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
time.
June 15, 2006. These are Mt.
Soraesan (left) and the traverse I took to its summit. I also
highlited the route I took to go back up to Mt.
Geomasan.
Mt. Soraesan is on the border of Incheon and Bucheon.
(1) The whole ridge was guarded by the military from Mt. Geomasan
all the way to the "Soraesan Ridge". Some posts were
manned at the time. The area seemed to be a training ground,
based on the presence of the obstacle course.
(1)
This tower sits directly on top of the highway tunnel. It's
the beginning of (2) a very steep and muddy ascent to the summit.
A little farther to this tower is the "downtown area".
It has a tent restaurant and some sunglasses vendor.
On
top of the steep ascent, there were military personnel training
(or playing) at one of the obstacle courses.
The
first photo is the final ascent to the summit. The view was
already rewarding at this point... if only Incheon was not so
polluted.
