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Along the White River, 2024/06/16
See 20 photos from a stroll—with swimming!—along the White River.
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Jiankou Great Wall to Beigou Village, 2024/06/16
On this hike we visited part of the east side of the Great Wall at Jiankou, hiked over towards the Mutianyu Great Wall, and then finished with the walk dow to Beigou Village—see 12 photos from the wall.
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Gubeikou Great Wall, 2024/06/15
Check out 18 photos from a hot day hike on the Great Wall at Gubeikou—views of Great Wall, mountains, and a sky of puffy clouds.
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Lupiguan ‘Deerskin Pass’ Great Wall, 2024/06/08
See sixteen shots of mountains, the White River, the Miyun Reservoir, and some of the Great Wall towers at Lupiguan.
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Hemp Village to Gubeikou Great Wall sundown hike, 2024/06/08
See ten photos from our hike from Hemp Village through to the Gubeikou Great Wall, with shots of the Great Wall in the golden hour light.
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Chenjiapu Great Wall, 2024/06/02
See 11 photos from a hike on the rough and rugged Great Wall above Chenjiapu Village in Hebei.
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Gubeikou to Jinshanling Great Wall East, 2024/06/01
On this hike we walked from Gubeikou all the way over to the east gate at the Jinshanling Great Wall—see 20+ photos from the hike.
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Nine-Eyes Tower and the Jiankou ‘Big West’ Great Wall, 2024/05/29
The Great Wall was surrounded by the green of summer on this visit, with overcast skies keeping us cool—see 14 photos from the Great Wall on Jiankou’s west side.
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Lupiguan ‘Deerskin Pass’ Great Wall, 2023/05/27
We had beautiful weather for this hike in Miyun District—see 14 photos with views of mountains, the Miyun Reservoir, the White River Canyon, and some rough and rocky Great Wall.
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Gubeikou Great Wall, 2023/05/22
See 20 photos from a day hike along the Great Wall at Gubeikou.
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Kids Club at the Gubeikou Great Wall, 2024/05/19
It stopped raining just in time for a fun walk on the wall at Gubeikou—see thirteen photos.
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Zhenzhu Lake Tops, 2024/05/18
Fifteen photos from a foggy day on the trail up to Zhenzhu Lake overlooks.
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Jinhai Lake hike, 2024/05/12
A small set of photos from an exceedingly pleasant hike by Jinhai Lake in Beijing’s Pinggu District.
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Gubeikou Great Wall teambuilding trip, 2024/05/11
We designed a hiking itinerary at the Gubeikou Great Wall to suit a teambuilding trip—see 29 photos.
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Badaling Ancient Great Wall, 2024/05/05
See 14 photos from a hike up and over the Badaling Ancient Great Wall, a repaired section that turns rough and ‘wild’ after the second peak.
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Switchback Great Wall, 2024/05/03
Thirteen photos from a lovely day up on the steep and rough Switchback Great Wall.
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Hemp Village to Gubeikou Great Wall sundown hike, 2024/05/02
We hiked over from Hemp Village, arriving at Gubeikou in time for a spectacular sundown experience—see 24 photos.
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Yellow Stone Gap, 2024/05/01
The Yellow Stone Gap hike takes us out into the mountains on the east side of Miyun District, right on the border with Hebei’s Xinglong County. On this visit we enjoyed big blue skies, hills full of green, and the short stretch of Great Wall that was built to block the pass here.
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Stone Flowers Cave visit, 2024/04/21
A short hike in the hills followed by a big meal and then an underground exploration of Fangshan’s Stone Flowers Cave—see 14 photos.
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Lupiguan ’Deerskin Pass‘ Great Wall, 2024/04/21
See 19 photos from a visit to the Great Wall on the ridgeline above the White River canyon.
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