Trip Reports & Photos archives: April 2019

  1. Tengger Desert, Alxa League, Inner Mongolia, 2019/04/28 (5 days)

    Tengger Desert trip, 2019/04/28

    29 photos from a four-day adventure in Inner Mongolia—two days in the Tengger Desert, plus visits to the Western Xia Imperial Tombs and local Great Wall remnants.
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  2. Stone Valley Great Wall Loop, 2019/04/21

    Stone Valley Great Wall Loop, 2019/04/21

    An alternate trail at Stone Valley took us through patches of pink flowers and green leaves, making the hike extra pretty—see 30+ photos.
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  3. Cuandixia 'Ming Village' day trip, 2019/04/21

    Cuandixia ‘Ming Village’ day trip, 2019/04/21

    See 40+ photos from a fun day out at Cuandixia, the 'Ming Village'.
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  4. Zhenbiancheng Great Wall and Big Camp Plate Challenge, 2019/04/20

    Zhenbiancheng Great Wall and Big Camp Plate Challenge, 2019/04/20

    Rain threatened on this hike along the rough Great Wall in Beijing's northwest—see a set of 19 photos from the Zhenbiancheng Great Wall and Big Camp Plate Challenge.
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  5. SwitchBack Great Wall Camping, 2019/04/20

    Switchback Great Wall Camping, 2019/04/20

    See 29 photos from a camping trip up on the Switchback Great Wall—gloomy skies, chilly weather, and colourful scenery.
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  6. Earth Day Clean Up: Shuiquan Canyon, 2019/04/20

    Earth Day Clean Up at Shuiquan Canyon, 2019/04/20

    See a set of 39 photos from our 2019 Earth Day clean up hike at Shuiquan Canyon.
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  7. Gubeikou to Jinshanling Great Wall East, 2019/04/18

    Gubeikou to Jinshanling Great Wall East, 2019/04/18

    The skies went from cloudy to clear while we were hiking over to the Great Wall at Jinshanling—see a super set of 55 photos.
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  8. Kids Club Gubeikou Wall and adventure playground, 201904/14

    Kids Club at Gubeikou, 2019/04/14

    An easy hike at the Gubeikou Great Wall, followed by fun at the Gubeikou adventure playground—take a look at 19 photos from the Kids Club hike.
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  9. Gubeikou to Jinshanling Great Wall East, 20190414

    Gubeikou to Jinshanling Great Wall East, 2019/04/14

    24 photos from a beautiful day on the trail between Gubeikou and Jinshanling.
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  10. Over the Hills to Dajue Temple, 2019/04/13

    Over the Hills to Dajue Temple, 2019/04/13

    From high up on Fenghuang Ridge we saw the pollution getting blown out by a big wind—see a set of 21 photos from the hike, including the visit to Luzu Cave.
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  11. Great Wall Huanghuacheng to the Walled Village, 2019/04/13

    Huanghuacheng Great Wall to the Walled Village, 2019/04/13

    We had cool and cloudy weather for this hike, as well as long views of mountains and Great Wall—see 18 photos from the hike.
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  12. Stone vally Great Wall, 2019/04/11

    Stone Valley Great Wall, 2019/04/11

    Blue skies, blossoms, and big climbs on the Great Wall—see 36 photos from the Stone Valley Great Wall hike.
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  13. Walled Village to Huanghuacheng Great Wall, 2019/04/10

    Huanghuacheng Great Wall to the Walled Village, 2019/04/10

    See 26 photos from a hike at the Huanghuacheng Great Wall—blue sky and blossoms, with long views of Great Wall and mountains.
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  14. Walk Down The Incense Trail to Dajue Temple, 2019/04/07

    Walk Down The Incense Trail to Dajue Temple, 2019/04/07

    There are 21 photos from the hike Walk Down The Incense Trail to Dajue Temple.
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  15. Sunset over the Huanghuacheng Great Wall, 2019/04/06

    Sunset over the Huanghuacheng Great Wall, 2019/04/06

    The views of the mountain scenery and sunset on this Great Wall hike were just awesome—blue skies, high clouds, and just a little haze—see 18 photos from the sunset over the Huanghuacheng Great Wall.
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  16. Camping Gubeikou Great Wall and Jinshanling Great Wall, 2019/04/06

    Gubeikou and Jinshanling Great Wall camping, 2019/04/06

    The weather was amazing for this camping trip—see 24 photos from at trip to the Great Wall at Gubeikou and Jinshanling.
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  17. Intelligence Valley and Yanqi Lake, 2019/04/05

    Intelligence Valley, 2019/04/05

    See a set of 14 photos from an easy walk down Intelligence Valley.
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  18. Gubeikou to Jinshanling Great Wall East, 2019/04/05

    Gubeikou to Jinshanling Great Wall East, 2019/04/05

    See 42 photos from a beautiful spring day on the trail between Gubeikou to Jinshanling.
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  19. Longquanyu Great Wall to the Little West Lake, 2019/04/04

    Longquanyu Great Wall to the Little West Lake, 2019/04/04

    We had to do a little diversion through a bouldery canyon after finding that part of the Great Wall here was shut down, but we made up for it by adding on more Great Wall at the end—see 15 photos from Longquanyu, the Little West Lake, and Huanghuacheng.
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  20. Wuyuan ‘Fields of Flowers’, Jiangxi Province, 2019/04/04

    Wuyuan, Jiangxi Province, 2019/04

    See a set 42 photos from hikes through and around ancient villages in Wuyuan, Jiangxi Province.
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  21. Silver pagoda, 2019/04/03

    Silver Pagoda Loop, 2019/04/03

    See 15 photos of hills, mountains, blossoms, blue skies, and the pagodas, from a private trip.
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  22. Guizhou Miao and Dong culture in the mountains (5 days), 2019/04/03

    Miao and Dong culture in the mountains of Guizhou, 2019/04

    See a trip journal and a set of 40 photos from the five days trip to Guizhou's Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture
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