We get a mention in the “14 things you can only do in Beijing” and “5 best day trips from Beijing” write-ups.
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Checking out a new trail for the Kids Club hike—an easy loop with options to play in pools of water.
Read more about Jingling Valley Loop scouting, 2024/06

See 20 photos from a stroll—with swimming!—along the White River.
Read more about Along the White River, 2024/06/16

On this hike we visited part of the east side of the Great Wall at Jiankou, hiked over towards the Mutianyu Great Wall, and then finished with the walk dow to Beigou Village—see 12 photos from the wall.
Read more about Jiankou Great Wall to Beigou Village, 2024/06/16

Check out 18 photos from a hot day hike on the Great Wall at Gubeikou—views of Great Wall, mountains, and a sky of puffy clouds.
Read more about Gubeikou Great Wall, 2024/06/15

See sixteen shots of mountains, the White River, the Miyun Reservoir, and some of the Great Wall towers at Lupiguan.
Read more about Lupiguan ‘Deerskin Pass’ Great Wall, 2024/06/08

See ten photos from our hike from Hemp Village through to the Gubeikou Great Wall, with shots of the Great Wall in the golden hour light.
Read more about Hemp Village to Gubeikou Great Wall sundown hike, 2024/06/08

See 11 photos from a hike on the rough and rugged Great Wall above Chenjiapu Village in Hebei.
Read more about Chenjiapu Great Wall, 2024/06/02

On this hike we walked from Gubeikou all the way over to the east gate at the Jinshanling Great Wall—see 20+ photos from the hike.
Read more about Gubeikou to Jinshanling Great Wall East, 2024/06/01

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