Beijing’s western hills are famous for brilliant colours in the autumn leaves—take a look at 22 photos of fall foliage from the hike.
Read more about West Hills Red Leaves hike, 2024/10/27

A quick set of photos from a hike on the around the Lakeside Great Wall—autumn colours and clear skies.
Read more about Lakeside Great Wall and Longquanyu, 2024/10/27

Twelve photos from a hike at Jiankou, including views of wall, a little of the autumn colours, and (unfortunately) rather heavy fog.
Read more about Nine-Eyes Tower and the Jiankou ‘Big West’ Great Wall, 2024/10/26

A small set of photos from a hike to Baipu Temple. (Photographers maybe have been distracted by the sights of the Valley of the Pigs mid-hike.)
Read more about Through the Hills to Baipu Temple, 2024/10/20

See sixteen shots from a super-nice day out on the Gubeikou Great Wall—long views, clear skies, and the start of the autumn colours.
Read more about Gubeikou Great Wall, 2024/10/19

Photos from a hike around the Huanghuacheng Lakeside Great Wall, including a visit out the back of the park to see the Longquanyu Great Wall—see fifteen photos from the wall and lakeside trails.
Read more about Lakeside Great Wall and Longquanyu, 2024/10/12

A misty day up on the Great Wall, with some autumn colours starting to show—see 18 photos.
Read more about Gubeikou Great Wall, 2024/10/06

A big set of photos from two days in Yu County and the surrounding area—old towns, castles, temples, villages, and the dashuhua performance.
Read more about Yu County overnight trip, 2024/10

We made a late start on this hike so we could finish with views of the sun going down over the Great Wall at Jiankou … plus a look at the laser light show at the Mutianyu Great Wall?! See 14 photos.
Read more about Jiankou Great Wall to Beigou Village sundown hike, 2024/10/04

A holiday hike down the trails by the White River, peaking with the climb up to the lookout platform on Longyunshan ‘Dragon Cloud’ Mountain.
Read more about Along the White River, 2024/10/03

See 32 photos from a fine day on the trail at Yellowstone Gap—deep valleys and ‘the gap’, mountains and old Tiger Stone Village, and a short bit of repaired Great Wall.
Read more about Yellowstone Gap, 2024/09/22

Check out 12 photos from a lovely day at the Lakeside Great Wall, set up specially for colleagues and family members of a major organisation in Beijing.
Read more about Lakeside Great Wall, 2024/09/22

A big set of photos from an excellent hike in the Huanghuacheng area—views of repaired and unrepaired wall, plus forests, streams, and the reservoirs at the Lakeside Great Wall.
Read more about Lakeside Great Wall and Longquanyu, 2024/09/17

A small set of 8 photos from a hike at the Gubeikou Great Wall.
Read more about Gubeikou Great Wall, 2024/09/16

10 photos from an early autumn walk in the hills south of the Miyun Reservoir, following farm tracks, paved trails, and shepherds paths.
Read more about Rolling Hills hike, 2024/09/15

A short set of shots from a long hike—see 12 photos from the walk from Jinshanling to Gubeikou.
Read more about Jinshanling Great Wall to Gubeikou Great Wall hike, 2024/09/15

See seventeen photos from a camping trip at Jinshanling and Gubeikou.
Read more about Jinshanling and Gubeikou Great Wall camping, 2024/09/15

A few hills to the west of the touristy Badaling Great Wall is the Badaling Ancient Great Wall, which sees fewer visitors, particularly up on the higher parts. See 26 photos from a misty hike along the Great Wall here.
Read more about Badaling Ancient Great Wall, 2024/09/08

Check out a big collection of photos from a walk on the wall at Jinshanling and Gubeikou—views of Great Wall, mountains, clouds, and also a colourful caterpillar and a giant wasps nest!
Read more about Jinshanling Great Wall to Gubeikou Great Wall, 2024/09/07

On this visit we found the water level running high after the recent rains, with two of the bridges on the river swamped and washed out. See 19 photos from the hike.
Read more about Along the White River, 2024/09/01