Life is a different Wave moving by Time and ending at Shore: Seoul Bukhansan Mountain Baekwundae Hike – Doseonsa Temple Course-Shortest and Fast but Somewhat Hard

1. Date and Time : Feb 9, 2019 08:30~13:00 (1 hours including one hour break).

2. Location : Goyang-City, Gyeonggi-Province and Eunpyeong-District, Jongno-Distric, Seongbuk-District, Dobong-District, Seoul.

3. Distance and Course : About 7.96km. Course is to start to ascend at Doseonsa Temple Parking Lot => Harujae Gorge => Baekwundae Ammun=> Bukhansan Mountain Summit-Baekwundae (836m Altitude) => Baekwundae Ammun => Yongamun => Doseonsa Temple Parking Lot. Please refer to “Seoul Bukhansan Mountain Baekwundae – Doseonsa Temple Course” and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YxoMFu3Xjw

4. Access :

There are various ways connecting or changing to the Subway Line Bukhansan Shinseolseon wherever depend on your way. Please get on the subway Line Bukhansan Shinseolseon and get off at Bukhansan Ui Station and exit through Gate No. 2 and walk to Doseonsa Temple for 2.3km taking about 35 minutes..

5. Overall Remarks.

There are five major hike courses climbing over 739.5m altitude Shinseondae Summit at the Inside the Samgaksan (Bukhansan) (Mt.) national park, there are lots of clean valleys among major rock peaks made of granite. It gives a beautiful view, and there live over 10,300 species of animals and plants inside. Also, it offers various historical and cultural relics including Bukhansanseong (Fortress) which has the history of 2,000 years since the era of 3 States and over 100 temples and shrines. There are many hiking courses to Bukhansan Mountain, Baekwundae Summit, 836m altitude. I choose Doseonsa Temple Course which is the shortest and fast course but not so easy course taking three hours from Doseonsa Temple to the Summit via Harujae Gorge and back to Doseonsa Temple via Yongamun Gate. I took last Obong Peak Course today which I ascend Shinseondae Summit through outstanding beautiful peaks like Yeoseongbong Peak looks like Female symbol and Obong Peak from No. 1 to 5. Please see relevant Photo and Video.

6. Detailed Course Information

I was last night concerning about weather tomorrow and checked weather, especially dust level and found today fortunately dust level was normal and lowest temperature minus 7 degree C. I was trying to go fast Doseonsa Temple and reached there before eight thirty morning and hurry up hiking preparation at the parking lot. I moved to right and found Baekwundae Park Ranger Post and checked hike course and decided to take short course today explaining at above article 3. When I just walked to uphill for about 10 minutes and reached first break place. But I did not take any break and just checked the information at the place and keeping going on the rocky and stone stair step road less than half an hour and met Harujae Gorge where I could see beautiful Insubong Peak and took a nice shot as possible and found landmark at the gorge stating as 1.4km to Baekwundae Summit and 200m to Insu Shelter at Left and Youngbong Peak behind. I walked on ridge road for .about 10 minutes and found Bukhansan Insu Shelter and its landmark; 1.25km to The Summit and 4.9km to Bukhansan Information Center at Right. There is small Insu Hermitage just next the Shelter mentioning at its main gate as “Nothing as you are spiritually immersed into Buddhism”. I was fully accepted and agreed that statement and continued move up steeper rocky road for about 10 minutes more and saw very steeply sloped wooden stairs and completely frozen stream at left and confirmed winter are still in force and had to wait some more for coming spring. I was slowly walking up on steep rocky road and sometime very slippery road due to ice for 20 minutes and reached Baekwun Sanjang (Mountain Cabin) where visitors could take a break as well as buy light snack. I saw landmark at the corner of the mountain cabin stating as 500m to the Summit and 1.7km to Bukhansan Information Center at Left. I was hardly walking up the steep uphill rocky road for a quarter minutes and met Bukhansan Ammun Junction where I could go to Baekwundae Summit by 300m at Right and Yongamun Junction by 1.2km at straight. I turned right at the junction and kept going up through steeper stairs and slippery rocky road for about half an hour and finally touched down 836m altitude Baewundae Summit and took a nice shot around view like remote three major peaks at the Dobongsan Mountain at North and nearly Mankyungdae Peak and Nojeokbong Peak and remote Obong Peak and Yeoseongbong Peak and etc. at South. Please refer to each picture attached. I take short break on the way down and back to Bukhansan Ammun Junction where I should turn right and keep walking down on the stairs and reached junction; 1.3km to Bukhansan Shelter at Left and Bukhansan information Center at right. I made left turn at the junction and carried on the Mankyungdae Ridge road for about a quarter minutes and reached landmark at Nojeokbong Peak, 716m altitude stating as 800m to Bukhansan Shelter at left. I walked on somewhat highly sloped down road for a quarter minutes and reached Yongamun Junction; 1.1km to Yongamun Park Ranger Post at left and 200m to Bukhansan Shelter at straight. As I started to move down and found this road was so highly sloped and steeper though the valley and carefully and slowly downhill through somewhat less sloped road along with stream for about 40 minutes and returned to the parking lot.