Jisan Forest Resort

Our last day of work before the new year was on Boxing Day and the kids came in for an hour before being sent home for the Winter break. The teachers then piled into three cars and headed off for Jisan Forest Resort for a day of skiing.

The hill was teeny tiny and reminded me of Winter Green just outside of Calgary where kids first learn to ski before tackling the Rockies. Lucky for us it was a weekday so the hill was pretty empty but to make life more exciting you could use the fallen snowboarders as ski gates on your way down.

We rented our skis a few kilometers from the hill and the man renting them to us took the beginners and gave them a lesson on how to stay up. What I loved about the Arirang Ski shop was that you could also rent all the gear you needed for the day. I got a pair of nice new ski pants for only five bucks.

Heading up the hill. Mr Oh (the one with the biggest head) was definitely the best skier out of our group so I stuck with him most of the day.

The view from the top.

Mr. Oh coming down the best run on the hill, it was a disappointing three minutes long so we soon got bored of it and headed over to help the new skiers from our group.



What I loved about this hill was there were no T-Bars in sight. I still have nightmares of being drug up the hill on my back from failing to understand how they work. Here you just get on a long flat escalator that carries you to the top.

The required bad English sign to end a fun day and good way to get out of teaching.