Yong Pyong Resort, the “Mecca of Leisure” Developing into a Global Comprehensive Resort

The Yong Pyong Resort boasts facilities including the Mountain Coaster, mountain bikes, four-wheel ATV’s, a rainbow gondola of 7.4 km (round trip) which ascends to the top of Balwang Mountain (altitude 1,458m). It is also home to Dragon Valley Hotel and Hostel, Villa Condos and Tower Condos, Birch Hill Condos and Greenpia Condos, as well as The Forest Residency with a total of two thousand diverse rooms. The Yong Pyong Resort is situated at the center of the Baekdudaegan Mountain Range. Nestled in the pristine highlands at an altitude of 700~1,500m, which offers the most ideal biorhythm for the human body, it offers an optimal environment for enjoying leisure activities. After its launching in 1975, the resort has come to be known as the “Mecca of Korean Skiing.”

The Yong Pyong Resort, as the “origin” of Korean ski resorts, is slated as the main host for alpine skiing for the 2018 Pyeong Chang Winter Olympics. Here, one can get the unique experience of skiing and snowboarding on the very slope that will be the main stage for the Olympics a few years later. In addition, one can ride the gondola to the top of Balwang Mountain in only eighteen minutes to enjoy extreme skiing preferred by the skiers and snowboarders.

With an annual average snowfall of 250cm, one can enjoy skiing at Yong Pyong Resort with its thirty-one ski slopes, world class half pipe and terrain park. Furthermore, it boasts a beautiful forty-five-hole golf course, which includes the Birch Hill Golf Club, Yong Pyong Golf Club and Yong Pyong Nine Golf Course, and is known as the “golfer’s paradise.” With the five thousand-seat Yong Pyong Dome, a grand ballroom, twenty medium and small seminar rooms and two thousand diverse guest accommodations, Yong Pyong Resort hosts and array of banquet facilities and a cutting edge OA system in order to hold successful meetings and business functions…