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. Read more about Yellow Stone Gap, 2024/05/01
A bit of fog, traffic jams, a few extra kms, not that many blossoms … still a fun hike! See 20+ photos from a walk all the way through the West Hills, from near the Botanical Gardens all the way over to the Forest Park. Read more about West Hills Blossoms Route, 2024/04/13
The flowers were showing all over the hills while we did this tough trail, starting off under Moss Mountain and hiking up and over a big ridge to reach the peak of Lotus Mountain—see 18 photos from the hike. Read more about Moss Mountain to Lotus Mountain, 2024/04/05