| Mt.
Geomasan 209m/686' |
This was my multi-peak day. I could claim three summits
here but I don't know what my second summit is called.
Let's just say it's a part of Soraesan Ridge. I started
this trip with an easy ascent to Mt. Geomasan,
then a traverse on a "horseshoe Soraesan Ridge"
all the way to the summit of Mt.
Soraesan.
From Mt. Soraesan, I had a doubt if I claimed the summit
of Mt. Geomasan. So, I went back to it just to make sure.
I didn't go through the ridge again, instead I descended
Mt. Soraesan directly towards Mt. Geomasan through the
highway tunnel. Then regain elevation for another ascent
to Mt. Geomasan.
I descended the same way I came up the first time, and
met with the same trailhead for an overall 4hr roundtrip
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June 15, 2006. This
mountain is on the north of Incheon Grand Park.
After leaving Songnae Station, I followed the road to
a big 4-way intersection. I turned left here, then I turned
right on the second road, then left on a T-intersection,
I then followed a railed sidewalk up to the trailhead
(first photo).
I reached the summit (as I thought it was) at exactly
30mins from the trailhead. The whole summit ridge was
claimed by the military. There were only a few lookout
points to see the view. The mountain itself is not quite
interesting at all.
I continued on to my next objective: a traverse to Mt.
Soraesan. I followed a horseshoe ridge connecting
to an eastern summit (I don't know the name of it). The
trail I took to reach the horseshoe is on the left of
the first military post I saw on my way up. It was a steep
descent to the apartment buildings below.
I came back to this mountain after summiting Mt. Soraesan.
It took me 1hr from Soraesan to Geomasan on a different
route (highlighted in red on the last photo). I then
hiked the whole ridge and around the military barb-wired
area to make sure that I didn't miss the summit, but
I ended up at the same spot where I was before... the
summit I thought it was the first time. |
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