Star Hill Resort
The steepest of the small hills within reach of Seoul, closed permanently in the summer of 2021 after struggling before the pandemic and being finished off by it.
- Region
- Gyeonggi Province
- Country
- South Korea
- Status
- closed
- Year closed
- 2021
- Reason for closure
- Financial difficulties that predated the pandemic and were compounded by it. The resort shut permanently during the summer of 2021.
History
Star Hill Resort sat on Cheonmasan in Gyeonggi Province, north-east of Seoul, and was unusual among Korean resorts for what it did not have - none of the condominium, golf course and water park development that surrounds most of them, just a hotel at the base and four runs. Five lifts served 185 m of vertical between a lowest skiable point of 180 m and a highest lifted point of 365 m, with a longest run of 700 m. It was known for having the steepest overall gradient of the hills near Seoul, with reasonably steep groomers and no terrain park. It was already in financial trouble before the pandemic, which finished it, and it closed permanently in the summer of 2021. It was one of three resorts in the Seoul region - with Bears Town and Yangji Pine, both also in this dataset - to shut one after another by the 2022-23 season. Its opening year, lift specifications and run names are not documented; the coordinates mark Cheonmasan.
Lifts
| Name | Type | Manufacturer | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed lift | Five lifts served the resort; their types, lengths and manufacturers are not documented in accessible sources |
Sources and further reading
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Location
37.6802, 127.2733