Welcome to 2013 Sancheoneo(Mount Trout) Ice Festival!!!
Real winter covered with snow and ice in every January in the whole area of Hwacheon,
Gangwon-do that is famous for clean region where Sancheoneo and otter live.
Hwacheon Sancheoneo Ice Festival is opened in every January under the slogan
of “Unfrozen Hearts, Unforgettable Memories” at Hwacheon that has geographical feature
of the fastest ice freezing in the country because of cold valley wind and clean water.
Period : January 5 (Saturday) 2013 ~ January 27 (Sunday) (23days)
Paro Lake is an artificial lake that was created due to the construction of a hydro-generator set up at Guman-ri in Gandong-myeon, Hwacheon-gun for the Japanese continental invasion in 1938, and was completed in 1943.
Ddansan (Mt.), which is located approximately 4km away from Hwacheon-eub, is set at the entrance to Paro Lake and Peace Dam.
It is more of a small hill that floats in the water like an island.
This is famous for its clean and clear valleys. A natural primeval forest and large rocks are densely situated along the valley and at the end of the valley is connected with Paro Lake, making it perfect for fishing and vacactions.
When passing up the dam next to Bukhangang (Riv.), there is a 700m above sea level marine tunnel that is 1,986m long, making it the second longest in the country.
This 875m above sea level mountain is the most famous in Hwacheon and creates a magnificent view covered with fantastic rocks that have different legends.
There is a thousand year old legend that a dragon ascended from Yongdam Valley. It is mostly made of rocks and clean water flows through it. It is surrounded by crags and small waterfalls, ponds and stones create various looking valleys.
This 1,468m high mountain located on the boarder of Sanae-myeon, Hwacheon-gun and Bukmyeon, Gapyeong-gun in Gyeonggi-do, is intersected at its summit by the 38th parallel.
Paro Lake is an artificial lake that was created due to the construction of a hydro-generator set up at Guman-ri in Gandong-myeon, Hwacheon-gun for the Japanese continental invasion in 1938, and was completed in 1943.
