Korea Ski Resorts Compared: 11 Resorts from Seoul

This guide covers eleven Korean ski resorts that international visitors ask about most: MONA YongPyong, Alpensia, Phoenix Pyeongchang, High1, Welli Hilli, Elysian Gangchon, Vivaldi Park, Oak Valley, Jisan, Konjiam and Eden Valley. Each resort has two sections: where it is and how to reach it, then season, lessons and facilities. Slope counts, lift counts, hours and prices were read from each resort's own pages on 2026-10-11 and carry that date (as of 2026-10-11). Where a resort had only published its 2025/26 price list or schedule, the text says so, because the 2026/27 versions appear in the autumn.

Where the resorts are: three sit on or near the Daegwallyeong plateau in Pyeongchang (MONA YongPyong, Alpensia, Phoenix Pyeongchang). High1 in Jeongseon is the farthest east in Gangwon Province. Welli Hilli in Hoengseong and Oak Valley in Wonju lie in the middle of Gangwon Province. Vivaldi Park in Hongcheon and Elysian Gangchon in Chuncheon are in the north-west of the province. Jisan in Icheon and Konjiam in Gwangju are in Gyeonggi Province, the closest to Seoul. Eden Valley in Yangsan is in the south-east, on the Busan side of the country.

Rough travel from Seoul, as given by the resorts and by public sources (as of 2026-10-11): Konjiam is about 40 minutes of riding by rail from Gangnam, with a change at Pangyo, plus a taxi of about 10 minutes. Jisan is about 1 hour 20 minutes by bus from the Dong-Seoul terminal to Icheon, then a local bus. Elysian Gangchon is a little over an hour on the ITX-Cheongchun train plus a resort shuttle. Vivaldi Park is about 1 to 1.5 hours by bus to Hongcheon, then onward by road. The Pyeongchang resorts are about 2 hours 30 minutes by express bus from Dong-Seoul to Hoenggye, or under about 80 minutes by KTX to Pyeongchang Station and then a shuttle or taxi.

Best for, going by the published numbers (as of 2026-10-11): MONA YongPyong lists the most terrain, 28 slopes over 29.1 km. High1 lists 19 slopes and a 4.2 km longest run. Jisan lists 10 slopes, 7.3 km in total, with lifts running through the night. Alpensia has only 6 slopes but one slope and one lift are kept for first-timers. Elysian Gangchon and Konjiam suit a short trip from Seoul, and Eden Valley is the choice from Busan.

MONA YongPyong is at 715 Olympic-ro, Daegwallyeong-myeon, Pyeongchang-gun, on the slopes of Mt. Balwangsan at roughly 700 to 1,458 m above sea level. The resort was established in 1975 and has 2,631 rooms across a hotel, condominium towers (Tower, Villa, Greenpia) and owner residences, so most guests ski and sleep on the same mountain.

Terrain (as of 2026-10-11): 28 slopes totaling 29.1 km, graded from beginner to expert, plus an extreme-graded terrain park called Dragon Park. There are 14 lifts including one eight-seat gondola, 13.6 km of lifts in all. The longest run is Rainbow Paradise, 5,600 m long with a 702 m drop. The steepest is Rainbow 1, with a maximum gradient of 57 percent. The gondola is 3,742 m long and carries 1,800 people an hour.

Getting there from Seoul and the airport (as of 2026-10-11): the resort lists an express bus from the South Seoul and East Seoul terminals to Hoenggye, the town with the intercity bus stop, and you continue from there by taxi. From Incheon Airport a non-stop shuttle called the Purple Ski Bus runs in the winter season only. It takes about 3 hours and leaves from platform 9C on the first floor, across the street from arrival gate 8 (a second stop, 1C, is across from gate 1). There is no direct bus from Gimpo Airport, so travelers go via the Dong-Seoul terminal.

Season (as of 2026-10-11): the resort's overview gives mid-November to late March, with early April mentioned in the same text, and an average annual snowfall of 250 cm. The 2026/27 opening date had not been announced, every slope showed as closed on the status board, and an early-bird lodging offer for 2026 was on the front page. Dates are announced each year and this guide is updated when they are confirmed.

Night skiing: yes. The latest published lift price list is for 2025/26, and the 2026/27 list was not out on 2026-10-11 (as of 2026-10-11). It sold a daytime ticket (09:00-17:00) for ₩96,000 for adults, a morning (09:00-13:00) or afternoon (13:00-17:00) ticket for ₩68,000, an evening ticket (19:00-23:00) for ₩68,000, and an afternoon-plus-evening ticket (13:00-23:00, with a break from 17:00 to 19:00) for ₩96,000. The RFID card carries a refundable ₩1,000 deposit and tickets are valid only on the day of purchase. A full ski or board rental set for a half-day or evening slot was ₩40,000 for adults (14 and over) and ₩35,000 for children (13 and under); the daytime slot was ₩48,000 and ₩42,000. A ski suit (jacket and pants) was ₩30,000 for the daytime slot. An ID card is held at the rental desk.

Beginners and lessons: the slopes Yellow and New Yellow are graded beginner, while Mega Green and Pink are graded beginner to intermediate. The ski school runs small classes for foreign guests with instructors who speak English, one-to-one private lessons with licensed instructors, and a beginner class open to adults and children. Chinese or Japanese instruction is not mentioned in the lesson description. The resort provides its information in English and in Traditional and Simplified Chinese.

Other facilities: a water park (Peakisland), sauna, restaurants, a food court, cafes and a bar, a game zone and shops, the Mt. Balwangsan cable car, a sled run and a mountain coaster, and 45 golf holes across three courses. For a town with an intercity bus stop, Hoenggye is the nearest.

Alpensia is in Daegwallyeong-myeon, Pyeongchang-gun, on the same plateau as MONA YongPyong. Its ski area, which the resort calls Ski700, sits about 700 m above sea level next to the ski house. The grounds also hold venues built for the Nordic events of the 2018 Winter Olympics, such as ski jumping and cross-country skiing.

Terrain (as of 2026-10-11): six slopes named after the phonetic alphabet. ALPHA is a beginner slope, 648 m long with a 78 m drop. BRAVO is intermediate, 1,351 m long. DELTA (634 m) and ECHO (762 m) are advanced. CHARLIE (374 m) and FOXTROT (826 m) are expert. Most of them drop 194 m. ALPHA has its own four-seat lift, Lift No. 1, which the resort reserves for first-timers. Every lift carries a device that keeps small children from falling.

Getting there without a car (as of 2026-10-11): a shuttle bus from Seoul picks up at Myeongdong Station exit 1 at 09:30 and Sports Complex Station exit 7 at 10:00; the round trip is ₩34,000 for adults and ₩26,000 for children, reserved in advance on a mobile phone (Alpensia-bound bookings close at 17:00 the day before), with no one-way tickets and no boarding without a reservation. From Incheon Airport a Gangwon limousine bus leaves Terminal 2 platform 10 at 09:10 and Terminal 1 platform 13A at 09:40, arriving at the Welcome Center at 13:40, for ₩34,500 one way (₩27,400 from Gimpo Airport). Express buses from the Dong-Seoul terminal to Hoenggye take about 2 hours 30 minutes for ₩20,000, tickets bought on the spot; from Hoenggye a taxi takes about 15 minutes (around ₩10,000) and a village loop bus runs four times a day at ₩1,000. Gangneung to Hoenggye takes 40 to 50 minutes for ₩2,800. By KTX, a free shuttle from Jinbu Station to Alpensia takes 20 minutes and leaves at 11:00 and 14:10 (back at 10:30 and 13:40); it is for Alpensia guests only, first come first served. A taxi from Jinbu Station takes about 20 minutes and costs around ₩23,000.

Season (as of 2026-10-11): the latest published schedule is for 2025/26. Day skiing ran from opening day to 19 December 2025 and again from 18 February to 2 March 2026, and night skiing ran from 20 December 2025 to 17 February 2026. The slopes close for grooming from 17:00 to 18:30. The 2026/27 dates had not been published; a notice dated 2026-09-18 recruiting ski-school instructors and reception staff for 2026/27 shows the season is being prepared. Dates are announced each year and this guide is updated when they are confirmed.

Lift tickets come in these time slots (as of 2026-10-11): morning 09:00-13:00, afternoon 13:00-17:00, night 18:30-21:30, day 09:00-17:00, afternoon-plus-night 13:00-21:30 (7 hours), and a single ride. Prices are shown only as pictures in the price list, so they are not repeated here. Helmet rental is ₩5,000 for the day. Season lockers for the winter cost ₩180,000 (one person) or ₩250,000 (premium, shared by two), and year-round storage until 31 October costs ₩280,000 or ₩350,000. Rental covers skis (80-163 cm), boards (100-162 cm), ski boots (150-305 mm), board boots (180-310 mm) and jackets and pants in adult sizes S to XXXL and children 80-95; ID is required and rental is open whenever the slopes run.

Lessons: the resort runs its own ski school with a separate program and fee list. The lesson description does not say which languages the instructors teach in. The resort provides information in Korean, English, Chinese and Japanese. A ski patrol works the slopes and a live camera shows conditions.

Other facilities (as of 2026-10-11): a ski house beside the slopes, a sliding park for tubing, and an ice sledding area that ran from 20 December 2025 until the ski season closed, 10:00-17:00 with the last ticket at 16:30, for ₩10,000 per 60 minutes. The Ocean 700 water park (aqua pool, slides, swimming pool, sauna), hotel and condominium buildings, and a range of restaurants, a pub and fast-food outlets are on the same grounds. Food and shops in the wider area are in Hoenggye, about 15 minutes away by taxi.

Phoenix Pyeongchang, which the resort itself calls Phoenix Park, is at 174 Taegi-ro, Bongpyeong-myeon, Pyeongchang-gun, on high ground about 700 m above sea level. Bongpyeong is a different township from the Daegwallyeong resorts. During the 2018 Winter Olympics the snow park ran as the venue for the snow events (freestyle skiing and snowboarding) under the name Phoenix Snow Stadium.

The grounds hold a 28-story sky condominium tower (which the resort says is the tallest condominium building in Korea), three condominium buildings in all, one hotel building, four villa buildings and one youth hostel. Getting there (as of 2026-10-11): KTX trains stop at Pyeongchang Station in Yongpyeong-myeon, which a travel guide lists as the station that serves Bongpyeong, and the same line also has Dunnae and Jinbu (Odaesan) stops. A KTX trip from Seoul to Pyeongchang takes under about 80 minutes, and the drive from Seoul on the Yeongdong Expressway takes about two hours.

Season (as of 2026-10-11): the 2026/27 season pass, called the 26/27 Phoenix Season Pass, was on sale from 2026-08-27 to 2026-09-30. The opening date for the 2026/27 season had not been announced. Dates are announced each year and this guide is updated when they are confirmed.

Facilities: the Blue Canyon water park (the resort says it uses top-grade natural mineral water), the Phoenix Country Club golf course designed by Jack Nicklaus, the Taegisan Nine course, and a forest park with a gondola, a play area, Luge Land, a Taegi mountain trail and a stream valley. Indoors there are a sauna, a kids play lounge, indoor archery, a game land, a bowling center and karaoke rooms, plus pet facilities, a pharmacy and a clinic. Dining includes hotel restaurants, a resort restaurant, a forest barbecue, a food court and fast-food outlets.

Where to stay: the rooms are in the sky condominium tower, the Green and Orange condominium buildings, the hotel (superior rooms, rooms with Korean floor heating and suites), the villa buildings and the youth hostel, whose rooms sleep 10 or 16 people. There are also dog-friendly rooms and baby rooms.

High1 is at 265 High1-gil, Sabuk-eup, Jeongseon-gun, the farthest east of the Gangwon Province resorts in this guide. A travel reference lists Gohan and Sabuk stations on the Taebaek Line as the stations that serve it. The lodging is spread over several sites: the Grand Hotel (Main Tower and Convention Tower), the Palace Hotel, and the Mountain, Valley and Hill condominiums. By road, the Main Tower is 0.9 km (2 minutes) from the Water World, 3 km (9 minutes) from the Mountain Condominium and 9.5 km (17 minutes) from the Palace Hotel and golf course in Gohan-eup (as of 2026-10-11).

Terrain (as of 2026-10-11): 19 slopes in five zones named Zeus, Victoria, Hera, Apollo and Athena. Six are beginner slopes: Zeus I, II, III and III-1 (2,328 m, 2,198 m, 1,835 m and 1,023 m) and Athena III and III-1 (1,862 m and 1,162 m). Hera I (1,508 m) and Athena II (1,666 m) are intermediate. Victoria I to III, Hera III and Apollo I to VI are advanced or expert, 754 m to 1,569 m long. The longest run is the 4.2 km valley course, which starts at the summit and finishes at the Valley Condominium. The summit, Jijangsan, is about 1,340 m, Valley Top is 1,376 m and Mountain Hub is 1,250 m. Two slopes are certified for World Cup alpine racing.

Lifts (as of 2026-10-11): three eight-seat gondolas (the resort says it is the only Korean ski resort with three), two of them longer than 2.5 km, six high-speed chairlifts with 6 or 4 seats, and a short T-bar. The shortest lift section is about 1.2 km. Tickets are paper cards with a radio chip that sensors read at the gate, so you do not have to take them out of your pocket.

Season (as of 2026-10-11): no 2026/27 opening date had been announced. Sales of 2026/27 premium products ran from 2026-09-01 to 2026-10-31, and sales of winter lockers from 2026-09-30 to 2026-11-08. On 2026-10-02 the resort announced that the Mountain cable car and the kart tour would be closed in October. Dates are announced each year and this guide is updated when they are confirmed.

Lift tickets and night skiing (as of 2026-10-11): the current adult price list, which carries no season label, sells time tickets of 3 hours for ₩62,000, 4 hours for ₩68,000, 5 hours for ₩74,000 and 7 hours for ₩82,000, and an all-day ticket for ₩104,000. The list has no night lift ticket, so plan on daytime skiing. The only evening session listed is for the snow sled park.

Lessons and rental (as of 2026-10-11): the ski school gives group clinics at beginner, intermediate and advanced level, from fitting the equipment and learning to fall and get up, to carving turns and speed control. The resort says it also runs the first ski school in Korea for people with disabilities. Which languages the instructors teach in is not stated. Rental counters are on the ground floors of the Valley Ski House and the Mountain Ski House, and the Valley Ski House also has ski storage, repair, waxing and boot fitting.

Other facilities (as of 2026-10-11): Snow World is the sledding area, open 10:00-16:00 with the last ticket at 14:30, for ₩40,000 for adults and children alike, for ages 2 to under 65. It has rafting-style family sleds, snowmobile rafts, spinning sleds, tube sleds, ice sleds and an igloo play area, a helmet is compulsory and rented on the spot, and the ticket includes one return ride on the Mountain cable car as far as Mountain Hub. The Water World is a forest water park with nine pools, including an outdoor wave pool, and seven slides, and outdoor hot baths kept at 38-42 °C all year.

Welli Hilli Park is at 451 Gowon-ro, Dunnae-myeon, Hoengseong-gun, in the mountains of central Gangwon Province. Hoengseong is best known for its Korean beef (Hanwoo), which the county has promoted as a brand since 1995, and for deodeok, a mountain root vegetable. The resort lists three shuttle services: a ski shuttle, a Wonju shuttle and a shuttle from KTX Dunnae Station.

Getting there by rail (as of 2026-10-11): KTX trains on the Gangneung line stop at Dunnae Station. The line runs from Seoul through Cheongnyangni, Sangbong, Yangpyeong, Seowonju, Manjong and Hoengseong to Dunnae, then on to Pyeongchang, Jinbu (Odaesan) and Gangneung. The shuttle from Dunnae Station to the resort is the rail-and-shuttle route the resort itself lists, next to its ski shuttle from the Seoul area and its Wonju shuttle.

Season (as of 2026-10-11): the snow park status showed closed on that date. For the coming season the resort announced a second sale of the X6+ season pass on 2026-10-08, and a sale to members of the 26/27 all-day season pass. The 2026/27 opening date had not been announced. Dates are announced each year and this guide is updated when they are confirmed.

Facilities and lessons: the resort describes its snow park as having an international-standard superpipe, and it sells lift tickets through a separate purchase page. A separate park, Welli Park, has its own shuttle. The pages that could be read do not say which languages the ski instructors teach in. For food, the area around Hoengseong is known for Hanwoo beef restaurants.

Elysian Gangchon is at 688 Bukhangangbyeon-gil, Namsan-myeon, Chuncheon-si, beside the North Han River. The resort says its ski area is a little over an hour from Seoul on the ITX-Cheongchun train. It marks three slopes as beginner-only, Panda, Rabbit and Nami Island, and keeps them separate for the safety of beginner and intermediate skiers.

Getting there by train (as of 2026-10-11): on the Gyeongchun line, get off at Baegyangni Station and take the resort circulation shuttle into the grounds. On the ITX-Cheongchun, get off at Gapyeong or Gangchon, change to the Gyeongchun line for Baegyangni, then take the shuttle. Gyeongchun-line trains leave Cheongnyangni Station, most from Sangbong, about every 15 minutes, and take a little over an hour to Chuncheon; the ITX-Cheongchun leaves Yongsan hourly.

Season and hours (as of 2026-10-11): the published schedule is for 2025/26, from 2025-12-05 to 2026-03-08. The slopes close for grooming from 17:00 to 18:30, and the lift ticket desk stops selling one hour before closing, which is 23:00 for the night session and 02:00 for the late-night session, so night skiing runs into the small hours. The 2026/27 dates had not been announced. Dates are announced each year and this guide is updated when they are confirmed. A helmet has been compulsory on the slopes since 1 January 2026.

Lift tickets and rental (as of 2026-10-11): this price list is the one published with the 2025/26 dates, and no 2026/27 list was shown. Adult tickets bought at the resort cost ₩62,000 on a weekday and ₩75,000 on a weekend for 2 hours, ₩72,000 and ₩85,000 for 4 hours, and ₩82,000 and ₩95,000 for 6 hours. Online-only tickets cost ₩67,000 and ₩80,000 for 3 hours, ₩77,000 and ₩90,000 for 5 hours, and ₩87,000 and ₩100,000 for 7 hours. Child tickets (born 2013 or later, up to elementary school) are lower, for example ₩50,000 and ₩60,000 for 2 hours. A full rental set of skis or board, boots and poles costs ₩33,000 for adults and ₩30,000 for children for up to 4 hours, and ₩38,000 and ₩35,000 for longer. Helmet rental is ₩5,000 for adults and ₩3,000 for children per day.

Lessons and other facilities (as of 2026-10-11): the Elysian ski school teaches from age 5 to adults between 09:00 and 19:30. Weekday group lessons cost ₩350,000 for 4 hours, ₩280,000 for 2.5 hours and ₩210,000 for a 2.5-hour night lesson (weekends are higher), and each extra person, up to three, costs ₩70,000. The curriculum runs from first-time skiers through snowplough and parallel turns to carving. A premium school and a racing school also teach there. The pages that could be read do not state the teaching languages, but the resort lists a separate booking route for foreign guests. There is a sled park, Snow Hill and Fun Park, at ₩30,000 for 3 hours or ₩25,000 for 2 hours. A free circulation shuttle serves Chuncheon city stops such as Chiljeon-dong, Myeong-dong and Dongbu Market from 2026-03-03.

Vivaldi Park is at 262 Hanchigol-gil, Seo-myeon, Hongcheon-gun. It is a large resort that includes the ski slopes and a water park called Ocean World, and it now runs under the SONO Hotels & Resorts brand. The lodging at the resort carries the names Sono Felice Vivaldi Park, Sono Felice Village Vivaldi Park, Sono Belle Vivaldi Park and Sono Calm Vivaldi Park.

Getting there (as of 2026-10-11): Hongcheon has no railway station. Intercity buses run frequently from the Dong-Seoul terminal to the Hongcheon bus terminal and take about 1 to 1.5 hours; you can also take the ITX-Cheongchun train to Chuncheon and change. By car the Jungang Expressway and the Seoul-Yangyang Expressway both serve the county. Sights in the county are far apart and rural buses run only a few times a day, so the last stretch from the terminal to the resort needs a taxi or the resort shuttle.

Season (as of 2026-10-11): the 2026/27 opening date had not been announced. Dates are announced each year and this guide is updated when they are confirmed. The resort has a ski and board section, a water park in the mountains (Ocean World) and its own lodging, so it works as a destination in summer as well as winter.

Food and things to do around Hongcheon: the county is known for charcoal-grilled spicy pork (hwaro-gui) and Hanwoo beef, and for local ginseng, pine nuts and omija berries. A ginseng and Hanwoo festival is held in October and an ice-fishing festival on the Hongcheon River in January. Other sights are Sutasa Temple, the rocky peaks of Mt. Palbong, an alpaca park and the Hongcheon ginkgo forest, which is open only in October. In winter, mountain roads can be icy.

Oak Valley is at 66 Oak Valley 1-gil, Jijeong-myeon, Wonju-si, in the west of Gangwon Province, and is run by IPARK Resort. Beyond the slopes, the resort is known as a golf and stay destination with art and architecture on its grounds.

Slopes and access (as of 2026-10-11): the resort describes its ski area as about an hour from the Seoul metropolitan area. The beginner slope is a straight run 20 m wide, and an intermediate slope offers a longer glide with snowy views. The resort also lists indoor and outdoor facilities around the slopes.

Season (as of 2026-10-11): the 2026/27 ski opening date had not been announced. Dates are announced each year and this guide is updated when they are confirmed. For the winter, the resort lists a draw for 2026 winter peak-season stays and a special offer for the 2026 Oak Valley Winter Half Marathon, a running festival on the golf course, from 2026-09-18 to 2026-12-05.

Facilities and stay: rooms are in two villages, Valley Village with Mediterranean-style European architecture and Hills Village. The resort lists a Korean restaurant and a terrace barbecue, a pickleball park, a sculpture park, a bounce park and walking paths. Golf totals 90 holes: Oak Valley and Oak Hills (54 membership holes), Seongmunan (an 18-hole premium public course) and Wolsong-ri (18 holes). Which languages the ski lessons are taught in is not stated.

Jisan Forest Resort is at 267 Jisan-ro, Majang-myeon, Icheon-si, Gyeonggi Province. Terrain (as of 2026-10-11): 10 slopes, 7 main and 3 auxiliary, with 7,300 m of slope in total and an hourly lift capacity of 6,100 people. The main slopes are 1-1 and 1 (beginner, 300 m each), 2 (intermediate, 700 m, 145 m drop), 3 (720 m), 5 (advanced to expert, 870 m, 209 m drop), 6 (expert, 900 m, 24 degrees, 209 m drop) and 7 (intermediate to advanced, 1,200 m, 177 m drop). Slope 7 is the longest main slope. Five high-speed lifts (Lemon, Orange, New Orange, Blue and Silver) serve them, and a moving walkway called Sunkid is used for lessons.

Getting there without a car (as of 2026-10-11): last season the resort's Seoul shuttle ran from 2025-12-12 and picked up at City Hall Station exit 2 and Sports Complex Station exit 1. By public transport, buses from the Dong-Seoul terminal to Icheon run from 06:30 to 19:15 every 30 to 40 minutes and take about 1 hour 20 minutes, and buses from the Gangnam express bus terminal run from 06:30 to 22:00 and take about 1 hour. At Icheon terminal take city bus 12, which takes about 40 minutes at 30 to 40 minute intervals (06:30-21:30), get off at the Jisan Mart entrance stop and walk about 15 minutes to the resort.

Season and night skiing (as of 2026-10-11): the 2025/26 season has ended, and the slope cameras show a message promising a return in 2026/27. The new X6+ season pass went on sale on 2026-09-04. The 2026/27 opening date had not been announced. Dates are announced each year and this guide is updated when they are confirmed. The schedule lists day skiing 09:00-17:00, night skiing 18:30-24:00 and late-night skiing 24:00-02:00, and the lift ticket types include a dawn ticket from 07:00, a night ticket from 18:30 to 23:00, a late ticket from 20:30 to 02:00 and an all-night ticket from 00:00 to 04:00. The slopes close for grooming from 17:00 to 18:30.

Lift tickets and rental (as of 2026-10-11): this is the 2025/26 price list, and the 2026/27 list was not out. Adult and child prices are the same. A 2-hour ticket costs ₩65,000 on a weekday and ₩82,000 on a weekend, 3 hours ₩69,000 and ₩87,000, 4 hours ₩75,000 and ₩92,000, and 6 hours ₩79,000 and ₩97,000. Booking online lowers these, for example to ₩48,700 for 2 hours on a weekday. The clock starts at your first pass through the gate, and if your ticket overlaps the grooming break its time is extended. Ski or board rental costs ₩26,000 for 2 hours, ₩28,000 for 3 hours, ₩31,000 for 4 hours and ₩34,000 for 6 hours, ₩17,000 for equipment only and ₩5,000 for poles.

Lessons: the ski and board academy gives group lessons, and students sit a level check first so that classes are grouped from children to adults. There is also a children's ski school, private lessons, ski camps for groups and a ski school run under the name of its head instructor. Lesson customers use a dedicated lift line without waiting, and the Sunkid moving walkway. The pages that could be read do not say which languages the instructors teach in; the resort provides information in Korean, English and Chinese.

Konjiam Resort is at 278 Docheokwit-ro, Docheok-myeon, Gwangju-si, Gyeonggi Province. The resort also sells packages for Hwadam Forest, the garden next door, and its cafe keeps Hwadam Forest hours.

Getting there without a car (as of 2026-10-11): take the Gyeonggang Line to Gonjiam Station, then a taxi of about 10 minutes or the Gwangju village bus 9, which stops at Gonjiam Station, Gonjiam bus terminal and the resort. From Gangnam, ride the Shinbundang Line to Pangyo (three stops, about 20 minutes), change to the Gyeonggang Line for Gonjiam (four stops, about 20 minutes), then take the taxi. Wide-area buses to Gonjiam terminal are 500-1 from Jamsil Station (05:45 to 23:25), 500-2 from Samseong Station (05:55 to 23:45) and 1113-1 from Gangbyeon Station (05:40 to 01:10), every 10 to 25 minutes depending on the day. Bus 300 from Bundang, bus 114 from Icheon and intercity bus 8436 from Uijeongbu also stop at the terminal.

Season and booking (as of 2026-10-11): on 2026-09-09 the resort announced a limited first-come sale of 2026/27 season passes. The 2026/27 opening date had not been announced. Dates are announced each year and this guide is updated when they are confirmed. Lift tickets with rental, ski school lessons and the ski shuttle bus are booked through the resort reservation system after logging in. A medical room is on the first floor of the ski house, open 08:30-17:30. The pages that could be read do not state the lesson languages.

Other facilities and food (as of 2026-10-11): the family spa Spa la Spa is open 11:00-20:00 Tuesday to Sunday and there is also a cruise spa, a sauna open 08:00-20:00 Tuesday to Sunday at ₩25,000 for adults and ₩15,000 for children aged 36 months to 13, an indoor bowling alley, a game room and karaoke. Outdoors there is the Sky Park gondola, open 10:00-18:00 Tuesday to Sunday until 25 October, and the Luge 360 track, open daily 10:00-18:00 from 12 October to 1 November. Dining includes an Italian restaurant (La Grotta), a buffet (Mirasia), a Korean restaurant (Damha), barbecue restaurants, a food court that opened in August 2026 and cafes. An Oktoberfest runs from 2026-09-10 to 2026-11-15.

Eden Valley Resort is at 1206 Eosil-ro, Wondong-myeon, Yangsan-si, and is described as the southernmost ski resort in Korea, which makes it the natural choice from Busan. Drivers reach it from the Yangsan interchange on the Gyeongbu Expressway, or from the Baenaegol interchange on the Hamyang-Ulsan Expressway, and then local roads.

Terrain (as of 2026-10-11): six slopes. Basic (587 m) and Main (454 m) are beginner slopes, Jupiter (1,023 m) and Uranus (1,495 m) are intermediate, and Mercury (949 m, average gradient 27 percent) and Venus (862 m, 30 percent) are advanced. A seventh slope, Saturn, has been turned into a luge track. Three six-seat lifts (Eden, Valley and Adam, 552 m, 847 m and 996 m long) each move 3,085 people an hour, and a 200 m moving walkway serves the beginner area. The slope tops are at 760 m, 740 m and 630 m above sea level and the base is at 550 m.

Season (as of 2026-10-11): the latest ski notices are for the 2025/26 season, dated 2025-12-20 (ski operation), 2026-02-19 (tube sled area) and 2026-02-23 (ski operation). The 2026/27 opening date had not been announced. Dates are announced each year and this guide is updated when they are confirmed. A 2025/26 winter fee table and a season pass sale were still shown, and the 2026/27 versions were not out.

Lessons and facilities: the ski school offers direct-run lessons, season lessons, member lessons and a package that bundles the lift ticket, equipment and clothing, and the resort also describes a ski patrol. The pages that could be read do not state the lesson languages. The grounds hold a tube sled area, the luge track on the old Saturn slope, a condominium, a golf course and other leisure facilities.

For a day trip from Seoul, the near resorts are Konjiam, Jisan, Elysian Gangchon and Oak Valley. Jisan and Elysian Gangchon both run night and late-night sessions until 02:00 (as of 2026-10-11), which suits an after-work trip. For the most terrain and an overnight stay, MONA YongPyong (28 slopes, 29.1 km, 2,631 rooms) and High1 (19 slopes, a 4.2 km longest run) are the large ones. Vivaldi Park combines skiing with a water park, and Eden Valley is the choice from Busan.

For first-timers and families (as of 2026-10-11): Alpensia keeps a beginner slope, ALPHA, and its own four-seat lift for first-timers. High1 has six beginner slopes of 1.0 to 2.3 km, and its gentle top slopes let families ski together. Elysian Gangchon marks three slopes as beginner-only. Jisan has two 300 m beginner slopes and a moving walkway for lessons. Eden Valley has two beginner slopes, Basic and Main, with a 200 m moving walkway.

Lessons in English, Chinese or Japanese (as of 2026-10-11): MONA YongPyong is the only resort whose lesson description names a language, with small classes for foreign guests taught by English-speaking instructors. Among the lesson descriptions that could be read, none states Chinese or Japanese instruction, and the others do not name a language at all, so ask for an English-speaking instructor when you book.

Night skiing and timing (as of 2026-10-11): night sessions are sold at MONA YongPyong (evening ticket 19:00-23:00), Alpensia (18:30-21:30, which ran from 20 December to 17 February last season), Jisan (to 02:00, plus an all-night ticket from 00:00 to 04:00) and Elysian Gangchon (to 02:00). High1 lists no night lift ticket. Weekdays cost less than weekends where the resorts publish both: Jisan charges ₩65,000 for 2 hours on a weekday and ₩82,000 on a weekend, and Elysian Gangchon ₩62,000 and ₩75,000.

Pyeongchang resorts (as of 2026-10-11): KTX trains of the Gangneung line stop at Pyeongchang Station and Jinbu (Odaesan) Station, and a Seoul to Pyeongchang trip takes under about 80 minutes. From Jinbu Station, Alpensia runs a free shuttle at 11:00 and 14:10 for its own guests (20 minutes), and a taxi takes about 20 minutes and costs around ₩23,000. Express buses from the Dong-Seoul terminal to Hoenggye take about 2 hours 30 minutes and cost ₩20,000 for an adult, bought at the counter only; from Hoenggye a taxi to Alpensia takes about 15 minutes and costs around ₩10,000. From Incheon Airport, a Gangwon limousine bus to Alpensia leaves at 09:10 (Terminal 2) and 09:40 (Terminal 1) and arrives at 13:40 for ₩34,500, and MONA YongPyong runs its own winter-only Purple Ski Bus, about 3 hours non-stop from platform 9C.

Resorts closer to Seoul (as of 2026-10-11): for Konjiam, ride the Gyeonggang Line to Gonjiam Station, about 40 minutes from Gangnam with a change at Pangyo, then take a taxi of about 10 minutes or village bus 9. For Jisan, take a bus to Icheon (about 1 hour from Gangnam, 1 hour 20 minutes from Dong-Seoul), city bus 12 for about 40 minutes, then walk about 15 minutes. For Elysian Gangchon, take the Gyeongchun line or the ITX-Cheongchun to the Baegyangni area and use the resort circulation shuttle. For Welli Hilli, take the KTX to Dunnae Station and the resort shuttle. For Vivaldi Park, take a bus from Dong-Seoul to Hongcheon in about 1 to 1.5 hours and continue by taxi. For High1, the Taebaek Line stations at Gohan and Sabuk serve the resort.

Last updated: 11 October 2026. Figures are as of the date shown.

Source: MONA YongPyong · Alpensia Resort · Phoenix Hotels & Resorts · High1 Resort · Welli Hilli Park · Elysian Gangchon · SONO Hotels & Resorts · Oak Valley · Jisan Forest Resort · Konjiam Resort · Eden Valley Resort · Gyeonggi Provincial Government · Wikipedia · Wikivoyage · Checked 11 Oct 2026

Written by HOLIDAY in its own words from official public information. This is not an official publication of the Korea Tourism Organization or any government body.

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