Mountain · Gangwon
Garisan
가리산
Garisan (1,050.9 m), Hongcheon: gentle oak ridges, three rock peaks and a summit view over Soyangho, with a spring that never runs dry.
Place details
- Region
- Gangwon
- Type of place
- Mountain
- Locality in the source
- 홍천군 · 춘천시
- Summit height
- 1,050.9 m summit altitude, Korea Forest Service guide p. 8
Locate the place
Search by the Korean name and locality, then check the public entrance with the managing authority.
About Garisan
Garisan rises on the border of Hongcheon and Chuncheon in Gangwon, a gentle, oak-covered mountain that the Forest Service calls a textbook Korean mountain: soft ridges below, three great rock peaks on top.
The summit looks straight down on Soyangho, Korea’s largest reservoir, and a spring that runs all year from the rock face below the first peak has refreshed walkers for generations. The mountain feeds both the Hongcheon and Soyang rivers and is ranked second of Hongcheon’s nine scenic views.
The name is a native Korean word for a stacked pile of grain sheaves; the peaks were said to look like one.
Through the seasons
- Spring
- Azaleas line both sides of the ridge path
- Summer
- Cool summit wind over the Soyangho view
- Autumn
- Larch needles soften the earth path
- Winter
- Snow on the gentle ridgelines
Worth seeing
- Big Rock Face 가리산 큰바위 얼굴A face-shaped rock on the second peak, with its own legend.
- Yongso Valley 용소계곡Pools and broad rock slabs under dense forest, likened to Inner Seorak.
Where the main trail starts
Garisan Natural Recreation Forest ticket office 가리산자연휴양림 매표소
A main route in the Forest Service guide begins here. Search the Korean name to plan your bus or taxi to the entrance.
Written from the Korea Forest Service guide 꼭 한번 가 볼 우리 100대 명산, p. 8.