We hiked the Great Wall at Jiankou to see the last sunset of 2023 from up on the Great Wall—see nine photos from the hike.
Read more about Jiankou Great Wall to Beigou Village sundown hike, 2023/12/31

See sixteen photos from a hike in the snow, high up on the Great Wall at Chenjiapu.
Read more about Chenjiapu Great Wall, 2023/12/30

See 18 photos of the snowy Great Wall at Gubeikou, and the post-hike dumpling-making contest!
Read more about Great Wall Christmas Eve at Gubeikou, 2023/12/24

See 12 photos from a winter walk on the Great Wall Spur.
Read more about Great Wall Spur, 2023/12/09

Photos from a scouting trip on the lakeside trail at Jinhai Lake, Pinggu District
Read more about Jinhai Lake scouting, December 2023

See 10 photos from the hike from Jiankou to Beigou Village, including the steep and tricky ‘extra’ section at the beginning.
Read more about Jiankou Great Wall to Beigou Village ‘Extra’, 2023/12/02

We did a big hike around Baipu Temple, aiming to find the best version of the hike options in the area. See a set of sixty photos from the hike and around the temple!
Read more about Baipu Temple Loop scouting trip, 2023/11/30

12 photos from a weekday walk at the Gubeikou Great Wall.
Read more about Gubeikou Great Wall hike, 2023/11/22

A set of 23 photos from a hike up to Nine-Eyes Tower at the Jiankou Great Wall, and then down along the rest of the wall on Jiankou’s west side.
Read more about Nine-Eyes Tower Great Wall, 2023/11/19

See 14 photos from an exploration of the Great Wall at Chenjiapu.
Read more about Chenjiapu Great Wall, 2023/11/18

Check out 14 photos taken in Jiuzhaigou and Huanglong National Parks during a recent private trip.
Read more about Jiuzhaigou and Huanglong National Parks, Sichuan, 2023/11

We had lovely, crisp weather for this ramble around the rolling hills south of the Miyun Reservoir—see 18 photos.
Read more about Rolling Hills hike, 2023/11/11

See 10 photos from a winter walk along the Great Wall Spur.
Read more about Great Wall Spur, 2023/11/08

We had a rainy day that had a definite winter feel for this walk at Immortal Valley—see seventeen photos of cliffs, rocks, fallen leaves, and the far-off Miyun Reservoir.
Read more about Immortal Valley Loop, 2023/11/06

A selection of shots from our scouting trip to Danba in 2023—locations in Changping Valley and Garze.
Read more about Danba and Garze scouting, 2023/11

Photos from the scouting trip—Xingcheng Ancient Town and Juehua Island in Liaoning Province.
Read more about Juehua Island and Xingcheng Ancient Town scouting (2023)

See a set of 16 shots from a mid-autumn hike up to the ‘switchback’, a special spot where the wall makes a hairpin turn on a bluff.
Read more about Switchback Great Wall, 2023/10/28

See eleven photos from a countryside stroll that ended with a look about the re-opened Yanshou Temple, in the hills of Huairou District.
Read more about Over the Hills to Yanshou Temple, 2023/10/22

Our first White River hike for the fall season was for a private group—a fine day for a walk.
Read more about White River hike, 2023/10/22

See nine photos from a hike up to Nine-Eyes Tower and along the Great Wall on the west side of Jiankou.
Read more about Nine-Eyes Tower Great Wall, 2023/10/15