Hiking Taebaeksan Mountain, the spine of the Korean Peninsula

#Hiking #Travel#Taebaeksan#Mountain climbing#Fall foliage Hyuldong, Taebaek-si, Gangwon-do A mountain spanning Taebaek-si, Gangwon-do and Bonghwa-gun, Gyeongsangbuk-do. Only 17.440 km2 of the Taebaek-si area was designated as a provincial park, but on April 1, 2016, the National Park Committee of the Ministry of Environment confirmed the designation of Taebaeksan National Park, and from August 22 of the same year, it was expanded to Yeongwol, Jeongseon, Samcheok, and Bonghwa, becoming the 22nd national park in Korea with a total area of ​​70.052 km2. The main peak, Janggunbong, is 1,566.7 m above sea level. It is located in the area where the Sobaeksan Mountains branch off from the Taebaeksan Mountains. It does not appear to be the mountain mentioned in the Dangun myth below, but since the name is the same, a Dangun Shrine was built near the summit (1987) and the Cheonjedan was renovated[3], and a ceremony to offer sacrifices to Dangun is held every year. Originally, there was a Taebaekcheonwangdang (Taebaek Shinsa [4]) here, but now only the Cheonjedan remains. In addition to the Cheonjedan, there are Janggundan and Busodan (Gu-euldan), but they are smaller and less famous than the Cheonjedan.