Recomendation for a "light" day hike and question about heading east.

[andrew79]

I finally made it too the great wall last saturday, after living in Beijing for a few years (shame on me). I opted to go to the Mutinayu section as I expected to have my six year old with me, however this changed at the last minute, and I went alone.
I walked up to the wall instead if taking the cable car. Once on the wall I headed to tower one and then walked the length un-restored spur wall and returned via hike 7 on the school house map (available from the map thread of this forum) Looking back it would of been better to start from hike 7 and walk up to the "wild wall" and then enter the restored bit.
If anyone only has a day to see the wall and is interested in seeing an un-restored and restored bit and doesn't want a big hike this could be a good option. The start position of hike 7 on the schoolhouse map is accurate, and using it also avoids buying a ticket.


If think my next trip to the wall will be a hike from Zhengbeilou to Mutianyu, but I was wondering if you head east along the un-restored section from tower one where you would end up is it possible to do and A-B day hike starting from tower one and heading east?

[Bryan]

East of Mutianyu is Lianhuachi. It's an easy and short walk in either direction.

Continuing east from Lianhuachi to Shentangyu is much more challenging.

[andrew79]

Hi Bryan thanks for the reply.


Does anyone know how many km or miles is it from Lianhuachi to the start of Mutianyu. I was thinking of doing a Zhengbeilou to Mutianyu hike, but I'm not in the best of shape so maybe Lianhuach to Mutianyu is a better option to start with, on the other hand I don't want a walk in the park ......

[JoeCool]

You should use Google Earth to visualize these places, it's so helpful.

[andrew79]

Originally Posted by JoeCool

You should use Google Earth to visualize these places, it's so helpful.

Joe - Your right it is, thanks for the idea. Using google earth I was able to get a good idea of the distance between Mutianyu and Lianhuachi by comparing it with the Mutianyu spur wall, that I am already familiar with.