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Hiking Ansan is a nice break from the traffic and concrete of Seoul, but provides some stunning views of the city. During the Korean War, Ansan was known as "Hill 296," and it was the site of some of the bloodiest fighting for the American forces in the entire war. After the Incheon landings on 15 September 1950, the US Marines moved toward Seoul, crossing to the north side of the Han River near Haenjusanseong. On 22 September, the Marine 5th Division approached the entrenched North Korean forces upon Hill 296. The battle would last four days, and at the end some US companies had suffered 85% casualties, and more than 1,200 NK troops lay dead in their trenches. To get to Ansan, take Subway line 3 to Dongnimmun Station. Walk behind Seodaemun Prison History Hall (to the south) near the apartment complexes. Start up the paved trail and keep heading up... the trail eventually turns to dirt. Try a different way down -- the trail down the south side of Ansan takes you past Bongwansa Buddhist Temple and to Ewha Women's University. Leave a Comment
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Fall is the best (and shortest!) season to be outside in Seoul. The weather is not hot and humid, and the breezes keep the nanky air pollution away. The mountains offer a plethora of colours to behold. Take a camera! I like hiking/cycling on the ridges south of Seoul. You can take subway there easily. Either Demosan or Guryongsan stations on the yellow line are good for a quick couple hours. Exit either station and walk south, you'll see the mountain ridges. Find a path and head up. If you want a bit more of a hike, head to either Namhansanseong station on the pink line, or Achasan on the purple line. Both are great hikes, with amazing views on a clear day. Leave a Comment
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If you like enjoying a bit of culture, nature, are just in need of some fresh air, or if you like hiking. A trip to Bukhansan combines everything. The mountainrange on the northside of Seoul can be climbed, there are no cablecars and the route is pretty difficult at the end, though there are ropes everywhere to hang-on to. Bukhansan is about 840m high and the rang contains various hikepaths to any of the mountains and the area itself, a climb to the highest mountain takes about 1 and a half hours. I don't need to explain the hiking path, the nature is just beautifull as everywhere in Korea, the view is unbeatable though Seoul is often covered in smog, but you still get a glimpse of how big this city is, the northeastern stretch which is clearest visible could simply stand for a capital city. The cultural part is because Koreans are crazy of hiking, if you are here on your own, just follow other people, getting closer to the top you may experience traffic jams on weekends, as rows of hikers are waiting to move-up to the top. From there everyone spreads out for a pick-nick and heads back down afterwards. The tracks cost a little to enter, there is a free bus leading to a monastry (they expect you to make a small donation for the shrine) from where you get access to the hiking paths.
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Mount Bukan (Bukansan) is located just North of Seoul. You can reach there by train. Normally you can see lots of people there with their hiking gears, so that day we just follow them and ended up at a small trail beside a restaurant. So we decided that it was probably the path leading to the peak and started to hike the trail up. After a while (not too long) we saw a ranger's station and we asked the ranger if it was the right path up to the peak that we wanted to go. But it seemed that it wasn't... T.T It's leading to other peaks so we decided to go back and went to another entrance (which was actually looked like a park entrance) that one of the ranger told us. At the top there is a gate (looked like a gate of restored old defense wall) and from there another 10-15 minutes tough almost vertical climb to the very top. It was a huge rock peak with only necessary wire-railings, but the good thing is you can see as far as you're able to without any obstruction. The space on top was roughly around 2x2m and there's also this S.Korean flag, so it was quite cramped up there. Leave a Comment
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