3rd January 2011, Injeong and me did a winter hike in Bukhansan (북한산) national park which is lying north of Seoul. This park offers some amazing views on Seoul and has beautiful, smooth granite formations.
The trail we planned was from west to east, combining Bukhansanseong Fortress with a climb towards Baegundae (836.5m) the highest point of Bukhansan, and going down towards Doseonsa Temple. At bottom of page, I put some information on how we get there.
As it is winter, it is strongly recommended to buy crampons to walk on ice, because with all the ice on the granite it can get dangerously slippery. The last days were really freezing, as demonstrated by the partial frozen river below. The day of our hike, it was around -5 degrees.
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| Pretty cold as the river is frozen |
Bukhansanseong Fortress was built with a wall spanning about 8,500 m, built specifically to stop foreign invasion. It is nice to follow this winding road up and down.
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| Wall of Bukhansanseong Fortress |
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| Wall of Bukhansanseong Fortress |
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| View on Seoul |
Some parts are quite slippery, so it was surprising to see people walking around with normal sneakers, we saw some people falling. However, they would have had difficulties getting closer to the top.
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| Last meters to Baegundae peak. Slippery! |
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| Made it to the top! |
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| Panoramic view from Baegundae peak |
How to get there:
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