Seorak Cable Car (Gwongeumseong)
설악 케이블카 (권금성)
The one ticketed thing on the Sokcho side of Seoraksan, and the one whose hours you cannot look up in advance: the operator posts them a day at a time. The fare page is stable, the timetable is not, and the two are on the same website.
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Place information
- Korean name
- 설악 케이블카 (권금성)
- Address
- 1085 Seoraksan-ro, Sokcho, Gangwon State
- Opening hours
- not published by the operator
- Hours notes
- The operator publishes no timetable. Where the guide page's 운행시간 안내 would be, it renders 「운행시간 확인중」 beside the line that hours may change with the day's conditions and weather. No advance booking is taken; tickets are sold on the day, on site. If high wind or bad weather stops the cable car, unused tickets are refunded in full; otherwise a refund is full up to ten minutes before boarding and 20 per cent less after that. Fares are round-trip and no one-way ticket is sold, because there is no walking route down from Gwongeumseong. Discounts do not stack and are not given to groups; the operator's 2026 blackout windows are 18 July–23 August and 19 September–15 November, and only the over-65 discount is withheld in them — the disability, national-merit and Sokcho-resident fares apply year-round. It is a five-minute walk from the heritage-zone entrance past the Sogongwon gate to the boarding hall, and parking charges are not the operator's. Heritage zone: 033-636-8755. Trail enquiries: 033-801-0900 (Korea National Park Service).
- Booking
- not accepted Weather-dependent, so no advance booking is taken and tickets are sold on the day only.
- Time needed
- 2 hours
- Admission
- ₩8,000–₩16,000
Prices
| Round-trip ticket · Adult(middle-school age and over) | ₩16,000 |
|---|---|
| Round-trip ticket · Child(37 months through elementary school) | ₩12,000 |
| Round-trip ticket · Infant(under 36 months) | Free |
| Round-trip ticket · Adult(adult holders of a national-merit or severe/grade 1–2 disability card, verified on site) | ₩13,000 |
| Round-trip ticket · Child(child holders of a severe/grade 1–2 disability card, verified on site) | ₩9,500 |
| Round-trip ticket · Senior(ages 65 and over; not applied during the operator's peak windows) | ₩14,000 |
| Round-trip ticket · Adult(adult Sokcho residents, proof of residence, one ticket each) | ₩8,000 |
| Round-trip ticket · Child(child Sokcho residents, proof of residence, one ticket each) | ₩6,000 |
Nearby
Seoraksan National Park
The park does not publish opening hours, it publishes a table of when you may start walking and when each gate stops you. Read that table before anything else: the Sogongwon trails run on sunrise and sunset, and everything beyond Biseondae runs on a clock that starts at 03:00 in summer.
Sinheungsa
You walk through it whether or not you meant to — the Ulsanbawi, Biseondae and Geumganggul trails all start past its gate, and the great bronze seated Buddha the park's own trail notes call the Cheongdong Daebul stands on the approach before you reach the temple itself.
Donghae Sundaeguk
A sundae-gukbap house in Geumho-dong, Sokcho; its citation records more than forty years and a second generation.
Sokcho Tourist & Fishery Market
Sokcho's town-centre market, laid out as separate alleys for fish, dried seafood and household goods. The market-wide hours are given as 08:00–24:00, but individual stalls set both their own hours and their own closing days — check the one you are aiming for.
Frequently asked questions
Can I walk down from Gwongeumseong?
No. There is no descent trail, which is why one-way tickets are not sold. You must ride back down on the cable car.
How long does it take?
Five minutes each way, ten minutes for the round trip, and there is no limit on how long you stay at the top — except that you have to catch the last car. Take the last car up and you get about twenty minutes there.
Is there an entrance fee for the cultural-heritage zone on the way in?
No. The operator's own arrival guide states there is no admission fee, and Sokcho City records Seoraksan National Park as free. The number for questions about the zone is 033-636-8755.
Stories about this place
- Three Places You Can Reach on Foot from Seoraksan's Sogongwon: The Park, Sinheungsa and the Cable Car
Three things within walking reach of Sogongwon, compared on what you see, whether they cost anything and whether they are tied to a clock. The mountain charges no admission, so what shapes the day is the cable car — and the reason is the terrain, not the fare.
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