A long walk on the Jingxi Ancient Road took us through valleys and up cliffs to the ’ancient horse hoofprints‘, and then up and around to a nearby peak—see 29 photos.
Read more about Jingxi Ancient Road and Horse Hoofprints, 2021/06/30

After reports from local friends of heavy rain in the area the night before we weren’t sure what we’d find in the valleys here—turns out we found evidence of some flooding, and a lot of mud! See 10 photos.
Read more about Big Cloud Valley and Shuiquan Canyon, 2021/06/26

One of our best summer hikes—an easy trail by the river, shaded paths in places, and clear water to dip in to cool down. See 20 photos.
Read more about Along the White River, 2021/06/20

18km in the heat—this hike turned into a tough one! See 22 photos from the Great Wall at Jinshanling and Gubeikou, including a peek at the west side of Simatai.
Read more about Jinshanling Great Wall to Gubeikou Great Wall, 2021/06/19

We headed out to the cool and breezy Bashang Grasslands for a weekend of hiking—see photos of hiking, hills, BBQ, and fireworks!
Read more about Bashang Grasslands, June 2021

On this hike we did the Stone Valley Great Wall trail and then added on a serious amount of stairclimbing to get up to the top section of the Great Wall here—see 23 photos from the Great Wall surrounded by green.
Read more about Switchback Great Wall, 2021/06/02