Like all great hikes in Korea, the Ulsanbawi Rock Course in Seoraksan National Park includes a Buddha statue, a couple of temples, looming granite mountains, a babbling brook, and more than its fair share of steep staircases. At just under five miles round trip (7.6km), this quintessential Seoraksan hike seemed like a relatively short and not-too-difficult hike.
But then, isn’t that what we think at the beginning of every hike?