An old pilgrim’s trail took us over the hills on Beijing’s west side, finishing at Dajue Temple—see 11 photos.
Read more about Down The Incense Trail to Dajue Temple, 2022/03/27

A small set of photos from a private hike that started by Tiger Valley, went through Zhaoling Village, and finished with a tour of the underground mausoleum at Ding Tomb.
Read more about Tiger Valley to Ding Tomb, 2022/03/26

Snow fell the night before the hike, and we trekked through snowy hills on the way to the temples at Yajishan—see 23 photos.
Read more about Over the Hills to Yaji Mountain, 2022/03/19

See 20 photos from a short hike in the hills and a walk around the lanes and alleys of the village.
Read more about Kids Club at Cuandixia ‘Ming Village’, 2022/03/13

After a walk in the nearby hills, and a big meal at a village restaurant, we went underground at Stone Flowers Cave—see 27 photos.
Read more about Kids Club at Stone Flowers Cave, 2022/03/05

See 11 photos from our last ice hike of the season—a hike with blue skies above and white ice below.
Read more about Longyunshan and White River, 2022/02/26

Clear blue skies and patches of snow on and around the Great Wall at Gubeikou—see 18 photos.
Read more about Gubeikou Great Wall, 2022/02/20

See 10 photos from a walk in the snow up the ‘High Rise’.
Read more about High Rise Plus, 2022/02/19

Some good news (for a change!)—our hikes are in Lonely Planet’s 15 things in Beijing article.
Read more about Beijing Hikers in Lonely Planet, 2022/02

On this hike at the White River we had ice and snow—the full winter experience! See 12 photos.
Read more about Longyunshan and White River, 2022/02/13

We took the kids out to Miyun District for our last hike of the Chinese New Year Holiday, hiking and sledding up and down the river before a climb up to the cliffs above the river—see 19 photos.
Read more about Kids Club at Longyunshan and the White River, 2022/02/06

All the ice and frozen waterfalls in Immortal Valley make it a winter favourite of ours—see 15 photos.
Read more about Immortal Valley Loop, 2022/02/04

On this hike we slid about on a frozen reservoir, hiked past frozen waterfalls up to an ice cave, and then explored snowy trails up in the hills—see 10 photos.
Read more about Kids Club at Immortal Valley, 2022/02/02

See 10 photos from a hike along snowy trails on Beijing’s west side.
Read more about Jingxi Ancient Road and Horse Hoofprints, 2022/01/29

A small set of photos from an afternoon out in Yanqing—see five photos from the caves and three photos from the ice fest.
Read more about Longqingxia Ice Festival and Tang Dynasty Caves, 2022/01/23

We picked a perfect time to visit the usually super-touristy Juyongguan Great Wall and Shuiguan Great Wall—clear skies, mild temperatures, great views, and practically no other visitors. See 26 photos.
Read more about Juyonguan Great Wall and Shuiguan Great Wall, 2022/01/16

See 16 shots from the hikes we did along the White River during the 2021-2022 New Year holiday weekend.
Read more about New Year Holiday White River ice hikes, 2022/01

A few photos from a short hike, plus lots more from the gingerbread make-and-bake at a fancy countryside courtyard guesthouse.
Read more about Kids Club Boxing Day hike and gingerbread make-and-bake, 2021/12/26

Flight tickets will not be included in the prices for Explore China trips, starting January 2022.
Read more about Changes to pricing for Explore China trips

We were on the Great Wall for nearly all of this hike, first on a repaired section at the Badaling Ancient Great Wall, and then finishing on a rough section near Stone Valley Village—see 19 photos.
Read more about Badaling Ancient Great Wall, 2021/12/04