The Great Wall was surrounded by the green of summer on this visit, with overcast skies keeping us cool—see 14 photos from the Great Wall on Jiankou’s west side.
Read more about Nine-Eyes Tower and the Jiankou ‘Big West’ Great Wall, 2024/05/29

We had beautiful weather for this hike in Miyun District—see 14 photos with views of mountains, the Miyun Reservoir, the White River Canyon, and some rough and rocky Great Wall.
Read more about Lupiguan ‘Deerskin Pass’ Great Wall, 2023/05/27

See 20 photos from a day hike along the Great Wall at Gubeikou.
Read more about Gubeikou Great Wall, 2023/05/22

It stopped raining just in time for a fun walk on the wall at Gubeikou—see thirteen photos.
Read more about Kids Club at the Gubeikou Great Wall, 2024/05/19

Fifteen photos from a foggy day on the trail up to Zhenzhu Lake overlooks.
Read more about Zhenzhu Lake Tops, 2024/05/18

A small set of photos from an exceedingly pleasant hike by Jinhai Lake in Beijing’s Pinggu District.
Read more about Jinhai Lake hike, 2024/05/12

We designed a hiking itinerary at the Gubeikou Great Wall to suit a teambuilding trip—see 29 photos.
Read more about Gubeikou Great Wall teambuilding trip, 2024/05/11

See 14 photos from a hike up and over the Badaling Ancient Great Wall, a repaired section that turns rough and ‘wild’ after the second peak.
Read more about Badaling Ancient Great Wall, 2024/05/05

Thirteen photos from a lovely day up on the steep and rough Switchback Great Wall.
Read more about Switchback Great Wall, 2024/05/03

We hiked over from Hemp Village, arriving at Gubeikou in time for a spectacular sundown experience—see 24 photos.
Read more about Hemp Village to Gubeikou Great Wall sundown hike, 2024/05/02

The Yellow Stone Gap hike takes us out into the mountains on the east side of Miyun District, right on the border with Hebei’s Xinglong County. On this visit we enjoyed big blue skies, hills full of green, and the short stretch of Great Wall that was built to block the pass here.
Read more about Yellow Stone Gap, 2024/05/01

A short hike in the hills followed by a big meal and then an underground exploration of Fangshan’s Stone Flowers Cave—see 14 photos.
Read more about Stone Flowers Cave visit, 2024/04/21

See 19 photos from a visit to the Great Wall on the ridgeline above the White River canyon.
Read more about Lupiguan ’Deerskin Pass‘ Great Wall, 2024/04/21

A bit of fog, traffic jams, a few extra kms, not that many blossoms … still a fun hike! See 20+ photos from a walk all the way through the West Hills, from near the Botanical Gardens all the way over to the Forest Park.
Read more about West Hills Blossoms Route, 2024/04/13

See eighteen photos from a hike up to the top section of the Chenjiapu Great Wall, a spot we call ‘the switchback’.
Read more about Switchback Great Wall, 2024/04/06

The flowers were showing all over the hills while we did this tough trail, starting off under Moss Mountain and hiking up and over a big ridge to reach the peak of Lotus Mountain—see 18 photos from the hike.
Read more about Moss Mountain to Lotus Mountain, 2024/04/05

The wild cherry and peach flowers were all out as we hiked around Silver Mountain on the way to the pagodas—see 23 photos.
Read more about Silver Pagoda Loop, 2024/03/31

See a big set of photos from two days on the Great Wall at Gubeikou and Jinshanling.
Read more about Gubeikou and Jinshanling Great Wall camping, 2024/03

It was a grey kind of day at the Huangyaguan Great Wall, enlivened by a good hike, plenty of Great Wall history info from BJH Big Boss Huijie, and a big meal at a countryside restaurant—take a look at 15 photos from the hike.
Read more about Huangyaguan Great Wall, 2024/03/24

We headed out to the Huairou hills to explore the pagodas and temple remains at Silver Mountain, and then hiked out to the ‘Car Camp’ to finish—see 19 photos.
Read more about Kids Club at the Silver Pagodas, 2024/03/23