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Inwangsan Hike in the Rain: Seoul City Wall Trail to 338.2m

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Stone tiger sculpture 눈와강국 호랑이 at the Cheongunde Park trailhead, the starting point for the Inwangsan hike in Seoul, surrounded by dense summer-green trees under an overcast sky

Inwangsan (인왕산, 338.2 m) sits less than 30 minutes from central Seoul by subway, and most visitors to the capital never climb it. They walk the palace district below and glance up at the granite ridgeline — and keep moving. On an overcast or rainy day, that is the most wrong it gets. Light rain … Read more

Bugaksan City Wall Trail: Hike 600 Years of Seoul History

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SKKU Sungkyunkwan University side gate with dark granite monolith bearing a gold university crest and SKKU lettering, brown wooden fence alongside, lush green trees overhead, on the approach road to the Bugaksan Malbawi trailhead

Seoul has a mountain at its center that most visitors never set foot on. Not because it’s remote or difficult — but because Bugaksan (북악산, also known as Baegaksan/백악산) was sealed off as a military reservation for decades. The trail only reopened to the public in 2006, and the rules haven’t changed since: stay on … Read more