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Odaesan National
Park offers hands-on programs to celebrate the PyeongChang Winter Olympics
◇ Olympic Zone and hands-on programs in the fir forest at Odaesan
National Park
◇ Exploration and interpretation programs for foreigners
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Korea National Park Service is
offering a variety of hands-on programs at Odaesan National Park for the 2018 PyeongChang
Winter Olympic Games and Paralympic Games.
Firstly, the Olympic Zone was
recently installed in the fir forest to introduce Odaesan National Park to
foreigners who visit Korea during the PyeongChang Winter Olympics
In the Olympic zone, the posters
explaining seven snow games and eight ice games including alpine skiing,
cross-country skiing and snowboarding are displayed.
In addition, there is a booth at a
corner of the fir forest where visitors can experience seolpi overshoes and
traditional wooden ski which local people in Daegwallyeong used to wear during
the winter. There is also a hands-on program to make a fir sachet using a piece
of fir.
The fir forest at Odaesan Mountain
have fir trees on the trail of about 1km, and was selected as the ‘Forest of
Life’ in the 2011 Nationwide Competition of Beautiful Forest. Especially, the
entrance to the fir forest trail is still a hot spot because it was the
background scene of the popular TV drama 'Dokkaebi' which aired last year.
Furthermore, Korea National Park
Service is offering a multilingual (Korean, English, Chinese, and Japanese)
exploration and interpretation program that introduces the nature and
historical culture of Odaesan Mountain to foreigners who visit here during the Winter Olympics.
The multilingual exploration and
interpretation program is available for reservations from 10 or more Korean
visitors and 4 or more in the case of foreigners. You can call (033-332-6418)
or book online through the reservation system of National Park Service
(reservation.knps.or.kr).