On this visit to the Gubeikou Great Wall we managed to time the hike to miss the worst of the rain, and enjoyed lovely views of the Great Wall with mist all around—see 15 photos. Read more about Gubeikou Great Wall Loop, 2021/08/15
See fourteen photos from a ramble around the hills between Zhenbiancheng and Shuitou—green hills, sunshine, flowers, and a little bit of the Zhenbiancheng Great Wall. Read more about Shuitou Village Loop hike, 2021/07/31
After a lot of rain in the preceding days, we arrived at Longquanyu to find the wall cloud-covered, misty, and mysterious. And we found where all that rain went—down into the valleys, which we avoided for fear of a mudbath. See 16 photos. Read more about Longquanyu Great Wall, 2021/07/14
We managed to fit the hike perfectly between two heavy spells of rain, with blue skies and green hills all around—see 10 photos from the Gubeikou Great Wall. Read more about Gubeikou Great Wall Loop, 2021/07/04
After reports from local friends of heavy rain in the area the night before we weren’t sure what we’d find in the valleys here—turns out we found evidence of some flooding, and a lot of mud! See 10 photos. Read more about Big Cloud Valley and Shuiquan Canyon, 2021/06/26
On this hike we did the Stone Valley Great Wall trail and then added on a serious amount of stairclimbing to get up to the top section of the Great Wall here—see 23 photos from the Great Wall surrounded by green. Read more about Switchback Great Wall, 2021/06/02
An incoming storm cut this hike short, but before the rain came through we had beautiful long views from the hills and open ridgelines below the High Tower—see 14 photos. Read more about High Tower and Huanglouyuan, 2021/05/26