Jirisan National Park is without a doubt the largest and most bio-diverse mountainous national park in South Korea. 

One described the origin of the word Jirisan. The word Jirisan means "a mountain that transforms a stupid person into a wise man."  The park is dominated by the highest peak on mainland South Korea (Cheonwangbong Peak, 1915m), but yet there’s a fantastic ridge running east-west throughout the heart of the park that also gets some much-deserved attention. Most hikers take the 33.6km hiking route from Seongsamjae to Nogodan and then Cheonwangbong, before hiking down the mountain to Jungsan-ri. This takes experienced hikers about 18 hours of hiking. In this case, it's 2 days of hiking in total.

It takes about 9 hours to reach Byeoksoryeong Shelter from the Seongsanjae on the first day.

Korea’s national parks have shelters that you can use to rest and stay overnight.  You will spend the night at Byeoksoryeong Shelter in the midway.  On the second day, you would be spent climbing steadily from Byeoksoryeong shelter to Yeonhabong peak. After hiking up and down along the rocky ridge for a few hours, you arrive at  Cheonwangbong peak(1,915m), the summit of the mountain. You will go down to Jungsan-ri leaving behind all the excitement of reaching the top of the mountain.

This hike in Korea can be a wonderful experience. It is amazing how an activity like hiking brings people of different cultures together. You need to adapt to situations that are much different from home but the memories of the experience would be precious and long-lasting!