Jinshanling Great Wall
Our favourite open section for a real Great Wall walk: part restored, part crumbling, with watchtowers marching over the ridges. A day trip from Beijing.
6 km400 m ascentEasy to moderate
DraftHiking trails in China
Distances, altitude and seasons, plus what Chinese-language guides leave out: whether foreigners can book, how to pay, and whether you need a guide at all.
Beijing & Hebei
Northwest Yunnan
Tiger Leaping Gorge High Trail
The classic two-day walk high above the Jinsha River, between Jade Dragon and Haba snow mountains. Waymarked, guesthouses all the way, and one of the great gorge walks anywhere.
24 km1,300 m ascentModerate
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Yubeng Village & the Meili Snow Mountains
A Tibetan village beneath Kawagebo (6,740 m) with no road in, reached on foot over a 3,700 m pass. Day hikes to a glacier lake and a sacred waterfall, and a gorge walk out.
50 km2,350 m ascentModerate
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