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Hikers on a granite ridge trail with forested mountains behind in South Korea

Beyond the cities Updated 29 October 2026

Hiking in Korea: The National Sport Nobody Warns You About

Korea is mostly mountain and almost everybody walks up it. What the trails are like, why the gear looks like that, and how to hike straight out of Seoul.

Misty granite ridges and forested slopes in Seoraksan National Park, South Korea

Seasons & weather Updated 16 October 2026

Seoraksan in Autumn: The Best Two Weeks in Korea

Granite ridges, a cable car, a temple in a bowl of mountains and a colour front that comes down from the peaks to the valleys over a fortnight in October.

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Hiking in Korea: The National Sport Nobody Warns You About

Seoraksan in Autumn: The Best Two Weeks in Korea