Mountain · North Chungcheong
Geumsusan
금수산
Geumsusan (1,015.8 m), Danyang: a rock mountain famed for autumn colour, an ice valley and views over Cheongpung Lake.
Place details
- Region
- North Chungcheong
- Type of place
- Mountain
- Locality in the source
- 단양군 · 제천시
- Summit height
- 1,015.8 m summit altitude, Korea Forest Service guide p. 56
Locate the place
Search by the Korean name and locality, then check the public entrance with the managing authority.
About Geumsusan
Geumsusan rises between Danyang and Jecheon at the northern tip of Woraksan National Park, a rock mountain famous for its autumn colour. Its outline changes with the view: a resting woman, a lion’s head, a sharp spire.
From the top the Sobaeksan ridge runs north-east and the blue Cheongpung Lake lies to the south. Halfway up, a spring flows the same in drought or flood, and an ice valley freezes even in the summer dog days.
Its old name was Baegunsan; the scholar Toegye is said to have renamed it Geumsu, embroidered silk, for its autumn colours.
Through the seasons
- Spring
- Rare violets among the wildflowers
- Summer
- Falls and cool shade in the ice valley
- Autumn
- A tunnel of maples
- Winter
- Frost flowers from the lake mist
Worth seeing
- Eoreumgol ice valley 얼음골Ice caves that freeze in midsummer.
- Cheongpung Lake view 청풍호The lake spread below the summit.
Where the main trail starts
Sanghak car park bus stop 금수산 상학주차장(버스정류장)
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. 56.