Gangcheonsan hike info

Gangcheonsan is a small mountain at 585.8 m, but past the ticket gate a flat path of about 5 km runs along the stream with rock walls rising over it like folding screens. Strollers and wheelchairs go in, so anyone in comfortable shoes can walk it. There is even a red-clay barefoot trail with a foot-washing spot.

In autumn the valley is packed with maples. Colour is usually deepest from the first week of November to mid-month, and on weekends the car parks fill early. At the end of the path Gujanggun Falls drops in three tiers for roughly 120 m, and a suspension bridge sways about 50 m above the gorge. Byeongpung Falls near the entrance was built in 2003, but the water sliding down a 40 m rock wall is cool in summer all the same.

There is a proper summit route too. Above the falls, Gitdaebong, Wangjabong and Hyeongjebong line up in a row, and from Wangjabong the Sunchang plain opens out below. It takes about three hours, so many people climb in the morning and walk the valley path back down.

From Seoul (BUS)

From Gwangju, Jeonju and elsewhere (BUS)

To the trailhead (LOC)