March 22, 2006. For some reason, I got bored of watching Korean infomercials on tv in our hotel and decided to go out and walk around. I then spotted a hill and I thought of climbing it. I asked a person working on the road if there's a trail to go up the hill. Of course we couldn't understand each other, but he was nice enough to draw me a map on the ground and pointed me at the right direction. The trailhead for this hill is through a temple and there's a fee to enter. Since that it was already a late afternoon, I decided to leave this one for a longer day so I could visit the temple as well. I went back to the hotel and asked the front desk for a map and a place for a good short hike up a hill. After a long body language conversation, he walked me outside the hotel and led me to a trailhead.
Gilsang mountain is located behind the International Royal Hotel. The trail I took to hike up started at the right of the hotel and it follows the ridge (see white outline on first photo). It was a nice short hike, well travelled and well signed. It's even doable in the evening for a nice view of the sunset.