Category: Hike & Run Recap

  • Full Circle 2

    Full Circle 2

    West East Cool Peaks CafeDownload

    A long hard hike. Lots off trail. Clockwise walk out over the east mound. Hit the river and then directly walk up a hill following the edge of the agriculture. Walk around Santang heading south and then down in… Then walk up through the forest and down through the tea back into Yingchuan. Very nice. Hard. Lots off the trail. Dont walk into the nature reserve.ย 

  • Hutian Loop ++

    Hutian Loop ++

    HutianDownload

    H11-2km-Hutian: Red to Black: a few loops here linking Hutian mountain top with other loops. great views.

    GPX File

    To see your current location in relation to the route press the crosshairs button in the top right hand corner of the map. We suggest you open the map outside of wechat in your phones browser.

    Walk, get one of our bikes or ebike or a van to Xujiawu and do the loop up to Hutian. Bring enough water or a water filter. Hard climb up to the Hutian plateau and then find routes to the various summits or loop your way back down. Great views North and over the area. 

  • Marked Routes

    Marked Routes

    Thanks MirandaL and the Homestay team for marking out 3 easier routes.

    All the routes start and finish at the cafe. Just follow the coloured arrows.

    1. Ask for a map in the cafe!
    2. Choose a route color and follow the colored arrows.
    3. Look at for the colored numbers on the trail showing where you are on the map. if you get split from your friends or need to tell them where to meet choose your closest number.
  • Summer hikes to the pools

    Summer hikes to the pools

    A few very nice summer days hiking in the hills to the local pools.

    Checkout these links on RedBook Link1 Link2

  • The Tea Taster

    The Tea Taster

    Leigh is English and likes his Tea Time!!! He’s devised three routes around Wildhomestay encompassing some challenging trails with some fantastic views. We will run around various areas where some of the best “Long Jing” is orgainically grown and naturally processed.

    Tea Picker

    The bigger picking of the little leaves!

    32km option. Tough!
    2000m + of Elevation Gain
    4 main climbs.
    4 out of 5 in steepness scale.
    4 out of 5 in toughness scale.
    3 checkpoints.
    3 drinkstops.

    Tea Cooker

    The middle distance!

    20km. Still not easy.
    1200m of Elevation Gain
    3 main climbs.
    3.5 out of 5 in steepness scale.
    3 out of 5 in toughness scale.
    2 checkpoints.
    2 drinkstops.

    Tea Packer

    The easier shorter distance!

    10km. A bit easier
    600m of Elevation Gain
    1.5 main climbs.
    3.5 out of 5 in steepness scale.
    2 out of 5 in toughness scale.
    1 checkpoints.
    2 drinkstops.

    Awards & Prizes

    Various awards and prizes will be provided from our very kind partners. You will need to record your run on a GPS device or phone and upload it to Strava!

    Itinerary

    Friday
    Bus leaves Shanghai 17:00 sharp.
    4-5h to get here by bus.
    2h by train. Direct and non-direct train options and the station is 10 minutes from Wildhomestay. Sanyang exit of G56 motorway is also 10 minutes from Wildhomesestay!

    Saturday
    7:00 am Registration, Gear Check and Breakfast
    8:45 am Briefing
    9:00 am Challenge Start
    5:00 pm Challenge Ends
    7:00 pm BBQ
    8:00 pm Awards

    Sunday
    8am Breakfast
    9am Morning activities, running and shoes testing on an offroad pump track, Adventure cycling on Specialized Diverge adventure bikes.
    1230 Lunch
    2pm Leave / bus departure.

    Order

    First please choose a place to stay. Get some friends and book a house which offers the best value or book a twin / queen or family room through the stay section of our website. We also offer same sex shared rooms which you can book below. If we are full we can help organize other places in the area and please email booking@wildhomestay.com or contact our service wechat account with any questions. Then choose your challenge entry type, and bus and BBQ options. Add items to your cart and then checkout with your preferred payment type. Confirmation will be emailed and please make sure you leave your wechat id when you checkout. We will add you to a wechat group and the final itinerary, GPX / waiver and info will be provided through that group and during the briefing. We will provide full refunds if cancelled two weeks before the event.

    Room or House

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    Please see last years pictures & the Hickory Battle runs earlier this year.