Lunar New Year hikes

I have a four day weekend for the lunar new year, and I took this time to go hiking in the mountains that surround Daejeon. It turns out that there is a trail that circles the city and that hits every peak along the way. On Saturday Bo, John and I went about a sixteenth of that trail, climbing four peaks ranging from 436m to 570m (1,430ft to 1,868ft). By my standards as a Coloradan, these elevations don't even count as hills (my parents' house is more than three times the elevation and sits at the bottom of a mountain). However, snobbery aside, these were some nice rugged peaks and some serious hiking trails, especially since Korean trailbuilders don't believe in switchbacks. In the grand tradition of my highschool we enjoyed gummy bears on some of the peaks. Good hiking, good company, good conversations. Doesn't get much better. The mountain tops provided great views of both the surrounding hills and of the city. We agreed that this picture summarizes Daejeon better than words ever could:
On Monday Bo and I went to another mountain at the South end of the city. This one had a pagoda on top:

On a nearby smaller peak, there was a old (~600 BCE) fortress wall and another pagoda:

Strangely, there were eight well-fed cats up in the fortress seeking shelter from the snow:

On the walk back down we enjoyed views of snow-covered trees and the baseball stadium (with the city in the background and the edge of a Buddhist monastery in the foreground):