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Curious George
Joined: 06 Apr 2004 Location: Seoul, Korea
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Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2006 4:22 pm Post subject: Skiing in Korea |
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Hi everyone,
Well I am going to be stuck here for my 2 week holiday....so
Does anyone know a decent ski resort within 2 hours of Seoul for a day trip skiing in January?
I would prefer one without tons of kiddies or snowboarders and that isnt too crowded if that is possible.
My wife has never been before so a resort with good beginner slopes would be nice as well.
Hehe I know this is probably asking alot.
From looking on the internet the good ones look like Bears Town, Muju, Yongpyeong, Hyundai Sungwoo, or Phoenix (although some of these are a little farther than I would like). Right now I am leaning towards Bears Town.
So which one would you recommend?
Thanks for the info
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periwinkle
Joined: 08 Feb 2003
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Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2006 4:35 pm Post subject: |
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Bearstown wouldn't be as crowded as Phoenix park or Yangpyeong. They did have an incident last weekend where a lift disconnected and fell to the ground and some ppl were injured. Apparently there had been an inspection earlier that day. Anyway, I'm sure it was a freak thing, and they've probably tightened their inspections up. The big parks are nice, but there are ppl EVERYWHERE, and you really, really have to be careful. I saw a really bad collision the last time I was at Phoenix- this asshole snowboarder was travelling at breakneck speed and slammed into some poor beginner skiier that was having a hard time. I've seen more than one collision here. Back home, I never saw a collision, and I've been skiing on a frequent basis since I was 6.
One more thing to be aware of- there are warming huts halfway up the hills, or at the top, and I've seen more than one drunk skiier. Anyway, you really need to watch your back while skiing here- ppl don't have the same kind of situational awareness you'll see on, say, American slopes. In my experience, anyway~ Have a good time! I skiied every weekend my 2nd yr. here, but I can't remember the place- it was 2 hours from Bundang, somewhere in Kangwon-do... |
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ilovebdt

Joined: 03 Jun 2005 Location: Nr Seoul
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Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2006 5:16 pm Post subject: |
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Adventure Korea are offering ski trips, but the slopes they go to might be a bit crowded for you.
Here is a link anyway: www.adventurekorea.com
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ajgeddes

Joined: 28 Apr 2004 Location: Yongsan
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Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2006 5:34 pm Post subject: |
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What Periwinkle says is correct. The beginner and lower level hills in Korea are nuts and use at your own risk. However, this means that the advanced slopes have barely anybody on them. When I went to Yongpyeong, the hills at the top of the gondola were empty (except for my friend who slid down the entire hill on his side. ) |
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Curious George
Joined: 06 Apr 2004 Location: Seoul, Korea
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Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2006 6:28 pm Post subject: |
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ajgeddes wrote: |
What Periwinkle says is correct. The beginner and lower level hills in Korea are nuts and use at your own risk.) |
Sadly, my wife is a beginner so we will probably spend most of the time on the easier slopes. I hope the crazies dont scare her off the sport since I like to ski.
Hopefully I will be able to do a couple of runs down the more advanced slopes while she is shopping or something.
ilovebdt thanks for that link. Maybe after a few lessons for my wife we might take that trip. It looks like a very good deal for the price.
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ajgeddes

Joined: 28 Apr 2004 Location: Yongsan
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Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2006 6:40 pm Post subject: |
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Curious George wrote: |
ajgeddes wrote: |
What Periwinkle says is correct. The beginner and lower level hills in Korea are nuts and use at your own risk.) |
Sadly, my wife is a beginner so we will probably spend most of the time on the easier slopes. I hope the crazies dont scare her off the sport since I like to ski.
Hopefully I will be able to do a couple of runs down the more advanced slopes while she is shopping or something.
ilovebdt thanks for that link. Maybe after a few lessons for my wife we might take that trip. It looks like a very good deal for the price.
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Not trying to scare you off, but when we went skiing the one of the girls had never skiied before and I hadn't skiied in 9 years (although I was on the ski team in high school) so we hit the bunny slope. I thought I was going to die and the girl, took her skis off half-way down the slope and walked in and returned them because it was just to crazy for her. |
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VanIslander

Joined: 18 Aug 2003 Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!
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Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2006 7:13 pm Post subject: |
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For those in Busan or anywhere in the southernmost areas: Muju Ski Resort is only two hours away in Jeollabukdo.
Not much farther from Seoul I'd think. Pretty central. My students on Geoje Island, off the southeast coast, have told me they go there a lot.
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Maz
Joined: 20 Jul 2006
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Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2006 7:17 pm Post subject: |
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Bugger!
I am also stuck here for my winter vacation n was thinking of going somewhere to learn to ski (I have never done it before)
Is it really as scary as you're all saying?
Actually, I don't know why I'm surprised.... Koreans behave on ski slopes, in the same manner they do on roads, pavements, stairways... right?
.....So... would a skiing holiday in Japan be a better idea?
Does anyone have any recommendations re. this?
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VanIslander

Joined: 18 Aug 2003 Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!
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Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2006 7:23 pm Post subject: |
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Maz wrote: |
... would a skiing holiday in Japan be a better idea? |
It'd be way cooler to have gone to Nagano and skiied Mount Fuji.
But bring a lot of yen. |
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Curious George
Joined: 06 Apr 2004 Location: Seoul, Korea
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Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2006 7:33 pm Post subject: |
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ajgeddes wrote: |
Not trying to scare you off, but when we went skiing the one of the girls had never skiied before and I hadn't skiied in 9 years (although I was on the ski team in high school) so we hit the bunny slope. I thought I was going to die and the girl, took her skis off half-way down the slope and walked in and returned them because it was just to crazy for her. |
Hehe, too late I'm scared. In my experience (from America) if you can stay away from the teenage snowboarders you are okay. In many American ski resorts they have separate slopes.
Okay can anyone recommend a ski place for my wife to learn that doesnt have crazy snowboarders running you over?or that keeps them separate?
MAZ, skiing isnt scary. I learned it in one day way back when and was on the expert slope by evening. What is scary is out of control teenage snowboarders who are doing 70km per hour and run people over. Normal Skiiers in general are safer because it is easier to stop.
In America most ski resorts dont allow crazy skiing. For safety reasons, If the ski patrol sees out of control boarders they warn them and if necessary remove them from the slope. Don't they have some kind of control on Korean boarders here? Or do they just let them run rampant over everyone else? If so that is kind of hard to believe. |
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Bibbitybop

Joined: 22 Feb 2006 Location: Seoul
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Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2006 7:55 pm Post subject: |
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CuriousGeorge, where do they still have seperate slopes? With snowboarding becoming so popular, most places don't seperate them anymore as they don't want to alienate the boarders or lose revenue.
Crazy skiing or boarding is restricted on green and on some blue runs, but that's what the black runs are for, you can go ape$()!T out there and ski patrol won't say anything at all unless you are too close to strangers on the run. |
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Bibbitybop

Joined: 22 Feb 2006 Location: Seoul
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Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2006 8:03 pm Post subject: |
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Today's (Friday's) The Korea Times newspaper has a big article about skiing in Korea and a list of the resorts. |
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Curious George
Joined: 06 Apr 2004 Location: Seoul, Korea
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Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2006 9:49 pm Post subject: |
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hehe well its been a few years since I have been skiing. Are you telling me they dont keep the boarders separate anymore? Ahhh what a shame. |
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discostar23

Joined: 22 Feb 2004 Location: getting the hell out of dodge
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