Mountain · Gangwon
Daeamsan
대암산
Daeamsan (1,312.6 m), Yanggu: home of Yongneup, South Korea’s only raised bog and its first Ramsar wetland.
Place details
- Region
- Gangwon
- Type of place
- Mountain
- Locality in the source
- 양구군 · 인제군
- Summit height
- 1,312.6 m summit altitude, Korea Forest Service guide p. 90
Locate the place
Search by the Korean name and locality, then check the public entrance with the managing authority.
About Daeamsan
Daeamsan, between Yanggu and Inje in Gangwon, hides a rare treasure below its rocky summit: Yongneup, the only raised bog in South Korea, at about 1,260 m.
Yongneup was Korea’s first wetland listed under the Ramsar Convention, in 1997, and the area is a natural monument for its unusual plants and wildlife. Its peat layers record centuries of climate change, a living natural history museum.
The summit itself is a restricted zone; walkers use the south-western ridge route only.
Through the seasons
- Spring
- Wildflowers only after mid-May
- Summer
- Sedge meadows in fog
- Autumn
- Autumn over the mountain bog
- Winter
- Six months of winter
Worth seeing
- Yongneup 대암산 용늪South Korea’s only raised bog, a Ramsar site.
- Boardwalk 용늪 탐방길A deck path around the bog.
Where the main trail starts
Gwangchi Natural Recreation Forest 광치자연휴양림
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. 90.