Hello guys! Time really past so fast I can say. I have been blogging every month with different topics for Pyeongchang Olympics 2018. So is here the topic for the month of October. Hope you enjoy reading!
Story 1 Why Gangwon is the top winter destination in Korea
Story 1 Why Gangwon is the top winter destination in Korea
Gangwon is the snowiest province in Korea. For about 66 days from November to March, Gangwon has an average of 250cm of snow. The average temperature is about -4.8℃ throughout the winter, which maintains optimal ski conditions so that skiers can demonstrate their full capacities. Gangwon's eight large-scale recreation resorts are most popular among Korean people in winter. Each resort has great slopes for skiing and snowboarding, unique events and a variety of accommodation for everyone's comfort and convenience.
Alpensia Ski Resort is an entertainment destination centre located at the highland which stands 700m above sea level, the optimum height for the human health and biorhythm. It has been designed by Cuningham Group which participated in the development of the world's famous theme parks such as Warner Bros. Movie World and Universal Studios. Alpensia features many fascination facilities including main stadium, ecological golf courses and world-class ski slopes and ski jump slopes to host the Winter Olympic Games perfectly.
Elysian Gangchon It only takes 40 minutes by train to get to Elysian Gangchon from Seoul. Gangchon guarantees exciting and comfortable skiing with 1,000m for the beginners, intermediate skiers and experts. Enjoy stable and comfortable skiing on valley slope and exciting and refreshing skiing on ridgeline slopes. Night skiing operates until 2:00a.m. A theme park made of 10 themes is another unique attraction of Gangchon and Gangchon Channel Park is an extreme park that takes anybody, from beginners to pro skiers, to the world of fantastic extremes.
Hansol Oak Valley includes nine variously themed slopes, express, lifts, and world-class half pipe courses. Oak Valley Snow Park is a fusion project that combines a ski resort, golf course and condominiums. As it's name says, skiers ski down slopes along snow-covered oak forests. The slopes were designed by world-renowned Snow Engineering from the U.S. and the gold course was designed by Robert Trent Jones, Jr. Enjoy skiing at a European Mediterranean-style resort.
Welli Hilli Park's sopes were designed by Paul Matthews of Canada's ECOSIGN, one of the worlds'smost well-known designers who specializes in ski slopes, and has been recognized by the International Ski Federation for its size and safety. As th host of the 2009 Snowboard World Championships. It will be widely introduced as a mecca for snowboarding. Korea's greatest fun park (Terrain Park) is an eye-catching area that allows both experts and beginners to perform 'techniques'. All sloes are opened to snowboarders; the Half Pipe Park, exclusive for snowboarding is most popular among snowboarders.
Daemyung Vivaldi Park is a leisure complex having water themed park, golf club and horse riding club as well. Along with a good accessibility from Seoul area, many visitors continuously find Daemyung Vival Park. Daemyung Vivaldi Park starts with very new program as Viva K-Food festival from Winter season of 2015. Uniquely Viva K-Food festival is a combination of ski training and Korean food experience. In this festival, you can learn skiing as well as attend Korean food cooking class! And of course, you will have a chance to try the street food styled snack as Tteokbokki and others also.
Bokwang Phoenix Park proudly presents the natural valley slope of 1,050m-tall Mt. Taegi with outstanding snow conditions. It's the best ski resort in Korea with 12 world-class lopes, 8 ski chairlifts, 6 sun-kid lifts and a modern gondola made by Dopplemire. Each of the 21 courses has unique designs, looking out to the 500m-wide panoramic ski base, and guarantees dynamic and exciting speed. Various attractions in the Terrain Park include the Extreme Park for beginners and a mini half pipe and jumping deck for snowboarders. Night skiing ends at 5:00AM.
Yongpyong Resort is Asia's second ski resort ro be certified by the International Ski Federation. It successfully held the World Cup Ski Competition in 1998 and 2000 and the 1999 Winter Asian Games and has been very popular among skiers from Europe and other parts of Asia. Twenty-seven slopes, including the Rainbow Slopes, and an average of 250cm of snow every Winter makes Yongpyong the best ski resort in the world. Yongpyon resort with Korea's first Terrain Park and Korea's widest slope at 180m is the pride of the region. It is planning to develop up to 48 slopes and 24 lifts to become and even larger ski resort.
High 1 Resort with a short history but with amazing facilities is one of the major ski resorts in Korea. High 1 resort is a big complex of accommodation, golf, themed park, ski and casino. Go! Go! ski program by High 1 Resort consist of 4 days. First and second day, you can have a basic ski lesson and Gala dinner. On third day, you can have a competition with others to win the prize in the ceremony.
Story 2 Ski Festivals in Gangwon
Take skiing and snowboarding lessons offered in varios languages and enjoy exciting performances and cultural experiences! In Korea, visitors can discover a whole new world of skiing through the Fun Ski Festival, the Go! Go! Ski Festival, and the snow Tube Race Festival.
VIVA Ski Festival @ Daemyung VIVALDI PARK
Daemyung VIVALDI PARK is a four seasons leisure complex having water themed park, golf club and horse riding club as well. Along wih a good accessibility from Seoul area, many visitors continuously find Daemyung VIVALDI PARK. Since its launch in 2015, VIVALDI PARK collaborated Ski with K-Food and the following year Ski wth K-culture. The package includes All-Day-Pass with depth basic ski lessons. For Muslim Travellers, Prayer room can be provided and also halal certified restaurants can be found inside VIVALDI PARK.
Other than ski, participants can choose to go to Jimjilbang (Korean Sauna), indoor waterpark, outdoor hotspring or even horse riding! So no need to worry in case you got afraid of skiing after trying once.
On top of it, carefully selected Korea food will be served for ultimate Korea-experience. You will have chance to enjoy various Korea street & traditional food! The master chef of VIVALDI PARK-Jung Jun Seop, who has been nominated as 'Master of Korean fermented food' by World Food Culture Centre will be in charge of all dished. And also the master chefs will teach you how to make real-Korean food. The menu changes every year according to participants' preferences!
This ski festival is held from mid-Decemberto early March at Yongpyong Resort, Korea's first ski and a well-known host of international competitions. It offers a fun and exciting winter experience with skiing and snowboarding lessons taught by expert instructors, skiing competitions and award ceremonies, and a wide range of hands-on programs and performances.
Welli Hilli Park's sopes were designed by Paul Matthews of Canada's ECOSIGN, one of the worlds'smost well-known designers who specializes in ski slopes, and has been recognized by the International Ski Federation for its size and safety. As th host of the 2009 Snowboard World Championships. It will be widely introduced as a mecca for snowboarding. Korea's greatest fun park (Terrain Park) is an eye-catching area that allows both experts and beginners to perform 'techniques'. All sloes are opened to snowboarders; the Half Pipe Park, exclusive for snowboarding is most popular among snowboarders.
Daemyung Vivaldi Park is a leisure complex having water themed park, golf club and horse riding club as well. Along with a good accessibility from Seoul area, many visitors continuously find Daemyung Vival Park. Daemyung Vivaldi Park starts with very new program as Viva K-Food festival from Winter season of 2015. Uniquely Viva K-Food festival is a combination of ski training and Korean food experience. In this festival, you can learn skiing as well as attend Korean food cooking class! And of course, you will have a chance to try the street food styled snack as Tteokbokki and others also.
Bokwang Phoenix Park proudly presents the natural valley slope of 1,050m-tall Mt. Taegi with outstanding snow conditions. It's the best ski resort in Korea with 12 world-class lopes, 8 ski chairlifts, 6 sun-kid lifts and a modern gondola made by Dopplemire. Each of the 21 courses has unique designs, looking out to the 500m-wide panoramic ski base, and guarantees dynamic and exciting speed. Various attractions in the Terrain Park include the Extreme Park for beginners and a mini half pipe and jumping deck for snowboarders. Night skiing ends at 5:00AM.
Yongpyong Resort is Asia's second ski resort ro be certified by the International Ski Federation. It successfully held the World Cup Ski Competition in 1998 and 2000 and the 1999 Winter Asian Games and has been very popular among skiers from Europe and other parts of Asia. Twenty-seven slopes, including the Rainbow Slopes, and an average of 250cm of snow every Winter makes Yongpyong the best ski resort in the world. Yongpyon resort with Korea's first Terrain Park and Korea's widest slope at 180m is the pride of the region. It is planning to develop up to 48 slopes and 24 lifts to become and even larger ski resort.
High 1 Resort with a short history but with amazing facilities is one of the major ski resorts in Korea. High 1 resort is a big complex of accommodation, golf, themed park, ski and casino. Go! Go! ski program by High 1 Resort consist of 4 days. First and second day, you can have a basic ski lesson and Gala dinner. On third day, you can have a competition with others to win the prize in the ceremony.
Story 2 Ski Festivals in Gangwon
Take skiing and snowboarding lessons offered in varios languages and enjoy exciting performances and cultural experiences! In Korea, visitors can discover a whole new world of skiing through the Fun Ski Festival, the Go! Go! Ski Festival, and the snow Tube Race Festival.
VIVA Ski Festival @ Daemyung VIVALDI PARK
Daemyung VIVALDI PARK is a four seasons leisure complex having water themed park, golf club and horse riding club as well. Along wih a good accessibility from Seoul area, many visitors continuously find Daemyung VIVALDI PARK. Since its launch in 2015, VIVALDI PARK collaborated Ski with K-Food and the following year Ski wth K-culture. The package includes All-Day-Pass with depth basic ski lessons. For Muslim Travellers, Prayer room can be provided and also halal certified restaurants can be found inside VIVALDI PARK.
Other than ski, participants can choose to go to Jimjilbang (Korean Sauna), indoor waterpark, outdoor hotspring or even horse riding! So no need to worry in case you got afraid of skiing after trying once.
Fun Ski & Snow Tube Festival @ Yongpyong Resort
Go! Go! Ski @ High 1 Resort
This ski festival is held from the peak of winter mid-December to early March at High1 Resort, which is equipped with top-notch facilities. It offers a memorable experience particularly to tourists from Southeat Asian and other snowless regions. Visitors can take part in expert taught skiing lessons of varying difficulty as well as performances and events to experience the beauty and charm of Korean culture.
KISC (Korea International Ski Camp) @Alpensia Ski Resort & High 1 Resort
As customized days and night ski package exclusively offers to individual tourists, KISC can be customize within accommodations, meals, ski lessons (with level tests), fun activities and a competition. Shorter programs are also available for those with less time.
Recommended KISC Package offers 5 different schedules of ski lesson programs. Each program is planned by your own ski skills.
1. KISC divides customers into 3 groups by age as Young Kids (aged 4-8), Kids (aged 9-15) and Teen & Adults and provide the different group lessons. For family group, they can specially organize the family private lesson as well.
2. 5 packages named Blue, Red, Yellow, Green and Black are made up with ski lesson and activities that skiers like to take the most.
3. KISC pacakges consist of ski lesson together with transportation, accommodation and ski wear/equipments. On the special note, there will be promotional camp program as KISC Event Camp (10-12 Dec 2017) and KISC Christmas Camp (14-26 Dec 2017).
That's all for my post today! Hope you enjoy reading and thank you for dropping by!
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