Gwanaksan (관악산)is the mountain lying behind the Seoul National University campus and the Gwacheon national government complex lies to the east.. Its name literally means 'Mountain of the Hat-Shaped Peak', Mt. Gwanaksan is a good-sized hill that marks the southern limit of the Seoul basin and it is 629m tall.
We take the general course; which starts next to Seoul National University. To get there we took subway to Seoul National University Station, Line 2, exit No.3, there are two ways to get to the mountain; by bus or taxi. If you are going on weekend you need to know that a lot of people go hiking too, so don’t be surprised if there is a long line waiting for the bus. As an advice if you are 4 people, taking a taxi is not so expensive and you can avoid the long bus’ line.
When you get there you just need to start hiking. The first half of the way is quite easy and plane; but as you go higher you start to do real climbing. The views are really beautiful and even it is hard it totally worth it, especially in this season of the year.
On the top of the mountain you can see Buddhist temples as Yeonjudae (연주대), downtown of Seoul and Han river.
After coming back, we went to have dinner at Shigul Bossam(시골보쌈) that is near from Sadang station, exit No. 13. Were we ate Bossam (보쌈), it was so good that we order twice :)
Having this experience of hiking in Korea was awesome, despite it was tired but because we are not use to exercise^^, watching the autumn colors was awesome and beautiful, and the fresh air gave us energy to continue to the top :)
Trails
Seoul National University Entrance (11.3km, 4 hours) Siheung-dong (11km, 3 hours, 30 minutes) Anyang amusement park (12km, 4 hours, 30 minutes)
Getting There
Seoul National University Station, Line 2. Then take bus 95, 25, 94, 121, 289, 303, 55-2, 114, 142 or 289-1 to entrance of Seoul National University
