Although autumn is short season in Beijing, its beauty is unforgettable. To make the most of this golden season, we've organized a event on Sunday. Whether it's the golden mountain scenery or the red leaves in the valleys, you'll experience the charm of autumn here.

Shuiguan Great Wall is the eastern section of Badaling Great Wall, which was built at the valley. It was built in the Ming Dynasty and opened to the place in 1995 after repair. It was for preventing foreign invasion and built military defense style. It is a rare ancient architecture on the ancient battlefield. It is around 11km, but few sections you need to use your hands to climb up from the valley gap. Also we have a backup GreatWall hiking plan since the section of the wall is not completely open to the public.

Hike Information:

l Date: Oct.27th (Sunday)

l Drive time: 2 hours each way

【The route type】Mountain route + dirt with rubble

【The route description】Most of time we are walking on the dirt path till reaching the wall. Then we walk along with the wall which is rebuilt the road. Then we go down from the wall. The road is dirt with some rubble, and it is a bit slippery. The biggest challenge is going down from the wall, and we need to go through an archway (photos in below for reference.) Note: If we block at the entrance, we will go to the neighbor GreatWall - do a small loop.

l Distance: 11km

l Time to complete: 5hours

l Total ascent: 500m

l Total descent: 529m

l Peak: 596m

l Lowest point: 491m

Notice:

1. Take at least 2-3 bottles of water

2. Bring some lunch, and some snacks.

3. Hiking boots are recommended.

4. More details will be posted in the group one day before hiking.

Itinerary:

07.30: Departure from Dongzhimen (line2 exit B)

09.30: Arrive the mountain, beginning of hike

18.00: Arrive back in Beijing

Activity Fee: 170RMB/person

Activity Price includes:

1. Transportation with a driver.

2. Hiking Leaders: Lengzhi OR Nuanyang; Shan'nan (intership).

3. One day outdoor insurance.

4. Payment: transfer the fee to Mona by Wechat or Alipay.

Please note:

- Do not participate if you are sick or showing symptoms of ever or couching.

- Customer service: Mona (wechat id: mona_zhangli) If you have any suggestions orcomplaint, please feel free to leave messages.

- Photos will be used in the social media platform. If you don't want to show in the picture, let us know.

Cancellation:

1. You can cancel anytime till the deadline on Friday 18:00PM. As we have to fix capacties for the bus and the guides. After deadline, we will have charge you 80% activity fee. Or you find another person not yet registered to join the hike. If your cancellation is on Saturday morning, please pay 100% activity fee. We repect your choice. When you register for this activity, you accept this cancelation policy.

2. Bad weather plan:We will message you 1-2 days before the hike to let you know about theweather condition. If there is a thunderstorm, heavy rain or strongwinds it will be dangerous to do the hike in the high mountains. Sowe will cancel it or change the dates.

Join us:

Add mona_zhangli as your wechat, I'll add you into our group. Also welcome to follow our INS account "hikersfamily_beijing" to check photos of all events.