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Chenjiapu Great Wall, 2025/04/09
We visited the Chenjiapu Great Wall for a hike that took in both unrepaired and recently-repaired wall, with added colour courtesy of wild peach and cherry blossoms—see 13 photos.
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Gubeikou Great Wall, 2025/04/06
On this hike at the Gubeikou Great Wall we enjoyed fine weather, long views, and hills full of blooming peach and cherry blossoms—see 26 photos.
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Jiankou Great Wall to Beigou Village, 2025/04/05
Beautiful weather and hills full of blossoms—take a look through a set of 18 photos from a hike on the Great Wall between Jiankou and Mutianyu.
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High Tower and Huanglouyuan, 2025/04/04
Fourteen photos from a hike up to the High Tower in Yanqing District—clear skies, long views, a bit breezy!
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Chenjiapu Great Wall, 2025/03/30
See 12 photos from a hike on the wild and rough Chenjiapu Great Wall.
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Jinshanling Great Wall to Gubeikou Great Wall, 2025/03/29
The peach and cherry blossoms were out on this visit, improving the already excellent views of the Great Wall—see 20 photos.
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Switchback Great Wall, 2025/03/23
A light sandstorm gave a monochrome feel to the photos from this hike—see 18 shots from a climb up the Great Wall out in Yanqing District.
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Zhenzhu Lake Tops, 2025/03/22
See 20+ photos from a tricky hike up to the crags and lookouts above Zhenzhu Lake.
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Lakeside Great Wall and Longquanyu, 2025/03/22
The blossoms were out early at Longquanyu, making the scenery on this visit extra pretty—see 10 photos of Great Wall and blossoms in the hills.
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Gubeikou Great Wall, 2025/03/16
Twelve photos from a hike in the snow at the Gubeikou Great Wall.
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Nine-Eyes Tower and the Jiankou ‘Big West’ Great Wall, 2025/03/08
A quick set of photos from the Nine-Eyes Tower hike—views of hills, mountains, and the famous Jiankou Great Wall.
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Through the Hills to Dingdu Pavilion and Tanzhe Temple, 2025/03/08
19 photos from a new trail that took us through the hills to Tanzhe Temple, passing by Peacock Hermitage, ‘Thousand-Layer Rock’, and Dingdu Pavilion on the way.
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Jiankou Great Wall to Beigou Village ‘extra’, 2025/03/01
A set of 16 photos from a chilly day on the Great Wall at Jiankou—steep and rough Great Wall, tricky hiking.
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Switchback Great Wall hike, 2025/02/22
Take a look through 26 photos from a hike up to the ‘switchback’, a spot high in the hills where the Great Wall makes a sharp turn—see wild and unrepaired wall plus repaired sections.
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Eastern Qing Tombs, 2025/02/22
Fourteen photos from a private hike to the Eastern Qing Tombs in Hebei, 120km northeast of Beijing.
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Gubeikou Great Wall, 2025/02/16
Twenty photos from a fine day on the Great Wall at Gubeikou.
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Phoenix Ridge and the Flying Stone Pagoda, 2025/02/15
Nineteen photos from a hike on the trails up and down and through the boulders and cliffs and caves of the Phoenix Ridge scenic area.
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White River ice hike, 2025/02/09
A beautiful day on the ice at the White River—see fifteen photos of the frozen river and canyon scenery, plus a quick visit to the cave cafe at the end.
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Immortal Valley, 2025/02/02
We hiked up Immortal Valley to explore icefalls and ice caves before heading up to the peak—see 13 photos.
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