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Route: Soesokkak (start, 0.0 km) - Sogeummak, salt making place (0.8) - Jejigi Oreum (2.3) - Bomok Port - Gudumi Port (4) - Bomok sewage disposal plant (5) - KAL Hotel (6.8) - Paradise Hotel (7.9) - Sojeongbang Pokpo, waterfall; Jeju Olle Office (8.2) - Seogwipo Elementary School (10.2) - Painter, Lee Jung Seop’s residence, museum (10.6) - Soldongsan Intersection - Cheonjiyeon cliff path (11.2) - Eco park in Cheonjiyeon Pokpo, waterfall (11.4) - entrance of Seogwipo City Park (12.8) - Three-way junction in Namseong-ri (13.6) - Sammaebong - forest in Oedolgae (14.4 km, finish)
(Note: A and B course routes, see photo)
---- Course takes about seven hours to complete
Grade: 49.0 (2nd overall)
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A
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Natural scenery and landscape
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5.0
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B
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Conditions of the trail
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4.5
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C
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Environmental damage / lack of footprint on the area
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4.5
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D
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Bilingual opportunities
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5.0
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E
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Crowd control / compared to how many people are using trail
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5.0
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F
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Facilities around the area
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5.0
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G
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Improvements
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5.0
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H
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Park planning / architecture
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5.0
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I
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Short-term impression factor
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5.0
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J
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Long-term impression factor
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5.0
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* rankings explained
Strengths: If a person has never been to Jeju before and they walk this course that primarily goes through Seogwipo, they will love Olle and the island. It’s an urban course, with a perfect mix of three waterfalls, two oreum, a traditional everyday market, the Lee Jung Seop Museum and a lot more. Possibly, walking this course will sway a prospective resident to choose the south side of the island over Jeju City.
Weaknesses: Next to nothing. This is the most popular course, so the trail may be worn in parts, or too many people may be walking it against a certain person’s liking. Almost perfect.
English learning opportunities: Soesokkak, Jejigi Oreum, Sojeongbang Pokpo - waterfall, Jeongbang Pokpo - waterfall (multiple), Lee Jung Seop Museum (multiple), Cheonjiyeon Pokpo - waterfall (multiple), Soam Museum, Saeseom Island, Oedolgae Rock
Quotable: “There in the shadow of Jejigi Oreum stands the former property of one of Korea’s most beloved entertainers, Lee Joo Il. Mr. Lee was a famous comedian and anti-smoking activist who died in 2002 from lung cancer at the age of 62. His home, at the foot of the oreum and surrounded by a lush and private garden, overlooks Olle trail No. 6 and the wild and rocky southern coast. To the west, the mountain island of Seopseom rises out of the sea just off the coast. With a wide coastal view, and nestled at the base of Jejigi Oreum, the property seems both vast and intimate; it’s easy to see why he chose that spot for his home.” -- Andrew Elwood, Jeju Weekly
Links:
Jeju Weekly, Hike Jeju, Day 12
Jeju Weekly, Hike Jeju, Day 14
Jeju Weekly, Sammaebong oreum is place of “perennial youth”
Jeju Weekly, Serving up a Korean pop-icon’s legacy
Jeju Weekly, Curiosity and diversity underpin a Jeju cafe
Olle Trail handbook in English
Olle, Course No. 6
KTO, Course No. 6
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