Duration: 2 days with one night at the Socheong Shelter.
Path: Baekdamsa to Bongjeongam Temple – Socheongbong – Daecheongbong – Huiungak Shelter – Gongyongneungseon ( Ridge) – Madeungnyeong – Osaeam Temple – Yeongsiam – Baekdamsa.
We leave home in the morning, and take a highway to Baekdamsa Parking lot. Before we stop there, we eat whangtae haesangguk for breakfast. We left our at the parking lot, and take bus to get Baekdamsa.
We started 500m from sea level, and the highest peak was 1708 m.
From Baekdamsa to Yeongsiam ( 3.5 km), and take a path to Suryeomdong Shelter ( 1.2 km), and to Bongjeongam (5.9 km), then to Socheong Shelter (1.1 km).
On day two, we woke up at 4:00 am to see sun rise. From Socheong to Jungcheong ( 0.6 km), and another 0.6 km to Daecheongbong peak. We came down the same way to Socheong (1.2 km), then take a path to Huiungak Shelter. We stopped here and eat breakfast. On the Muneomigogae (1.5 km), we take a path to Gongyongneungseon. This is 4.9 km long, but it was very challenging because it has several up and down with high elevation changes and rock scrambling.
From Madeungnyeong to Oseam (1.4 km), and another 2.5 km to Yeongsiam, then finally back to Baekdamsa for 3.5 km.
Total, we hiked 27.9km, 11.7 km first day and 16.2 km second day.
