Mountain · North Gyeongsang / North Chungcheong
Gubyeongsan
구병산
Gubyeongsan (876.3 m): nine peaks like a folding screen south of Songnisan, with rope sections and a quiet, unspoilt ridge.
Place details
- Region
- North Gyeongsang · North Chungcheong
- Type of place
- Mountain
- Locality in the source
- 상주시 · 보은군
- Summit height
- 876.3 m summit altitude, Korea Forest Service guide p. 48
Locate the place
Search by the Korean name and locality, then check the public entrance with the managing authority.
About Gubyeongsan
Guhyeongsan stands south of Songnisan National Park on the border of Sangju and Boeun. Nine peaks run east to west like a nine-panel folding screen, which gives the mountain its name.
Overshadowed by Songnisan, it has stayed clean and quiet. The ridge rises and falls steeply, with rope sections and a near-vertical wall before the summit; from the top the Boeun plain lies flat below. Locally Songnisan is the father mountain and Gubyeongsan the mother.
Boeun registered the 43.9 km ridge from Songnisan to Gubyeongsan as the Chungbuk Alps.
Through the seasons
- Spring
- Clear streams under thick forest
- Summer
- Cold air from the wind caves
- Autumn
- Autumn colour on the cliffs
- Winter
- Snow on blade-sharp rock
Worth seeing
- Summit dead tree 정상석 앞 고사목The mountain’s best-known landmark.
- Wind holes 풍혈지Cold air in summer, warm in winter.
Where the main trail starts
Gubyeong-ri village hall 구병리 마을회관
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. 48.