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[adventureheart]

A question for all my fellow wilderness people...

Does anyone know of any long distance hiking trails in Korea? I'd want to be out on trail for 3days/2nights (or longer once my vacation time rolls around).

Thanks!

[dulouz]

The Chiaksan Mts near Wonju have a long trail but its not three days.

Get to the north side in the PM for a temple stay. The next day its 8 hours along the top ridge to the next temple where they might allow you to stay and if not, its 2 hours down. Don't go down the easy route, take the steep route. It has bridges waterfalls and 1,000 year old ruins.

[Ya-ta Boy]

One of my students last year ran from Busan to Seoul while his friend rode his bike. But they just did it along the highway.

[VanIslander]

Jiri-san National Park!

One could get lost for a few days, though of course there are lots of trails and maps to follow.



http://images.google.ca/imgres?imgurl=http://www.npa.or.kr/chiri/eng/nature/images/chiri_map.gif&imgrefurl=http://www.npa.or.kr/chiri/eng/nature/road_map.htm&h=1492&w=2000&sz=1298&tbnid=SUwiGg5-J2wJ:&tbnh=111&tbnw=150&hl=en&start=4&prev=/images%3Fq%3Djirisan%2Bmap%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D

[midgic]

There's the Baek-Du trail that runs from Soraksan in the north-east all the way down to Jirisan in the south-west. The whole trail is about 1000km long and goes through several national parks. Lots of people/clubs hike it in sections on weekends and complete it in a year or so.

A good website about the trail (in Korean) is: www.okmountain.com
Click on ��δ밣 at the top of the page to find information about the trail, including a map, and the distances of the 42 sections.

happy trails...

[just because]

I did 1 3 day 45 kilometre hike along the Jirisan ridge a couple of years ago, awesome walk but a lot tougher than iIexpected

[anaru]

the central section of the Baekdudaegan trail from Songnisan, through Woraksan to Sobaeksan is a great area to walk around with great trails.
A good, but testing 3 day walk is along the Baekdudaegan from Sobaeksan (between Yeongju and Danyang) North to TaeBaeksan, but you'll need a tent, shes a long way to a MinBak on the first night.

[jlb]

I rode a bike around Jeju Island in about 4 days. It's 200 km, so it would probably take 6-7 days or so if you wanted to do it on foot.

[Keepongoing]

sorry this is not Korea, but I would like to tell you about Hong Kong's Trailwaker.

When I lived there I did this 3 times.

It is a 100km course over 20 peaks that must be done within 48 hours. It always takes place in November and is an International event. I believe Australia and the UK HAVE IT TOO.

It is doen in teams of 4. Over 3000 people do it each year. I love it and wish korea had such an event.

My best time was 35 hours

http://www.oxfamtrailwalker.org.hk/eng/home/

[waterbaby]

[joe_doufu]

My little brother hiked the Appalachian Trail. This is a network of trails of about 2,200 miles (i dunno, maybe 4000km?) from Maine to Georgia in the eastern US. It took him two summers. I want to one-up him by bicycling from Maine (our home) down to South America sometime. I've never done any long-distance hiking myself but I'm interested.

Anybody know where to get good equipment without spending much money? Rental would be OK I guess. I looked this summer but I couldn't find any tents built for less than eight people. Certainly nothing I could carry up a mountain without a car.

[idealjetsam]

[idealjetsam]

[joe_doufu]

I learned to say "y'all" when I lived in New Orleans, but I don't use it much these days. Kind of sad, I rather liked it. It's a "vous" for the English language.

[jlb]