Yangji Pine Resort
A ski resort forty minutes from Seoul that had been losing money since 2014 and stopped skiing in 2022; the golf course and condominiums it was attached to carry on without it.
- Region
- Gyeonggi Province
- Country
- South Korea
- Status
- closed
- Year closed
- 2022
- Reason for closure
- Continuous losses since 2014, which had already forced the company to operate at reduced scale, compounded by the pandemic. Ski operations ceased in 2022 while the golf and accommodation businesses on the same site continued.
History
Yangji Pine Resort stood at Namgok-ri in Yangji-myeon, Yongin City, Gyeonggi Province - about forty minutes from Seoul and one of the closest ski areas to the capital. It had eight slopes and a sledding area, the runs graded from a beginner course and a moving walkway up through the Challenge and Blue B intermediate pistes to the Green A, B and C slopes. The business had been losing money continuously since 2014 and had already cut back its operations before the pandemic arrived. Skiing ended in 2022; the golf course and condominiums on the same site remain in use, so the resort still exists as a business with its winter half removed. It was one of three ski areas serving the Seoul region - alongside Bears Town and Star Hill, both also recorded here - to close one after another by the 2022-23 season, leaving the capital region markedly short of skiing. The opening year and the lift fleet are not documented in accessible sources.
Lifts
| Name | Type | Manufacturer | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed lift | Surface lift | A moving walkway served the beginner ground. The resort lift fleet is not otherwise documented in accessible sources |
Runs
- Challenge (Intermediate)
- Blue B (Intermediate)
- Green A (Beginner)
- Green B (Beginner)
- Green C (Beginner)
Sources and further reading
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Location
37.2116, 127.2980