Lovely autumn colours … terrible air quality—see a set of sixteen photos and imagine what it would be like on a clear day.
Read more about Through the Hills to the Forest Park test hike, 2020/10/20

We did a shorter version of our Rolling Hills hike, passing by farmland and following shepherd’s trails on the way to a countryside playground—see 20 photos.
Read more about Kids Club at the Rolling Hills, 2020/10/18

We hiked up into the hills of Mentougou to find ‘High Bridge’ Monastery and other historical remnants—see twenty photos from the hills and hike.
Read more about High Bridge Monastery, 2020/10/17

See 12 photos of the beginning of the autumn colours in the mountains on the west side of Beijing.
Read more about ‘Hanging Armour’ Tower to the Western Hills Forest Park, 2020/10/14

Autumn colours and ‘wild’ Great Wall on the border of Yanqing District and Hebei Province—see a set of 12 shots.
Read more about Stone Valley Great Wall loop, 2020/10/10

We joined up these two shorter trails to make a 16km super hike with both mountain and river scenery—see 18 photos of blue skies, mountain views, big cliffs, and the river.
Read more about “Master Gu’s Cave” and the White River hike, 2020/10/06

The weather worked out just perfect for this sundown hike—clear skies, long views, and perfect timing to see the sun go down. See 10 photos.
Read more about Jiankou to Beigou Village sundown hike, 2020/05/04

See ten photos from a hike that went by Hemp Village and then over to the Gubeikou Great Wall.
Read more about Hemp Village to Gubeikou Great Wall, 2020/10/03

Take a look at a few shots from a 4-day trip to the Tengger Desert during the National Day holiday—dunes and desert lakes, plus a quick video of a race down the one of the tallest sand dunes in the area.
Read more about Tengger Desert Lakes, Inner Mongolia, 2020/10

We took the KMG China crew out to the Bashang Grasslands for a trip that combined our hikes, BBQ, and bonfire with their training sessions—see 20+ photos.
Read more about Bashang Grasslands trip for KMG China, 2020/10

Eighteen photos of the sights and scenery from a hike around the tops of the three main peaks of the Miaofengshan area.
Read more about Miaofengshan Super Loop, 2020/10/02

See 17 photos from a night in tents under the light of the Mid-Autumn Festival full moon.
Read more about Stone Valley Great Wall camping, 2020/10/01

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.
Read more about Big Camp Plate Great Wall, 2020/09/05

We received an official ‘Great Wall Hero’ award from the Beijing Municipal Culture and Tourism Bureau.
Read more about Great Wall Hero Award 2020

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