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Moss Mountain to the Walled Village, 2026/01/10
We did our regular Moss Mountain hike, and after a look at the Walled Village we added on a little more hiking with a look at the Huanghuacheng Great Wall—see 16 photos.
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Immortal Valley Loop, 2026/01/02
The frozen reservoir, ice falls, and ice cave in the valley parts of the trail were popular; it was much quieter on the top trails—see 12 photos from a winter walk with super views of the Miyun Reservoir.
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Lakeside Great Wall and Longquanyu, 2025/12/28
A winter walk to explore the Great Wall around the reservoir at the Lakeside Great Wall—24 photos of Great Wall, hills and mountains, and the frozen streams and reservoir.
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Hemp Village and Gubeikou Great Wall Christmas hike, 2025/12/25
Twenty photos from the hike and dumpling-making competition!
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Silver Pagoda Loop, 2025/12/20
Fifteen photos from a hike around Silver Mountain, with stops at a tiny mountain shrine as well as the pagodas.
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Gubeikou Great Wall, 2025/12/14
Twelve photos from a hike where we saw some snow on the wall!
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Nine-Eyes Tower and the Jiankou ‘Big West’ Great Wall, 2025/11/06
Eleven photos from a fine day on the Great Wall at Jiankou—see shots of Nine-Eyes Tower and the ‘Big West’ Great Wall.
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Nine-Eyes Tower and the Jiankou ‘Big West’ Great Wall, 2025/11/22
See 13 photos from a hike up to Nine-Eyes Tower at the Jiankou Great Wall.
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Lingshui ‘Scholars’ Village’ and Yanhe River Fort, 2025/11/22
See 30+ shots from a day trip that visited historical sites in Lingshui Village and nearby Yanhecheng.
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Qiangzilu ‘Bricks in the Wall’ scouting trip, 2025/11/20
We hiked—or tried to hike—all of our old trails at Qiangzilu in an effort to resurrect the Bricks in the Wall hike. See 50+ photos!
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Lakeside Great Wall and Longquanyu, 2025/11/19
See 18 photos from a blue-sky day out on the Lakeside Great Wall and nearby Longquanyu section.
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Gubeikou Great Wall, 2025/12/16
Fourteen photos from a lovely clear day up on the Great Wall at Gubeikou.
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Stone Flowers Cave, 2025/11/08
A short hike followed by a tour of the caves—see 15 photos.
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Gubeikou to Jinshanling Great Wall, 2025/11/05
See 21 photos from the hike—mostly the Jinshanling section, also two lovely shiny bugs!
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Gubeikou Great Wall, 2024/11/02
A hike on the Gubeikou Great Wall on a lovely clear day—see 15 photos of the wall and surrounding scenery.
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Wucaiqianshan autumn colours and War Tunnels, 2025/11/01
Seventeen photos from an outing arranged for a teambuilding day, with a hike at Wucaiqianshan followed by a visit to the War Tunnels at Jiaozhuanghu Village.
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Lupiguan Great Wall, 2025/11/01
See sixteen shots from the hike up to the Great Wall towers at Lupiguan—autumn colours, reservoir views, and some rough Great Wall to look at.
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Big Black Mountain and Chang Tomb, 2025/11/01
See 25 photos from a family day set up for a company outing—pictures from the trail, and from the tour of Chang Tomb.
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Lingshui ‘Scholars’ Village’ and Yanhe River Fort scouting trip, 2025/10/30
See 60+ photos from a trip to visit Lingshui Village, Yanhe River Fort, and the two towers at Yanhekou.
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