Planned Muju Resort Trip
Hello all Aliens,
Due to a lack of solid information on the conditions of the ski resort "Muju" a friend and I decided to drive there to see it with our own eyes yesterday. there isn't any snow anywhere on the ground anywhere apart from the ski slopes (artificial) and even that is pretty icy. If you ask at the commercial places, they are telling you that the ski season will close on the 15th of march. But if you ask at the tourism information centre, they will tell you because of the warm weather it is more likely to be the 28th of February. skiing on trhe 3rd or 4th of March is going to be a 'wait and see' scenario and it isnt going to be Zermat or Saint Anton, even if there is some snow on the ground it will be pretty ho-hum.
that said, we decided as a group to make the journey regardless of the ski conditions so i looked around for some other activities to fill up a schedule. there are
1) an outdoor hot spring
2) hikes along the tops of the mountains all year round
3) the gondolas will still be running regardless of the snow, for the hikers
4) an excellent restaurant
5) nice scenery
6) good beers
7) singing room
8) still a possibility of skiing, but not a probability
9) about a dozen brochures for stuff that i havent even looked at yet
due to the likelyhood of not being able to ski, i propose a more comfortable trip than was previously planned. (not a 4am start). i propose leaving changwon at about 9am saturday 3rd of march and arriving back in changwon about 3 or 4pm sunday afternoon. (without traffic jams it took us 2 hours and 40 minutes from gimhae to Muju). schedule of activities can be arranged closer to the day when we are more aware of the weather conditions.
the fantastic hotel arrangement is pricey, but really really cool. it is W150 000 for a double and W180 000 for a twin, all with a 10% discount for a group booking, and i think we can get it cheaper if the ski season has officially finished.
please let me know a.s.a.p if you are interested as i wont organise transport until i have final and definite numbers.
check out the website for photos (i forgot my camera and took them with my mobile phone, so don't get hung up on the lack of quality)
benji
Due to a lack of solid information on the conditions of the ski resort "Muju" a friend and I decided to drive there to see it with our own eyes yesterday. there isn't any snow anywhere on the ground anywhere apart from the ski slopes (artificial) and even that is pretty icy. If you ask at the commercial places, they are telling you that the ski season will close on the 15th of march. But if you ask at the tourism information centre, they will tell you because of the warm weather it is more likely to be the 28th of February. skiing on trhe 3rd or 4th of March is going to be a 'wait and see' scenario and it isnt going to be Zermat or Saint Anton, even if there is some snow on the ground it will be pretty ho-hum.
that said, we decided as a group to make the journey regardless of the ski conditions so i looked around for some other activities to fill up a schedule. there are
1) an outdoor hot spring
2) hikes along the tops of the mountains all year round
3) the gondolas will still be running regardless of the snow, for the hikers
4) an excellent restaurant
5) nice scenery
6) good beers
7) singing room
8) still a possibility of skiing, but not a probability
9) about a dozen brochures for stuff that i havent even looked at yet
due to the likelyhood of not being able to ski, i propose a more comfortable trip than was previously planned. (not a 4am start). i propose leaving changwon at about 9am saturday 3rd of march and arriving back in changwon about 3 or 4pm sunday afternoon. (without traffic jams it took us 2 hours and 40 minutes from gimhae to Muju). schedule of activities can be arranged closer to the day when we are more aware of the weather conditions.
the fantastic hotel arrangement is pricey, but really really cool. it is W150 000 for a double and W180 000 for a twin, all with a 10% discount for a group booking, and i think we can get it cheaper if the ski season has officially finished.
please let me know a.s.a.p if you are interested as i wont organise transport until i have final and definite numbers.
check out the website for photos (i forgot my camera and took them with my mobile phone, so don't get hung up on the lack of quality)
benji
posted by Benji at 9:27 PM
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