Best Family Hiking Spots: Plan Your Trip in Advance
Route One: Cherry Blossom and Flower Viewing Hike Through Lianhua Mountain
Location: Beijing Yanqing District, 70 km from downtown.
Route Intensity: Beginner route, approximately 8 km total, with an ascent of about 400 meters. Suitable for children over 6 years old.
Route Overview: The entire route is divided into four stages. The first stage is a difficult climb, the second stage is a devil's descent, the third stage is a high-altitude view, and the fourth stage is a flower path, which is a sweet ending after hardship.
Family Highlights: There is a children's playground on the hiking route, where children can swing and play catch.
Route Two: Sounding Lake Wild Great Wall Flower Viewing Hike
Location: Beijing Huairou District, 80 km from downtown.
Route Intensity: Beginner route, approximately 5 km total, with an ascent of about 300 meters along the Great Wall. Suitable for children over 4 years old.
Route Overview: Beijing's rare mountains, water, canyons, and Great Walls offer scenic landscapes.
Family Highlights: Cross the Great Wall, play in the stream, and enjoy outdoor games.
Route Three: Cherry Blossom and Rhododendron Viewing Loop Hike on the Back Mountain of Yu Du Shan
Location: Beijing Yanqing District, 70 km from downtown.
Route Intensity: Intermediate route, approximately 14 km total, with an ascent of 700 meters. Suitable for children over 8 years old
Route Overview: Yu Du Shan is located in a deep mountain area and is a relatively unexplored virgin land in Beijing. It has mountains, rocks, forests, springs, waterfalls, flowers, and grass all in one.
Family Highlights: Run freely in nature.
Beijing's cherry blossom season is approximately in April and May, and the flower period varies slightly depending on the weather each year. The main flowering species are rhododendrons, peach blossoms, and apricot blossoms. If you still miss the golden period of spring hiking, you can come to Lianhua Mountain or Yanyuan Mountain in March, when the city is already covered with greenery, and take a winter ice hiking trip.Total 10km, ascent 700m, guaranteed to make you feel sore.
Many people may mistakenly believe that the spring flowers and warm weather are the golden period for outdoor hiking, but that's not the case. Spring flower viewing, summer campingIf you're lucky, you can see a high-altitude flower seaAutumn fruit pickingView red leaves, winter ice hiking, dig snow cavesRequires collaborative hiking teams of adults). In short, there are four seasons throughout the year, each with its own beauty and gameplay.
In the era before electronic devices and the internet, children just found fun in nature every season. Back then, we would gather with a few friends to play outdoors, which is our most beautiful memory of childhood. But today, as our children grow up, these have become rare treasures.Let children participate in outdoor activities, especially hiking and climbing, which is not only a physical exercise for children (and adults), but also a way to cultivate their independence, willpower, and self-confidence.
When you come to nature, you should release the tension of the daily life, run freely, and it doesn't matter if your clothes are stained with mud. Let go of these minor details,Let children understand what perseverance is, how to face willpower and goals, how to learn not to give up easily, even simply cultivating a love for nature, without suffering, this is what we expect of the demanding hiking activities – the 'hardship'.
