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Whitey SK · Joined: 02 Feb 2007 Location: hunting for bulgogi

I would like to place myself somewhere that I could make a habit of skiing during the winter, without having to travel too much. Are there any particularly good regions in Korea?

Additionally, would skiing regularly cut into my budget quite heavily? In the states it seems almost prohibitively expensive for a young person trying to save money.

SPINOZA · Joined: 10 Jun 2005 Location: $eoul

Kangchon (near the town Chuncheon) is a 2 hour drive from Seoul.

willneverteachagain · Joined: 17 Dec 2006

lots of places

i like one is called bear mountain

RACETRAITOR · Joined: 24 Oct 2005 Location: Seoul, South Korea

Do you mean Bearstown? That's where they had the chairlift accident earlier in the ski season. Used to be my favourite.

SuperFly · Joined: 09 Jul 2003 Location: In the doghouse

I'm going snowboarding this Saturday w/brother in law, the place is called HI-Won in Changsan - I don't have any clue where that is, but I'll post some pics when I get back...

r. · Joined: 06 May 2006

Whitey SK · Joined: 02 Feb 2007 Location: hunting for bulgogi

thanks for the info... i'm still trying to determine the cost

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SuperFly · Joined: 09 Jul 2003 Location: In the doghouse

Update!

Leaving to go to Hi-Won in a few minutes....it's 3:30Am

My brother in law just told me that the lift is FREE!
he also said that there's no charge for anything except rental equipment.

Weird huh?

Bumpy thread because it took me about 30 minutes to search for this sucker...

Will post pics of the runs etc when I get back...

westonw · Joined: 25 Oct 2006 Location: Omungwelume, Namibia

i went to yongpyong earlier this year and i thought it was pretty nice. i got a pretty good deal on transporation and tickets through a travel agent, lodging i took care of on my own so it wasn't too bad, but where they stuck it to me was with the rentals (50,000 Won/day for a snowboard). if possible, rent from where you live and not at the resorts. a link to the yongpyong webpage is below and pics from my trip can be seen on my site.

http://www.yongpyong.co.kr/eng/

cheers,

r. · Joined: 06 May 2006

VanIslander · Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2007 5:57 pm Post subject:

Muju ski resort has everything you need and want, and more

newintown · Joined: 01 Jan 2007

not sure where you live, but theres a small resort 20mins from chung-ju - suanbo blue valley ski resort. (near worak san national park)
if you're a first timer, this is fine taster, but if you've been before you might want to try some of the bigger resorts.
we got half day skiing & lift past for 30 000 each, although we blagged 50% discount by befriending shop-owner who i think was amused by our lack of a clue about anything! (we thought we could hire gloves!)

SuperFly · Joined: 09 Jul 2003 Location: In the doghouse

The lift was FREE before noon...and this was a huge place. 2 miles of beginner runs, one or two intermediate I think...I'm defenitely a beginner though...but it was cool. No entrance fees, no lift fees.

Unless you need to rent boots/snowboard or skis. The rentals are 14,000 won. I have my own ski jacket, pants and gear...so did everyone in my group.

Ze food vas not free either.

I saw quite a few foreigners, some were Army...some not.

It was a lot of fun, especially for free.

Free lifts stop at noon. But hey, we had a good time.

I think I broke one of my legs and one of my paws though...

Everything hurts.

Pics to come soon