There is the full autumn in Chuncheon 춘천도 이제 만추입니다

Photos by Aoife Casey

Early Sunday I decided to go west of Chuncheon to Samaksan mountain and Deungseon Falls, a hugely popular hiking destination for Chuncheon residents.

I took the subway from Chuncheon station to Gangchon, and a bus from Gangchon to to one of two starting points to the mountain. The course I took was Uiam Dam ticket office – Sangwonsa Temple – mountain summit – Hongguksa – Biseon restaurent – Deungseon Falls – Samaksan Mountain ticket office(6km,3hrs). The mountains terrain changed dramatically after the first few kilometres and it was a scramble & rock climbing effort to the top(not one for people scared of hights).

The mountain has several steep valleys and unique rock formations covered with thick forests and a breathtaking summit view of regional mountain ranges. The return down the mountain via the falls was relievingly smooth and the sounds of water from the small falls soothing.

I would highly recommend this as a weekend trip from Seoul. The area has an array of alternative sites aswell such as Gugok falls, House of Kim Jeong-eun and many eco villages and I will most definetly be making a trip back.

 

 

Contributoir, Aoife Casey

She is an Irish artist living and working in Seoul, Korea. She expresses problems of existence with performance, photo, sculpture, installation more than 10 years. She is in full activity with her own view as an artist in recent.

아일랜드 출신의 작가 이퍼 케이시는 10년 이상을 퍼포먼스, 조각, 설치, 사진 등의 작업을 통해 인간의 신체적 혹은 존재의 문제를 다루어 왔다. 2013년 부터 서울에 거주하며 활발한 활동을 하고 있다.