Tomb Raiders Hike, 2016/10/23
Photos from a short and lovely hike in the hills behind the Ming Tombs area.
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.