▲ Cheongyang Alps Village

Chilgapsan(Mt. Chilgap), as known as Alps of Chungnam-do, is 561m high with many high and low peaks and famous for wild natural forests.

This mountain has been designated as a provincial park on March 6th, 1973, and the area is 32.542㎢ big and adjoined to 4 myeons. Major attractions of the mountain are Jungsang, Aheunahopgol(99vellies), Chilgapsanjang(Statue of Choi Ik Hyun, Chilgapsan song sculptures, etc.), Cheonjangho(Cheonjang Lake), Janggoksa(Janggok Temple), Junghyesa(Junghye Temple), natural recreational forest, and Duryeungseung(Duryeung Castle).

Chilgapsan(561m) is a famous mountain with many high and low peaks with wild natural forests.

This mountain has been designated as a provincial park on March 6th, 1973, and the area is 32.542㎢ big and adjoined 4 myeons. Major attractions of the mountain are Jungsang, Aheunahopgol(99vellies), Chilgapsanjang(Statue of Choi Ik Hyun, Chilgapsan song sculptures, etc.), Cheonjangho(Cheonjang Lake), Janggoksa(Janggok Temple), Junghyesa(Junghye Temple), natural recreational forest, and Duryeungseung(Duryeung Castle).

And Chungnam-do will open the ‘Chilgapsan Ice Fountain Festival’ that people can enjoy the winter in the Alps Village, Jungsan-myeon, Cheongyang-gun. It is an annual festival that will be opened from December to next year February.

In the festival, the ice fountain, snow and iced sculptures in the front entrance of the village will welcome visitors. Also, there will be a lot of hand-on experience events like a cow sled, ice sled, tube sled, iced bobsleigh and smelt fishing. And people can cook and eat Korean countryside food like roasted sweet potatoes, corns, chestnuts and bar rice cakes by themselves in the event.

- Activities: Cow sled, Iced sled, Tube sled, Iced bobsleigh, Smelt fishing, Agricultural sled, Bare hands smelt fishing, Zip line, horseback riding, Snow coach and etc.
- Attractions: Ice fountain, Snow sculpture, Iced statue, Suspension Bridge of Chunjang lake
- Foods: Sagol ssaltteokguk(Sliced Rice Cake Soup), Haemul pa jeon(Seafood and Green Onion Pancake), Deep-fried smelt, Roasted sweet potato, Roasted chestnut, Roasted corn, Roasted bar rice cake and etc. (For groups: Cooked curry rice, Black-bean-sauce rice, Pork cutlet)