gubeikou Great Wall from Hemp Village, enjoying ‘golden hour’ views at Gubeikou—see 22 photos.
Read more about Hemp Village to Gubeikou Great Wall sundown hike, 2025/10/03

See twelve photos from a hike at the Chenjiapu Great Wall, with some autumn colour starting to show in the hills around the Great Wall.
Read more about Chenjiapu Great Wall, 2025/09/29

We enjoyed spectacular weather on this trip, just perfect for 2 days of hiking in the Gubeikou and Jinshanling area—see 34 photos.
Read more about Gubeikou to Jinshanling Great Wall camping, 2025/09/20

Check a set of 32 photos from two days on the Great Wall around Gubeikou and Jinshanling.
Read more about Gubeikou and Jinshanling Great Wall camping, 2025/09/13

Eleven photos from a hike on the east side of the big lake.
Read more about Jinhai Lake hike, 2025/09/07

Eight photos from a fine day out on the wild wall, with a touch of autumn colours starting to show in the higher hills.
Read more about Chenjiapu Great Wall, 2025/09/07

Eleven photos from a fine day up on the Great Wall at Chenjiapu.
Read more about Chenjiapu Great Wall, 2025/08/31

See photos from a 4-day trip to Tibetan and Qiang areas in the mountains of Sichuan.
Read more about Changping Valley and Danba, Garze, Sichuan (2025/08)

Twelve photos from a fine day up on the Great Wall at Chenjiapu.
Read more about Chenjiapu Great Wall, 2025/08/06

A big set of photos from a five-day visit to the Gannan Tibetan area in Gansu—monasteries, grasslands, and amazing mountain scenery.
Read more about Xiahe, Labrang Monastery, and Zhagana, Gansu Province