It is the largest ski and snowboard resort in Korea,[1] and offers golf in the summer months.

Yongpyong hosted the technical alpine skiing events for the 2018 Winter Olympics and Paralympics in Pyeongchang.

The resort was also used as a filming location for 2013 Seoul Broadcasting System drama That Winter, the Wind Blows.

The filming, during a two nights and three days film shoot at the Resort, was featured in a pictorial in Issue 97 March 2013 edition of fashion magazine, High Cut, with lead actors Jo In-sung and Song Hye-kyo featured on the cover.

Also contained at Yongpyong Resort is an indoor water park named Peak Island.