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Stone Valley Great Wall, 2021/04/25
See 14 photos from a walk on the ‘wild’ Great Wall at Stone Valley.
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Zhenbiancheng to Big Camp Plate, 2021/04/24
See a set of 25 photos from a super hike from Zhenbiancheng to Big Camp Plate.
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Changyucheng Walled Village, 2021/04/18
Changyucheng is a village that grew up around a Ming Dynasty-era barracks, and on this visit we hiked hill trails and valleys behind the village reservoir before taking a look around some of the remaining fortifications—see 13 photos from the hike and walkabout in the village.
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Longquanyu Great Wall, 2021/04/18
We hiked the Longquanyu Great Wall and ‘Big Cloud’ Valley on a wonderfully mild and sunny day—see 14 photos from the Great Wall and valley, with views of the surrounding mountains.
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Stone Gate Mountain Camp, 2021/04/11
We visited Stone Gate Mountain Camp for a hike in the hills above—see 15 photos of flowers and blooms, cliffs and mountains, and the ‘Stone Gate’.
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Silver Pagodas to East Water Valley Village, 2021/04/10
See a small collection of photos from the hills in between the Silver Pagodas and East Water Valley Village.
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Jiankou Great Wall to Beigou Village sundown hike, 2021/04/04
This hike took us up to Zhenbei Tower at Jiankou and then over to the top section of the Mutianyu Great Wall, with superb views all the way—see 31 photos of Great Wall, pink blossoms, and a surprising pink glow in the light at dusk.
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High Tower and Huanglouyuan, 2021/04/03
We got up to high elevations on this walk, hiking up a broad ridge to reach the High Tower and then continuing through forest and along repaired Great Wall to finish at Huanglouyuan—see sixteen photos.
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