As a high mountain with the height of 1,051 m, Mt. Garisan is located on the boundaries of three places such as Chuncheon city, Inje-gun, and Hongcheon-gun. When seen from Soyang dam to the east, since two rocks rising high to the distance run with Lake Soyang so that this mountain looks similar to that famous Mt. Matterhorn of the Alps, this mountain makes a deep impression.
The name of the mountain, Gari, is a pure Korean word meaning the ¡® large heap of the evenly piled crops, which are bundled in the unit of a sheaf, or firewoods, or the like, and this name is derived from a mountain peak, which has a peaked hood look like a stack of grain. Around the summit, there is the Gasap mountain trail leading to Lake Soyang, and its form looks like a stepped hollow.
This mountain composes part of the inland mountain range, which is one of Taebaek mountain. Hongcheon river originates from the south of the first peak, composing the water source of Soyang river, the branch of Bukhan river. The ridge is somewhat gently-sloping, but since the whole area of the summit is composed of three rocks, between which there is a narrow gorge, and has a lookout so much excellent that the summit can be called the first view point of Gangwon, from the summit, high mountains and lofty hills in the inland of Gangwon such as Lake Soyang, and Baekdu mountain range, which forcibly stretches from Hyangrobong in the north, through Mt. Seoraksan, to Mt. Odaesan, are seen at one sight.
If you get aboard a boat at the ferry of the dam, approaching Mulno-ri, you can climb this mountain. Nowadays, since a recreation forest was constructed in Cheonhyeon-ri, Hongcheon-gun, many climbers starts hiking there.