See 17 photos from a night in tents under the light of the Mid-Autumn Festival full moon.
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We saw the start of the autumn colours in the hills around the Great Wall at Zhenbiancheng—see 20+ photos from an up-and-down hike in the mountains just beyond Beijing's border with Hebei Province.
Read more about Zhenbiancheng Great Wall Loop hike, 2020/09/26

See 14 photos from a hike on the Great Wall at Stone Valley—high hills, rough Great Wall, and a hint of autumn in the leaves.
Read more about Stone Valley Great Wall Loop, 2020/9/20

See 18 photos from a hike up the stairs to the temples atop Yaji Mountain in Beijing's Pinggu District.
Read more about Yajishan Temple Circuit, 2020/09/12

See 14 photos from a hike below low-hanging clouds, along rough Great Wall and down and out a long, empty valley.
Read more about Yanqing Great Wall to Hengling Village, 2020/09/12

On our first post-lockdown visit to Camp Big Plate we hiked a big loop through mountains, along bluffs, and up and down rough Great Wall—see 20 photos.
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We received an official ‘Great Wall Hero’ award from the Beijing Municipal Culture and Tourism Bureau.
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We went up and over a big peak, passing the High Tower on the way, and found the weather rather different on the other side of the hill—see 30+ photos.
Read more about High Tower and Huanglouyuan, 2020/08/29

See 16 shots from the Stone Valley Great Wall—flowers, blue skies, green hills, long views of Great Wall.
Read more about Stone Valley Great Wall, 2020/08/26

See 14 photos from a hike at Intelligence Valley organised for the ‘Playtime Club’, a social club for families.
Read more about Playtime Club at Intelligence Valley, 2020/08/26

Beijing Hikers has been awarded TripAdvisor’s 2020 Travelers’ Choice Award—our sixth year in a row, sort of!
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We did the longer version of the Stone Gate Mountain Camp hike on a misty and humid day—see 16 photos from the valleys and tops.
Read more about Stone Gate Mountain Camp hike, 2020/08/15

Check a big set of photos from our trip to the Bashang Grasslands—60+ photos of hills, hiking, and horses!
Read more about Bashang Grasslands, August 2020

See 30+ photos from a misty and mysterious hike in the hills west of Beijing, including snaps of all the wildflowers in bloom.
Read more about Vulture Rock Ridge and Yangtaishan Pilgrim’s Trail, 2020/08/01

See a set of 30 photos from a visit to Cuandixia Village in the mountains to the west of Beijing—a tour of the old lanes of the village, and short hikes in the nearby hills.
Read more about Cuandixia ‘Ming Village’ day trip, 2020/07/25

See a big set of photos from our trip into the Tengger Desert, as well as photos from Guangzong Temple and the Helanshan Great Wall.
Read more about Tengger Desert trip, Inner Mongolia, 2020/07

See a small set of shots from the hike up to the top trail of Immortal Valley—views of waterfalls, mountains, and the Miyun Reservoir.
Read more about Immortal Valley Loop, 2020/07/23

Beautiful weather for a visit to a mountain village—see shots from in and around Cuandixia, a Ming and Qing Dynasty-era village.
Read more about Cuandixia ‘Ming Village’ day trip, 2020/07/22

See photos from hikes in the last half of June and the first week of July—Longquanyu Great Wall, Master Gu’s Cave, Stone Valley camping, Stone Gate Mountain, and the Jingxi Ancient Road.
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See 10 photos from a cloudy day on the 'wild' Great Wall at Stone Valley.
Read more about Stone Valley Great Wall Loop, 2020/06/28