Gariwangsan itineraries

Janggumogi in a day

In through the mossy stream, up to the summit marker, back down the same trail, then a pot of gondre rice in Jeongseon market before dark. One trailhead and no shuttle to worry about.

Eoeun-gol and the market

Day one climbs from the recreation forest beside a noisy stream, then you collapse into a pension just outside the gate. Day two is loose-legged wandering through Jeongseon market and the cliff-top skywalk.

Traverse, then slow days

A one-way traverse up Janggumogi and down Eoeun-gol on day one, the Olympic-slope gondola and a night in a hanok on day two, then market and buckwheat noodles on the last day. Only one hard walking day.

Festivals & seasons

• 1 — Snow on the ridge
• 3 — Spring fire-season entry limits
• 5 — Jeongseon Gondre Wild Greens Festival
• 5 — Fresh green leaves
• 7 — Summer stream shade
• 7 — Ice cave area closed
• 10 — Jeongseon Arirang Festival
• 10 — Autumn colour
• 11 — Autumn fire-season entry limits

Souvenirs

• Gondre (thistle greens)
• Dried wild greens and pickles
• Hwanggi (astragalus root)
• Deodeok (bellflower root)
• Buckwheat jeonbyeong and sorghum pancakes
• Spring gomchwi and chamnamul, autumn meoru grapes