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[ritzcrackerd]

I'll be getting one at the end of next week, and I've been told that if a group of 3 or more people get their pass together you save some extra money. So if anyone is planning on getting a season pass to Yongpyong, talk to me!

Also, I'll be heading out there every weekend from Ilsan (near Seoul) so if anyone has talent I'd love some company. I'm a 9-year snowboarder so I'm looking to tear up the park if anyone's interested.

~Andrew

[pkang0202]

I may be interested. How do you get to yongpyong from Ilsan? How long is the commute? Are there any limitations to the season pass (only certain lifts, only during day or night)

I don't snowboard, but I ski. I'm sure I can learn to snowboard. I would have to buy all new equipment here anyways, so I might as well learn to snowboard.

How often do you plan on going?

[ritzcrackerd]

You can hop on a bus at either Juyeop Station or Jeongbalsan Station, and the bus goes through Incheon to Yongpyong. It leaves at 5:20AM and arrives there a few hours later, so like 8:30AM. What I'm looking to do is get a season lift ticket plus bus pass, which will run me at 610,000 won if I do it alone. There are zero limitations on the season pass, and I figure that every time you go (assuming you have your own equipment) it'll run you around 100,000 won with the bus and all day pass, so you go 7 times and the pass is worth it. I plan on going every single weekend, holiday, and day off work. I really like snowboarding.

If you ski thats fine, but the reasons I'm going to Yongpyong just so you know are two-fold: first, it's the largest resort in Korea with the biggest hills and best terrain park. Secondly and equally important, I've been told that the more difficult runs have almost no lines and far less people. Since lines are the biggest problem in Korea, this is one of the only ways to avoid them. My point here is that if you want to learn to snowboard you may be waiting a long time in lines on the easier slopes.

Do you know how to ride twin tips?? If you can already ski, I would honestly do that since you can do everything on those that you can on a board yet you wouldn't need to learn an entirely different sport.

If you're looking into getting a board (or twin tips)and you live in this area, let me help you out though. I worked at a ski shop for a year before coming here to teach so I know quite a bit. Just let me know. Glad to see there's at least some interest in winter sports out here though, cheers!

~Andrew

[thebomb]

If you have season ticket you can also ride 24/7, basically, so after 10.30 at night into the early hours it's basically dead, and you can ride nice and free.