{"id":98579,"date":"2026-11-10T08:07:25","date_gmt":"2026-11-10T00:07:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=98579"},"modified":"2026-11-10T08:07:25","modified_gmt":"2026-11-10T00:07:25","slug":"how-k-hiking-is-reaching-new-heights-as-tourists-flock-to-seouls-urban-mountain-trails","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=98579","title":{"rendered":"How K-hiking is reaching new heights as tourists flock to Seoul\u2019s urban mountain trails"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.i-scmp.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/1280x720\/public\/d8\/images\/canvas\/2026\/11\/09\/3b8e8757-9fa7-44ef-be7e-c9ab7c82b43c_a53ef92e.jpg?itok=ZyX_zcco&amp;v=1794216487\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\">Eighteen international hikers from diverse backgrounds gather outside exit 1 of Gwanaksan station to kick off the three-week \u201c2026 Seoul Hiking Week: Autumn\u201d. Their objective for day 1 is to climb Mount Hoam, one of the peaks on the larger Mount Gwanak in southern <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">Seoul<\/span>, an \u201cextreme course\u201d route designed to showcase the South Korean capital\u2019s rugged urban terrain.<\/div>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Running until November 15, Seoul Hiking Week is centred around three mountains in the city: Mount Bukhan, Mount Bugak and Mount Gwanak.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Before hitting the trail, participants stop at the Seoul Hiking Tourism Centre directly connected to the station. By scanning a QR code, trekkers access a complimentary equipment rental service providing everything from hiking poles, gloves and backpacks to windbreakers and hiking boots.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/lifestyle\/travel-leisure\/article\/3373788\/how-k-hiking-reaching-new-heights-tourists-flock-seouls-urban-mountain-trails\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><br \/>\n<center><script>\n  atOptions = {\n    'key' : 'ab8cc34fbebd96e6c135978b4baca540',\n    'format' : 'iframe',\n    'height' : 90,\n    'width' : 728,\n    'params' : {}\n  };\n<\/script><br \/>\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highrevenueformat.com\/ab8cc34fbebd96e6c135978b4baca540\/invoke.js\"><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eighteen international hikers from diverse backgrounds gather outside exit 1 of Gwanaksan station to kick off the three-week \u201c2026 Seoul Hiking Week: Autumn\u201d. Their objective&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":98580,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4840],"tags":[8711,5530,32539,7909,21312,6520,5593,10873,383],"class_list":["post-98579","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-travel-globetrotting","tag-flock","tag-heights","tag-khiking","tag-mountain","tag-reaching","tag-seouls","tag-tourists","tag-trails","tag-urban","wpcat-4840-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98579","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=98579"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98579\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/98580"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=98579"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=98579"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=98579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}