Mountain · North Chungcheong
Doraksan
도락산
Doraksan (965.3 m), Danyang: rock peaks between Sobaeksan and Woraksan, with old pines on granite and the Seonam valleys below.
Place details
- Region
- North Chungcheong
- Type of place
- Mountain
- Locality in the source
- 단양군
- Summit height
- 965.3 m summit altitude, Korea Forest Service guide p. 110
Locate the place
Search by the Korean name and locality, then check the public entrance with the managing authority.
About Doraksan
Doraksan rises in Danyang between Sobaeksan and Woraksan, part of it inside Woraksan National Park. Granite and gneiss build a ridge of rock peaks — Sinseonbong, Chaeunbong, Geombong — that ring the summit like a castle wall.
Below it lie the Upper, Middle and Lower Seonam rocks, three of the Eight Views of Danyang. The ridge path climbs past rock slabs, iron ladders and wire handholds; from Sinseonbong, a broad granite shelf with old pines, Woraksan fills the view ahead.
The scholar Song Si-yeol is said to have named it: the path to enlightenment must have its own way (do), and on that way there must be joy (rak).
Through the seasons
- Spring
- Stream sounds in the valleys
- Summer
- Cool wind off the Woraksan peaks
- Autumn
- Colour along the small rock ridges
- Winter
- Snow on pines in the rock cracks
Worth seeing
- Sinseonbong 신선봉A broad rock shelf with the best view on the mountain.
- Chaeunbong 채운봉A rest stop with views along the ridge.
Where the main trail starts
Gasan 2-ri bus stop 가산2리(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. 110.