South Korea? - Snowboarding Forum

07-08-2009, 02:28 PM

Has anyone been snowboarding in Korea? I might be living in Cheonan next winter and would like to know if it would be easy for me to go on a few snowboarding trips. I hear that the Pyeongchang area has some good slopes, but it's very busy.

**killclimbz** · 07-08-2009, 02:32 PM

We have a couple of members who were based out of South Korea. I'm sure if they see this they'll chime in.

From what I saw the resorts were pretty basic. Not world class (cliffs, huge chutes, terrain parks etc) but serviceable. My hunch is that if you are willing to huff it a little, there is some pretty amazing terrain that can be had. Of course I know very little about the South Korean scene, so there could be same pretty bad ass resorts there.

BlackhawkDriver · 12-28-2012, 07:13 PM

I've been in korea for the last 3 years and i'll tell you the riding is not great. If you're from some of the big winter sports areas ie colorado, utah etc and expect that kind of shred you're gonna be disappointed. that being said tho it is fun, the people are super friendly and its something cool to do. Most of the decent areas are up towards pyeongchang. you could look up yongpyong, alpensia, pheonix, and high 1 resorts online theyre all up there. If you end up in cheonan though those places are about 3 hours drive away. (I live in Pyeongtaek and its about 2.5-3 hrs for me). a little closer to home is yangji pine resort and jisan which are right next to each other about 40 min away from where I live. They are both VERY small though but like I said its still pretty fun to go. Oak valley is a little bit further and its a bit bigger. I guess everything is comparable to east coast riding. lots of man made snow on small mountains/hills.

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07-08-2009, 02:32 PM	#2 (permalink)
killclimbz Veteran Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Front Range Posts: 9,166	We have a couple of members who were based out of South Korea. I'm sure if they see this they'll chime in. From what I saw the resorts were pretty basic. Not world class (cliffs, huge chutes, terrain parks etc) but serviceable. My hunch is that if you are willing to huff it a little, there is some pretty amazing terrain that can be had. Of course I know very little about the South Korean scene, so there could be same pretty bad ass resorts there.

12-28-2012, 07:13 PM	#3 (permalink)
BlackhawkDriver Member Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: South Korea Posts: 31	I've been in korea for the last 3 years and i'll tell you the riding is not great. If you're from some of the big winter sports areas ie colorado, utah etc and expect that kind of shred you're gonna be disappointed. that being said tho it is fun, the people are super friendly and its something cool to do. Most of the decent areas are up towards pyeongchang. you could look up yongpyong, alpensia, pheonix, and high 1 resorts online theyre all up there. If you end up in cheonan though those places are about 3 hours drive away. (I live in Pyeongtaek and its about 2.5-3 hrs for me). a little closer to home is yangji pine resort and jisan which are right next to each other about 40 min away from where I live. They are both VERY small though but like I said its still pretty fun to go. Oak valley is a little bit further and its a bit bigger. I guess everything is comparable to east coast riding. lots of man made snow on small mountains/hills.