Tomb Raiders Hike, 2016/10/23

Photos from a short and lovely hike in the hills behind the Ming Tombs area.

Tomb Raiders Hike, 2016/10/23
Hiking a trail through trees in the Ming Tombs area.
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We call this hike 'Tomb Raiders' because we hike over the mountains behind the Ming Tombs area to approach two of the closed tombs from the rear.

We started hiking from a village and continued up through a deep valley. A hill trail took us up out of the valley and on to a ridge trail and up to a look out point on a peak.

From the peak you can see just about all of the 13 Ming Tombs are in view, if it's a clear day. A view well worth the big climb!

After a short break at the top, we hiked down the Beijing side of the mountain towards two of the tombs, passing a small dam and reservoir on the way.

Look, a huge spider! - Tomb Raiders Hike, 2016/10/23

Getting a close up shot of one of the huge spiders that lurk in this valley

The trail getting slightly steeper - Tomb Raiders Hike, 2016/10/23

Heading further up into the valley

Getting close to the top of the hill - Tomb Raiders Hike, 2016/10/23

The trail getting slightly steeper as we get close to the top of the first hill

Autumn colors on both nature and back packs! - Tomb Raiders Hike, 2016/10/23

Ah, but it's not the top yet. We've got a bit more climbing to do after this hill, too.

Beautiful autumn colors - Tomb Raiders Hike, 2016/10/23

Beautiful autumn colors

Small wild dates - Tomb Raiders Hike, 2016/10/23

Small wild dates

Beijing Hikers red trail marker - Tomb Raiders Hike, 2016/10/23

Beijing Hikers red trail marker

Resting at the top - Tomb Raiders Hike, 2016/10/23

Resting at the top, by an old trig marker

Enjoying a beautiful view all the way to the Ding Tombs - Tomb Raiders Hike, 2016/10/23

Enjoying a beautiful view of the Ming Tombs area

A small date tree - Tomb Raiders Hike, 2016/10/23

A very thorny date tree. There are a lot of these in the area, and they can give a nasty scratch

A few hikers barely visible in the colorful landscape - Tomb Raiders Hike, 2016/10/23

A few hikers barely visible in the colorful landscape

Last rest stop before the lake - Tomb Raiders Hike, 2016/10/23

We made a short detour to take a look at a dam and small reservoir

A perfect autumn landscape - can you even believe this is Beijing! - Tomb Raiders Hike, 2016/10/23

A perfect autumn landscape - can you even believe this is Beijing!

We run into another group of hikers, coming to take in the sights - Tomb Raiders Hike, 2016/10/23

We bumped into another group of hikers, coming to take in the sights

Picnic lunch by the lake side - Tomb Raiders Hike, 2016/10/23

Picnic lunch by the reservoir

On our way to the Ding Tombs - Tomb Raiders Hike, 2016/10/23

Hiking out to the end of the trail

The hike starts out from a village and we walked through an orchard - Tomb Raiders Hike, 2016/10/23

We followed some farmer's trails to get closer to one of the tombs in the area

The tall walls of De Tomb - Tomb Raiders Hike, 2016/10/23

The tall walls of Deling, one of the 13 Ming Tombs.