We hiked here twice this weekend—both hikes visiting the pagodas, and one finishing with a longer walk over the hills to East Water Valley Village.
Read more about Silver Pagodas, December 2022

A short set of photos from a hike at the Badaling Ancient Great Wall.
Read more about Badaling Ancient Great Wall, 2022/12/04

Take a look at fourteen photos from a hike up and over the ‘high rise’—clear skies, cold weather, and no one else around anywhere.
Read more about High Rise Plus, 2022/12/03

See 13 photos from a ramble through the countryside in Huairou—empty orchards, misty valleys, grain grind stones … and geese?
Read more about Triangle Hike, 2022/11/27

See 17 photos from a clear and windy day up on the Great Wall at Gubeikou.
Read more about Gubeikou Great Wall, 2022/11/12

See thirteen photos from the hike up to the tops of Phoenix Ridge and then over to the ‘Big Wind Gap’.
Read more about Phoenix Ridge and the Big Wind Gap, 2022/11/05

Foggy and misty scenery, fallen leaves, light rain, and a definite feel of winter—see 30+ photos from the hike up to the High Tower.
Read more about High Tower and Huanglouyuan, 2022/10/29

Photos from a hike up to Zhenbei Tower at Jiankou, and then over the ‘Ox Horn’ and towards Mutianyu.
Read more about Jiankou Great Wall to Beigou Village, 2022/10/23

Photos from a hike on an old pilgrims’ trail, crossing over the mountains to finish at Dajue Temple.
Read more about Incense Trail to Dajue Temple, 2022/10/22

This is one of our newer hiking trails, and we’d originally scouted it out because we’d heard the autumn colours were amazing. On this scouting trip we caught those colours on camera—take a look!
Read more about Wucaiqianshan scouting trip, 2022/10/17

This hike took us along part of the Jingxi Ancient Road, following old paths through forested hills. See 19 photos.
Read more about Jingxi Ancient Road, 2022/10/16

We’d timed this hike to be up on the Great Wall during the ‘golden hour’, just before sunset—see 10 photos from the Great Wall between Jiankou and Mutianyu.
Read more about Jiankou to Beigou Village sundown hike, 2022/10/06

See ten photos from a ramble around a peaceful part of the Miyun countryside, refreshingly free from holiday crowds.
Read more about Rolling Hills hike, 2022/10/04

18 photos from a camping trip at the Gubeikou Great Wall—including sunset, nighttime, and sunrise shots.
Read more about Camping at the Gubeikou Great Wall, 2022/09

See 26 photos from a big hike at Tianmenshan, starting with a walk on wild trails in the mountains and finishing with the big stairclimb up to the Tianmenshan rock arch.
Read more about Tianmenshan Loop hike, 2022/09/24

The Yellow Grass Plateau lived up to its name on this visit, with warm autumn colours already on display—see seventeen photos of forest trails, mountains and cliffs, warm autumn colours, and dirt-bathing donkeys.
Read more about Yellow Grass Plateau and Seven Towers, 2022/09/17

We did the Great Flood hike backwards on this visit, starting with an easy walk up a river canyon, and finishing with a difficult and tricky walk out across boulders and stones on a washed-out trail—see 10 photos.
Read more about Great Flood hike, 2022/09/11

See 18 shots from a walk up to our favourite swimming spot in Yunmeng Gorge.
Read more about Yunmeng Gorge Swim and Explore, 2022/08/19

Photos from a scouting trip for the Tianmenshan Loop hike.
Read more about Tianmenshan Loop scouting, 2022/08/16

Photos from Datong’s old Great Wall and old quarter night market and temples.
Read more about Datong scouting trip, 2022/07