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휘닉스 평창, Pheonix Park

Olympic park pedigree in Korea's snow country

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Phoenix Pyeongchang is a polished, park-focused resort in South Korea's Gangwon province, best known for hosting the freestyle and snowboard events of the 2018 Winter Olympics.

  • 657 m Base
  • 1,053 m Top lift
  • 396 m Vertical
  • 20 Pistes mapped
  • 7 Lifts

Best known for

  • Olympic terrain park
  • night skiing
  • Pyeongchang access
  • snowmaking

Après & vibe

The base village keeps things lively with restaurants, a spa and waterpark, and family entertainment rather than raucous bar culture.

The resort

Phoenix Pyeongchang, long known simply as Phoenix Park, is one of Korea's most complete ski resorts, wrapping a compact set of tree-lined runs around a purpose-built base village of hotels, condominiums and a waterpark. Its reputation rests on freestyle: the halfpipe and slopestyle courses that carried the 2018 Olympics still anchor the mountain, and the terrain parks draw Seoul's snowboarders in numbers. The skiing itself is short and manageable rather than vast, leaning on efficient lifts, heavy snowmaking and long floodlit evening sessions to make the most of a cold, dry but low-snowfall Korean winter. It suits families, beginners and park riders far more than powder-hunters, and the whole place has an orderly, all-inclusive resort feel.

Snow & weather

Live conditions from the mountain, plus the average snow you can expect month by month.

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Cold, dry winters give firm, reliable machine-made cover from roughly December to February, though natural snowfall is modest and the season is short.

Average monthly snowfall

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Terrain & aspect

49% beginner 35% inter. 16% expert
N · green: 9% N · red: 17% N · black: 5% NE · green: 21% NE · red: 18% NE · black: 12% E · green: 5% E · red: 5% E · black: 3% SE · green: 0% W · green: 1% NW · green: 4% NESW
Downhill runs only
  • Novice
  • Easy
  • Intermediate
  • Advanced

Slopes mostly face NE — 96% on snow-holding, poleward-facing slopes.
Aspect derived from run bearings · OpenSkiStats / © OpenStreetMap (ODbL).

Skiing & terrain

Beginners

Wide, gentle nursery slopes and a dedicated learning zone make it a strong first-timer mountain.

Intermediates

Cruisy tree-lined blues form the bulk of the skiing.

Advanced

A handful of steeper pitches and the competition runs add bite.

Experts & off-piste

Limited off-piste; the real draw for experts is the Olympic-grade freestyle features.

Olympic freestyle terrain

Ride the halfpipe and slopestyle terrain that staged the 2018 Winter Olympic freestyle and snowboard finals.

Floodlit night skiing

Long evening sessions under the lights are a Korean ski tradition and a highlight here.

On the map

휘닉스 평창, Pheonix Park
Legend

Run difficulty

  • Novice
  • Easy
  • Intermediate
  • Advanced / Expert
  • Freeride / Extreme
  • Unknown

Run types

  • Downhill — groomed
  • Downhill — ungroomed
  • Downhill — gladed
  • Nordic (groomed)
  • Ski tour
  • Lit (night)
  • Not patrolled
  • One-way
  • Snowmaking

Lifts

  • Operating
  • Operating (private)
  • Non-operating
  • Lift station

Slope-gradient grading

Downhill / ski tour

  • Flat<3°
  • Easy3–14°
  • Intermediate14–22°
  • Advanced / Expert22–45°
  • Freeride / Extreme>45°

Nordic

  • Easy<6°
  • Intermediate6–9°
  • Advanced>9°

Aspect (sun exposure)

  • N — least sun
  • E — morning
  • S — most sun
  • W — afternoon

Legend after OpenSkiMap

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Where you'll stay

Stay in 휘닉스 평창, Pheonix Park

Stay in the ski-in ski-out base village, a self-contained cluster of hotels and condominiums with a waterpark and dining.

Ski-in / ski-out

Lifts and pistes from the door — the point of a high, purpose-built resort.

Apartments

Self-catering residences, the bulk of the beds and the flexible-budget option.

Chalets

Catered and self-catered chalets for groups wanting the whole place.

Hotels & spa

From simple to high-end, with pools and spas to thaw out in.

How to get there

By air

Most visitors fly into Seoul's Incheon International Airport and continue by KTX high-speed train to Pyeongchang or by road; the small regional airport at Yangyang lies closer but has very limited service.

Transfer up

A straightforward drive or resort shuttle from the Pyeongchang/Jinbu KTX corridor, a couple of hours from the capital.

Best time: January and February offer the coldest, most dependable snow and the fullest park setup.

Nearby resorts

Other resorts within reach.

Complete your trip

Getting to 휘닉스 평창, Pheonix Park

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Ski data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), via OpenSkiMap & Skimap.org. Basemap © OpenFreeMap / OpenMapTiles. Editorial: mynext.holiday. Accommodation via Stay22; transfers via Kiwitaxi; car hire via Travelpayouts.