This walk up Jebibong Peak in Woraksan National Park was a plan B for us, but unded up being a real gem. For just moderate effort in less than half a day you get spectacular views of Chungju-ho Lake, the largest in South Korea, surrounded by mountains, cliffs and lush forest.
The views are best in the first two thirds of the walk, so you needn’t even visit the peak if you are short for time. And nearby are site seeing cruise boats if you want to experience some of the scenery from below (we enjoyed this). Perhaps the only downside (for me) is that the lake is not natural, but you might not care about that. Track notes at the end.
Jebibong Peak 제비봉, Woraksan 월악산: The Scenery
Track Notes
We took the longer and less steep track that I’m pretty sure has the best views. There is another way up on the opposite side of the mountain. There are lots of steps but generally the terrain is easy enough. Nevertheless, we worked up a sweat in warm May weather, so you’ll probably get your heart rate up.
(Just a note on the names – bong means peak and ho means lake, so you can say Jebi Peak and Chungju Lake).
It fits easily into a half day, about 3 hours I’d say. There is some more info on the Korean National Parks Service website. The start of the track is marked on this Google Map…
