See 13 photos from a hike up to Nine-Eyes Tower at the Jiankou Great Wall.
Read more about Nine-Eyes Tower and the Jiankou ‘Big West’ Great Wall, 2025/11/22

See 30+ shots from a day trip that visited historical sites in Lingshui Village and nearby Yanhecheng.
Read more about Lingshui ‘Scholars’ Village’ and Yanhe River Fort, 2025/11/22

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!
Read more about Qiangzilu ‘Bricks in the Wall’ scouting trip, 2025/11/20

See 18 photos from a blue-sky day out on the Lakeside Great Wall and nearby Longquanyu section.
Read more about Lakeside Great Wall and Longquanyu, 2025/11/19

Fourteen photos from a lovely clear day up on the Great Wall at Gubeikou.
Read more about Gubeikou Great Wall, 2025/12/16

A short hike followed by a tour of the caves—see 15 photos.
Read more about Stone Flowers Cave, 2025/11/08

See 21 photos from the hike—mostly the Jinshanling section, also two lovely shiny bugs!
Read more about Gubeikou to Jinshanling Great Wall, 2025/11/05

A hike on the Gubeikou Great Wall on a lovely clear day—see 15 photos of the wall and surrounding scenery.
Read more about Gubeikou Great Wall, 2024/11/02

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.
Read more about Wucaiqianshan autumn colours and War Tunnels, 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.
Read more about Lupiguan Great Wall, 2025/11/01

See 60+ photos from a trip to visit Lingshui Village, Yanhe River Fort, and the two towers at Yanhekou.
Read more about Lingshui ‘Scholars’ Village’ and Yanhe River Fort scouting trip, 2025/10/30

We were maybe a week too early for the best of the colours on this hike, but with a beautiful blue sky day the views were amazing nonetheless—see 19 photos from the trail.
Read more about West Hills Red Leaves Route, 2024/10/26

20 photos from a hike at Yellowstone Gap, where we found valley trails washed out after the July flooding. And nice autumn colours also!
Read more about Yellowstone Gap, 2024/10/25

Fourteen photos from a hike on the rough and rugged Great Wall at Zhenbiancheng, with plenty of autumn colours on display.
Read more about Zhenbiancheng Great Wall, 2025/10/19

See 20+ photos from a cloudy and cool day on the Gubeikou Great Wall.
Read more about Gubeikou Great Wall, 2025/10/12

The classic Gubeikou to Jinshanling hike, with some autumn colours starting to show in the hills around the Great Wall—13 photos from the walk.
Read more about Gubeikou Great Wall to Jinshanling Great Wall hike, 2025/10/04

We hiked over to the Gubeikou Great Wall from Hemp Village, enjoying ‘golden hour’ views at Gubeikou—see 22 photos.
Read more about Hemp Village to Gubeikou Great Wall sundown hike, 2025/10/03

See twelve photos from a hike at the Chenjiapu Great Wall, with some autumn colour starting to show in the hills around the Great Wall.
Read more about Chenjiapu Great Wall, 2025/09/29

We enjoyed spectacular weather on this trip, just perfect for 2 days of hiking in the Gubeikou and Jinshanling area—see 34 photos.
Read more about Gubeikou to Jinshanling Great Wall camping, 2025/09/20

Check a set of 32 photos from two days on the Great Wall around Gubeikou and Jinshanling.
Read more about Gubeikou and Jinshanling Great Wall camping, 2025/09/13