The Colors Fade, the Beauty Remains: Hike Beijing's Karst Trail

At the end of Autumn, we choose a special route for our hikers. We organized the hike alsmot 5-6 years ago. Seldomly hiking clubs post the trail. One reason is that it is not as famous as the trial from Yidu to Wudu, although these two trails are in the same area. One is that this route condition is a bit complicated. Hikers must have some hiking experience.
Shidu is located in Fangshan District, Beijing, about 96kilometers to the west of downtown Beijing. We organized the hike from 1 Du to 5 Du few times; this time we will hike from 5 Du to 9 Du. It is more wild and natural, and you experience karst landscape closely. Most of time, we are in the jungle. Hope you could enjoy it.
Shidu Town is a town in Fangshan District in far southwestern Beijing, around 4 kilometres from the border with Hebei. Shidu, literally the "Tenth Ferry", is located in the valley of the meandering Juma River and so named because accessing the town is said to require crossing the river ten times. Shidu is known for the surrounding karst landscape, the largest in northern China, that is created by the Juma River cutting through the Taihang Mountain. Even you don't need to go Ha Long Bay in Vietnam, Vang Vieng in Laos, and Guilin in China. Enjoy the amazing landscape in this hike.
Hike information:
l Date: Nov.1st (Saturday)
l Drive time: 2 hours each way
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【The route type】Mountain dirt trail + small rubble all the time;
【The route description】It requires some hiking experience. At the beginning, we are climbing up all the time but slowly. Then we are crossing the jungle. The biggest challenge is that when we are going down, it is steep and looks very vertical. Trekking poles will support you a lot. After going down, we will corss a stone valley floor. Then, we reach to the public road and go back Beijing. It is good for hikers who have some hiking experiece, especially hike quite often in Beijing or have been to a real wild GreatWall in Beijing. Here is the old artical information for your reference: A wide smile at the thought of another adventure...
Note: There was a heavy ranining in this Summer in Beijing. Some places are destroied by the rain. When we are at the downhill point, leaders will estimate it is still fine or not. If the route condition changed a lot, leaders have right to decide retun the same way we come.
l Distance: 12km
l Time to complete: 6hours
l Total ascent: 640m
l Total descent: 630m
l Peak: 795m
l Lowest point: 132m
Notice:
1. Take 3 bottles of water
2. Bring some lunch, and some snacks.
3. Wear hiking boots.
4. More details will be posted in the group one day early before hiking.
Itinerary:
07.30: Departure from Dongzhimen (line2 exit B)
09.30: Arrive the place, beginning of hike
16.30: End of hike
19.00: Arrive back in Beijing
Activity Fee: 160RMB/person
Price includes:
1. Transportation with a driver
2. Hiking Leaders: Lengzhi and Nuanyang
3. One day outdoor insurance. (Please take it seriously and submit the right information. If you refuse to fill in the form, you will take the risk by yourself. )
4. Payment: transfer the fee to Mona by Wechat or Alipay after we confirm the event. After hiking, we will kindly remind you again if you forget to pay it. 
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. Kindly reminder: 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 or if you are late and missed the hike, 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.
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