Apsan Mount

I'm rapidly becoming an outdoor person. With this climate who wouldn't be? Yes, it's cold, but that's what clothes are for, eh? So we were stir crazy Saturday and wanted to get the girls out of the house. A drive to Daegu was in order. But what to do once we got there? Hey, let's follow the signs for Apsan! Apsan Park is comparable to what we would consider a very small national park. I knew that they had a cable car there and some pretty decent views of the city. That was the extent of my knowledge. Once we arrived & did a preliminary recon Matt decided it was too 'outdoorsy' for him in this cold weather & drove off. However, after proclaiming my extreme displeasure at this tyranny, he relented and we went back.

We parked & bundled up for the walk to the cable car. It was about a 3/4 mile uphill walk on a sidewalk trail. It's a park area with benches and typical park things. There are also numerous dirt trails through the forested area as well. It was a beautiful walk as the snow is still lingering and the area is very rocky; strewn with boulders and capped with snow.
Of course there was a temple also. I believe there are several scattered around the park; it just depends on which trail you take as to which one you see. This one was very small, & I thought it seemed somehow nicer than others we've been to. (Well, as nice as a place that encourages idol worship can be!) Maybe because it was primarily a temple & not a popular tourist destination.
We got our tickets for the cable car & rode up. Carrie was very proud of herself for not being afraid. She's usually resistant to new things, (much like her father), but we've been in cable cars enough times now that I suppose she's used to it. The last cable car down left about 45 minutes after we got to the top, so we didn't have a huge amount of time to linger. There's a lot of space at the top to explore; it's not just an observation deck like most cable cars end up at. (They have the option to take the car up and hike back down or vice versa as well.) It was still very icy so it was kind of slow going. But of course it was beautiful up top, with quite a view of the city. Take a look!