Geomnyeonsan Mountain
- Sarah Taylor
- Sep 16, 2022
- 2 min read
Hiking is a bit different here. We walked 20 minutes from our apartment to the start of the trail. There's a map (just like Canada), a dust blower (huh?), and free mosquito spray!
The trail started off with a gentle slope up and the dirt is covered by what looks like a rope carpet. That seems pretty common here - I imagine it's both to protect the ground from erosion and to keep your feet a bit less mucky.
Then around the corner, we found stairs! The stairs made the hike pretty easy but they ended about halfway up the mountain.
On our way up, we passed at least 3 exercise parks. Some of the chest press benches even had weights. Only older people seemed to be using the outdoor gyms but Cam and I are thinking of trying it.
At the top, we were disappointed to see the peak was fenced off. We discovered the KT cell phone tower is at the peak and only staff are allowed inside the fence. There is a cafe at the top too, but we'd packed snacks and didn't feel like paying for a view. We found a few places along the road that you could see the bridge and gwangalli beach from so we got our view and felt accomplished.
Unlike Igidae park, you could still hear street noises at this park, which isn't too surprising since you do have the option to just drive up. From the top, we could see other mountains that looked interesting to climb and had a decent view of the city. I'm excited to explore more parks!
We decided to try a less travelled trail down and ended up on a super narrow path with way more bugs. There were way fewer people but we're thinking we'll probably stick to the main trails.
We also stumbled upon a watering station. I'm a bit confused if people bring stoves and boil the water or what exactly it is used for, but there are scoops to catch it.
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