Saison de la glace, mois par mois dans le monde

Grottes de glace, cascades gelées, patin sur le canal, chiens de traîneau et routes de glace — les semaines où le froid est l’attraction.

48 destinations sur SeasonMap, classées dans chaque mois selon le score de confort — car la question n’est pas seulement de savoir où la saison bat son plein, mais si la météo vaut le voyage pendant ce temps.

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Nombre de destinations concernées (saison de la glace) ce mois-là. Les périodes bougent un peu chaque année.

Saison de la glace en janvier

  1. Sendai 🇯🇵 JaponZao snow monsters · 1 janv. – 5 mars (en général)Rime freezes onto the firs on the Zao ridge, about two hours west, until they are unrecognisable lumps.57
  2. Matsumoto 🇯🇵 JaponCastle Ice Sculpture Festival · 20 janv. – 5 févr. (en général)Carvers from around Japan work through a late-January weekend in the castle park, and the finished ice sculptures are lit up in front of the keep on the Sunday morning before they soften.57
  3. Lac Balaton 🇭🇺 HongrieLake ice · 5 janv. – 28 févr. (en général)In a cold winter the lake freezes right across and people walk, skate and sail iceboats on it; in a mild one it barely crusts at the reedy edges.51
  4. Pékin 🇨🇳 ChineSkating on Houhai · 20 déc. – 15 févr. (en général)Once the lake ice is thick enough the city opens rinks on Houhai and Shichahai, with hired chair-sledges and no pretence of elegance.48
  5. Takayama 🇯🇵 JaponShirakawa-go winter light-up · 15 janv. – 20 févr. (en général)The thatched village an hour west is lit on a handful of winter evenings only, and both the parking and the viewpoint run on an advance ballot.44
  6. Pittsburgh 🇺🇸 États-UnisThe Rink at PPG Place · 14 nov. – 1 mars (en général)The outdoor skating rink around a giant Christmas tree in the glass-towered PPG Place plaza opens in mid-November and stays open, weather permitting, until about the start of March.43
  7. Hallstatt 🇦🇹 AutricheIce rink at Echerntal · 15 déc. – 28 févr. (en général)When cold snaps hold, a small outdoor rink opens in the Echern Valley behind the village, with skate hire in town, one of the few organised things to do in Hallstatt's quiet winter weeks.42
  8. Pyeongchang 🇰🇷 Corée du SudPyeongchang Trout Festival · 5 janv. – 10 févr. (en général)A month of holes cut in the Odaecheon for ice fishing, plus the bare-handed catching pool that is the reason most people come.41
  9. Chicago 🇺🇸 États-UnisSkating in Millennium Park · 15 nov. – 5 mars (en général)The McCormick Tribune rink opens under the Bean in mid-November and is free if you bring your own skates; the ribbon in Maggie Daley Park next door is the better ice and the longer queue.40
  10. Bozeman 🇺🇸 États-UnisHyalite ice-climbing season · 1 déc. – 15 mars (en général)The canyon road is plowed through the winter specifically to keep the frozen falls reachable, and there are more routes up there than anywhere else in the lower 48.40
  11. Détroit 🇺🇸 États-UnisSkating at Campus Martius · 20 nov. – 25 févr. (en général)The downtown square turns into a rink under the city tree from late November, and it is the anchor of what winter nightlife downtown has.39
  12. Parc national de Bryce Canyon 🇺🇸 États-UnisWall Street closed for winter · 1 nov. – 10 avr. (en général)The switchbacks down Wall Street shut once ice and rockfall set in, so the Navajo Loop runs one way only until spring.38
  13. Kars 🇹🇷 TurquieCildir lake ice season · 1 janv. – 28 févr. (en général)The lake an hour north freezes hard enough to stand on, and the Golden Horse Crystal Ice Festival runs horse-drawn sleighs, cirit and ice fishing on the ice each February.38
  14. Madison 🇺🇸 États-UnisLake Mendota ice season · 20 déc. – 5 avr. (en général)The freeze and thaw of Mendota have been recorded since 1855, which makes the ice here one of the longest climate records anywhere, and it is arriving later.37
  15. Vladivostok 🇷🇺 RussieAmur Bay ice · 20 déc. – 20 mars (en général)The bay freezes over and the city walks out onto it: ice fishing tents in rows off the Sportivnaya embankment, kite skiers, and icebreakers keeping a channel open to the port.36
  16. Breckenridge 🇺🇸 États-UnisIntl Snow Sculpture Championships · 20 janv. – 5 févr. (en général)Teams carve twenty-five-ton blocks by hand over five days, then the finished pieces stand on Main Street for a week until they slump.36
  17. Stockholm 🇸🇪 SuèdeSkating on natural ice · 20 déc. – 10 mars (en général)Nordic tour skating on frozen lakes, Lake Malaren and, in cold winters, the archipelago.34
  18. Edmonton 🇨🇦 CanadaIce on Whyte · 24 janv. – 8 févr. (en général)International ice carvers compete along Whyte Avenue with an ice bar and fire pits outside, an Old Strathcona tradition since 2003 recently rebranded as Chiseled.34
  19. Starý Smokovec 🇸🇰 SlovaquieTatra Temple of Ice at Hrebienok · 14 nov. – 19 avr. (en général)Each winter an ice replica of a famous church is carved at the top station of the Hrebienok funicular, free to enter and lit from inside.34
  20. Banff 🇨🇦 CanadaSkating on Lake Louise · 20 déc. – 15 mars (en général)The hotel clears a rink and a long track on the lake once the ice takes, usually just before Christmas.33
  21. Parc national des Indiana Dunes 🇺🇸 États-UnisShelf ice on the shore · 1 janv. – 5 mars (en général)Waves build a ridge of ice mounds along the beach that looks solid and is hollow underneath; people fall through it into the lake most winters.33
  22. Harbin 🇨🇳 ChineIce and Snow World · 20 déc. – 28 févr. (en général)The ice city is cut from the Songhua and rebuilt every winter, with exhibits open from around the third week of December through late February.32
  23. Khabarovsk 🇷🇺 RussieIce Fantasy sculpture festival · 1–31 janv. (en général)An ice-carving competition held every January since the early 2000s, using blocks cut from the Amur.32
  24. Ottawa 🇨🇦 CanadaRideau Canal Skateway · 5 janv. – 5 mars (en général)Almost eight kilometres of frozen canal is ploughed into something people commute to work on.32
  25. Parc national de Yellowstone 🇺🇸 États-UnisOversnow winter season · 15 déc. – 15 mars (en général)Between mid-December and mid-March the interior is reachable only by guided snowcoach or snowmobile, booked months ahead.31

…et 19 de plus en janvier.

Au programme dans le monde en janvier →

Saison de la glace en février

  1. Sendai 🇯🇵 JaponZao snow monsters · 1 janv. – 5 mars (en général)Rime freezes onto the firs on the Zao ridge, about two hours west, until they are unrecognisable lumps.63
  2. Lac Balaton 🇭🇺 HongrieLake ice · 5 janv. – 28 févr. (en général)In a cold winter the lake freezes right across and people walk, skate and sail iceboats on it; in a mild one it barely crusts at the reedy edges.62
  3. Matsumoto 🇯🇵 JaponCastle Ice Sculpture Festival · 20 janv. – 5 févr. (en général)Carvers from around Japan work through a late-January weekend in the castle park, and the finished ice sculptures are lit up in front of the keep on the Sunday morning before they soften.62
  4. Pékin 🇨🇳 ChineSkating on Houhai · 20 déc. – 15 févr. (en général)Once the lake ice is thick enough the city opens rinks on Houhai and Shichahai, with hired chair-sledges and no pretence of elegance.59
  5. Hallstatt 🇦🇹 AutricheIce rink at Echerntal · 15 déc. – 28 févr. (en général)When cold snaps hold, a small outdoor rink opens in the Echern Valley behind the village, with skate hire in town, one of the few organised things to do in Hallstatt's quiet winter weeks.57
  6. Pittsburgh 🇺🇸 États-UnisThe Rink at PPG Place · 14 nov. – 1 mars (en général)The outdoor skating rink around a giant Christmas tree in the glass-towered PPG Place plaza opens in mid-November and stays open, weather permitting, until about the start of March.52
  7. Takayama 🇯🇵 JaponShirakawa-go winter light-up · 15 janv. – 20 févr. (en général)The thatched village an hour west is lit on a handful of winter evenings only, and both the parking and the viewpoint run on an advance ballot.51
  8. Chicago 🇺🇸 États-UnisSkating in Millennium Park · 15 nov. – 5 mars (en général)The McCormick Tribune rink opens under the Bean in mid-November and is free if you bring your own skates; the ribbon in Maggie Daley Park next door is the better ice and the longer queue.49
  9. Détroit 🇺🇸 États-UnisSkating at Campus Martius · 20 nov. – 25 févr. (en général)The downtown square turns into a rink under the city tree from late November, and it is the anchor of what winter nightlife downtown has.49
  10. Pyeongchang 🇰🇷 Corée du SudPyeongchang Trout Festival · 5 janv. – 10 févr. (en général)A month of holes cut in the Odaecheon for ice fishing, plus the bare-handed catching pool that is the reason most people come.48
  11. Kars 🇹🇷 TurquieCildir lake ice season · 1 janv. – 28 févr. (en général)The lake an hour north freezes hard enough to stand on, and the Golden Horse Crystal Ice Festival runs horse-drawn sleighs, cirit and ice fishing on the ice each February.46
  12. Stockholm 🇸🇪 SuèdeSkating on natural ice · 20 déc. – 10 mars (en général)Nordic tour skating on frozen lakes, Lake Malaren and, in cold winters, the archipelago.45
  13. Bozeman 🇺🇸 États-UnisHyalite ice-climbing season · 1 déc. – 15 mars (en général)The canyon road is plowed through the winter specifically to keep the frozen falls reachable, and there are more routes up there than anywhere else in the lower 48.45
  14. Parc national de Bryce Canyon 🇺🇸 États-UnisWall Street closed for winter · 1 nov. – 10 avr. (en général)The switchbacks down Wall Street shut once ice and rockfall set in, so the Navajo Loop runs one way only until spring.44
  15. Vladivostok 🇷🇺 RussieAmur Bay ice · 20 déc. – 20 mars (en général)The bay freezes over and the city walks out onto it: ice fishing tents in rows off the Sportivnaya embankment, kite skiers, and icebreakers keeping a channel open to the port.44
  16. Madison 🇺🇸 États-UnisLake Mendota ice season · 20 déc. – 5 avr. (en général)The freeze and thaw of Mendota have been recorded since 1855, which makes the ice here one of the longest climate records anywhere, and it is arriving later.44
  17. Riga 🇱🇻 LettonieJelgava Ice Sculpture Festival · 1–16 févr. (en général)Sculptors from several countries carve on the island in Jelgava, a short train ride south-west of Riga, over a weekend in early February.42
  18. Starý Smokovec 🇸🇰 SlovaquieTatra Temple of Ice at Hrebienok · 14 nov. – 19 avr. (en général)Each winter an ice replica of a famous church is carved at the top station of the Hrebienok funicular, free to enter and lit from inside.41
  19. Breckenridge 🇺🇸 États-UnisIntl Snow Sculpture Championships · 20 janv. – 5 févr. (en général)Teams carve twenty-five-ton blocks by hand over five days, then the finished pieces stand on Main Street for a week until they slump.40
  20. Edmonton 🇨🇦 CanadaIce on Whyte · 24 janv. – 8 févr. (en général)International ice carvers compete along Whyte Avenue with an ice bar and fire pits outside, an Old Strathcona tradition since 2003 recently rebranded as Chiseled.39
  21. Minsk 🇧🇾 BiélorussieIce season · 10 déc. – 5 mars (en général)Outdoor rinks go up in the parks and on Victory Square, and the Minsk Sea reservoir north of the city gets its ice fishing huts.39
  22. Ottawa 🇨🇦 CanadaRideau Canal Skateway · 5 janv. – 5 mars (en général)Almost eight kilometres of frozen canal is ploughed into something people commute to work on.39
  23. Helsinki 🇫🇮 FinlandeSea ice and winter swimming · 1 janv. – 20 mars (en général)The avanto — a hole cut in the ice beside a sauna — is what a Helsinki winter is actually for, and the public places are busiest now.38
  24. Parc national des Indiana Dunes 🇺🇸 États-UnisShelf ice on the shore · 1 janv. – 5 mars (en général)Waves build a ridge of ice mounds along the beach that looks solid and is hollow underneath; people fall through it into the lake most winters.38
  25. Iekaterinbourg 🇷🇺 RussieIce sculpture season · 20 déc. – 25 févr. (en général)Blocks cut from the ponds go up as a temporary town in the centre and stay solid until the thaw takes them, which is usually late February.38

…et 21 de plus en février.

Au programme dans le monde en février →

Saison de la glace en mars

  1. Sendai 🇯🇵 JaponZao snow monsters · 1 janv. – 5 mars (en général)Rime freezes onto the firs on the Zao ridge, about two hours west, until they are unrecognisable lumps.69
  2. Chicago 🇺🇸 États-UnisSkating in Millennium Park · 15 nov. – 5 mars (en général)The McCormick Tribune rink opens under the Bean in mid-November and is free if you bring your own skates; the ribbon in Maggie Daley Park next door is the better ice and the longer queue.64
  3. Pittsburgh 🇺🇸 États-UnisThe Rink at PPG Place · 14 nov. – 1 mars (en général)The outdoor skating rink around a giant Christmas tree in the glass-towered PPG Place plaza opens in mid-November and stays open, weather permitting, until about the start of March.64
  4. Bozeman 🇺🇸 États-UnisHyalite ice-climbing season · 1 déc. – 15 mars (en général)The canyon road is plowed through the winter specifically to keep the frozen falls reachable, and there are more routes up there than anywhere else in the lower 48.61
  5. Madison 🇺🇸 États-UnisLake Mendota ice season · 20 déc. – 5 avr. (en général)The freeze and thaw of Mendota have been recorded since 1855, which makes the ice here one of the longest climate records anywhere, and it is arriving later.60
  6. Stockholm 🇸🇪 SuèdeSkating on natural ice · 20 déc. – 10 mars (en général)Nordic tour skating on frozen lakes, Lake Malaren and, in cold winters, the archipelago.59
  7. Vladivostok 🇷🇺 RussieAmur Bay ice · 20 déc. – 20 mars (en général)The bay freezes over and the city walks out onto it: ice fishing tents in rows off the Sportivnaya embankment, kite skiers, and icebreakers keeping a channel open to the port.59
  8. Starý Smokovec 🇸🇰 SlovaquieTatra Temple of Ice at Hrebienok · 14 nov. – 19 avr. (en général)Each winter an ice replica of a famous church is carved at the top station of the Hrebienok funicular, free to enter and lit from inside.56
  9. Minsk 🇧🇾 BiélorussieIce season · 10 déc. – 5 mars (en général)Outdoor rinks go up in the parks and on Victory Square, and the Minsk Sea reservoir north of the city gets its ice fishing huts.55
  10. Irkoutsk 🇷🇺 RussieBaikal ice season · 15 janv. – 15 avr. (en général)The lake an hour away freezes solid from about mid-January to mid-April, a metre or more thick and clear enough in places to see straight down.54
  11. Helsinki 🇫🇮 FinlandeSea ice and winter swimming · 1 janv. – 20 mars (en général)The avanto — a hole cut in the ice beside a sauna — is what a Helsinki winter is actually for, and the public places are busiest now.52
  12. Nijni Novgorod 🇷🇺 RussieVolga and Oka freeze · 5 déc. – 25 mars (en général)Both rivers set at the confluence below the kremlin, the boats stop, and ice fishermen dot the white from the Strelka downstream.51
  13. Moscou 🇷🇺 RussieOutdoor skating rinks open · 25 nov. – 10 mars (en général)Gorky Park, VDNKh and Red Square freeze their rinks from late November and keep them going until the thaw.50
  14. Parc national de Bryce Canyon 🇺🇸 États-UnisWall Street closed for winter · 1 nov. – 10 avr. (en général)The switchbacks down Wall Street shut once ice and rockfall set in, so the Navajo Loop runs one way only until spring.50
  15. Khabarovsk 🇷🇺 RussieAmur frozen over · 20 nov. – 15 avr. (en général)The river the city is built along freezes for close to five months, the hydrofoils stop, and people walk and ski where the boats were.50
  16. Winnipeg 🇨🇦 CanadaFrozen river trail · 5 janv. – 5 mars (en général)The Assiniboine and the Red are ploughed into a skating trail from The Forks, several kilometres long in a good freeze, with warming huts commissioned from architects each year.50
  17. Parc national des Indiana Dunes 🇺🇸 États-UnisShelf ice on the shore · 1 janv. – 5 mars (en général)Waves build a ridge of ice mounds along the beach that looks solid and is hollow underneath; people fall through it into the lake most winters.49
  18. Kazan 🇷🇺 RussieFrozen Volga and Kazanka · 15 déc. – 20 mars (en général)The rivers set hard enough to walk on and the city moves onto them: ice fishing huts off the Kazanka, skates, and the Kremlin walls lit above a white plain.49
  19. Banff 🇨🇦 CanadaSkating on Lake Louise · 20 déc. – 15 mars (en général)The hotel clears a rink and a long track on the lake once the ice takes, usually just before Christmas.48
  20. Ottawa 🇨🇦 CanadaRideau Canal Skateway · 5 janv. – 5 mars (en général)Almost eight kilometres of frozen canal is ploughed into something people commute to work on.48
  21. Rovaniemi 🇫🇮 FinlandeHusky, reindeer and snowmobile season · 10 déc. – 5 avr. (en général)The safaris need a frozen base, so the season runs roughly from mid-December to early April rather than the whole cold half of the year.47
  22. Kiruna 🇸🇪 SuèdeIcehotel season · 1 déc. – 15 avr. (en général)The hotel at Jukkasjarvi is rebuilt each winter from Torne river ice, opens at the start of December and melts in spring; a year-round wing runs alongside it.47
  23. Fairbanks 🇺🇸 États-UnisWorld Ice Art Championships · 15 févr. – 5 avr. (en général)Carvers from a dozen countries work blocks quarried out of a local pond, and the finished park stays lit and open into early April because it is cold enough to.47
  24. Novossibirsk 🇷🇺 RussieOb Sea ice · 25 nov. – 10 avr. (en général)The reservoir south of the city freezes hard enough for cars, and the shore fills with ice fishing tents, kite skiers and snowmobiles.46
  25. Parc national de Yellowstone 🇺🇸 États-UnisOversnow winter season · 15 déc. – 15 mars (en général)Between mid-December and mid-March the interior is reachable only by guided snowcoach or snowmobile, booked months ahead.44

…et 10 de plus en mars.

Au programme dans le monde en mars →

Saison de la glace en avril

  1. Novossibirsk 🇷🇺 RussieOb Sea ice · 25 nov. – 10 avr. (en général)The reservoir south of the city freezes hard enough for cars, and the shore fills with ice fishing tents, kite skiers and snowmobiles.71
  2. Khabarovsk 🇷🇺 RussieAmur frozen over · 20 nov. – 15 avr. (en général)The river the city is built along freezes for close to five months, the hydrofoils stop, and people walk and ski where the boats were.71
  3. Irkoutsk 🇷🇺 RussieBaikal ice season · 15 janv. – 15 avr. (en général)The lake an hour away freezes solid from about mid-January to mid-April, a metre or more thick and clear enough in places to see straight down.71
  4. Madison 🇺🇸 États-UnisLake Mendota ice season · 20 déc. – 5 avr. (en général)The freeze and thaw of Mendota have been recorded since 1855, which makes the ice here one of the longest climate records anywhere, and it is arriving later.70
  5. Fairbanks 🇺🇸 États-UnisWorld Ice Art Championships · 15 févr. – 5 avr. (en général)Carvers from a dozen countries work blocks quarried out of a local pond, and the finished park stays lit and open into early April because it is cold enough to.68
  6. Starý Smokovec 🇸🇰 SlovaquieTatra Temple of Ice at Hrebienok · 14 nov. – 19 avr. (en général)Each winter an ice replica of a famous church is carved at the top station of the Hrebienok funicular, free to enter and lit from inside.66
  7. Rovaniemi 🇫🇮 FinlandeHusky, reindeer and snowmobile season · 10 déc. – 5 avr. (en général)The safaris need a frozen base, so the season runs roughly from mid-December to early April rather than the whole cold half of the year.64
  8. Parc national de Bryce Canyon 🇺🇸 États-UnisWall Street closed for winter · 1 nov. – 10 avr. (en général)The switchbacks down Wall Street shut once ice and rockfall set in, so the Navajo Loop runs one way only until spring.61
  9. Iakoutsk 🇷🇺 RussieLena ice road · 15 déc. – 15 avr. (en général)There is no bridge over the Lena anywhere in Sakha, so once the ice is thick enough the river becomes the road and the trucks run supplies out over it.59
  10. Kiruna 🇸🇪 SuèdeIcehotel season · 1 déc. – 15 avr. (en général)The hotel at Jukkasjarvi is rebuilt each winter from Torne river ice, opens at the start of December and melts in spring; a year-round wing runs alongside it.57
  11. Ilulissat 🇬🇱 GroenlandDog sledding season · 5 janv. – 15 avr. (en général)This is the largest sledding district in Greenland and the teams work once the bay ice takes, roughly January to April.55
  12. Magadan 🇷🇺 RussieSea of Okhotsk frozen · 15 déc. – 20 avr. (en général)The bay freezes over for a third of the year and people simply walk out onto it; icebreakers keep a lane open for the port.53
  13. Parc national de Crater Lake 🇺🇸 États-UnisDeep winter · 1 nov. – 30 avr.One of the snowiest places in the country: the north entrance and Rim Drive shut, the west and south roads are ploughed, and rangers run snowshoe walks from Rim Village.49
  14. Longyearbyen 🇸🇯 Svalbard et Jan MayenSnowmobile and sun-winter season · 1 mars – 16 maiLight, snow cover and frozen fjords all at once: this is the window for the long snowmobile runs to the east coast and the ice caves, and for dog sledding on real snow rather than gravel.48

Au programme dans le monde en avril →

Saison de la glace en mai

  1. Fairbanks 🇺🇸 États-UnisNenana Ice Classic breakup · 20 avr. – 15 mai (en général)An hour down the road a tripod stands on the frozen Tanana and the whole state bets on the minute it moves; the record runs unbroken since 1917.85
  2. Longyearbyen 🇸🇯 Svalbard et Jan MayenSnowmobile and sun-winter season · 1 mars – 16 maiLight, snow cover and frozen fjords all at once: this is the window for the long snowmobile runs to the east coast and the ice caves, and for dog sledding on real snow rather than gravel.57

Au programme dans le monde en mai →

Saison de la glace en novembre

  1. Chicago 🇺🇸 États-UnisSkating in Millennium Park · 15 nov. – 5 mars (en général)The McCormick Tribune rink opens under the Bean in mid-November and is free if you bring your own skates; the ribbon in Maggie Daley Park next door is the better ice and the longer queue.62
  2. Pittsburgh 🇺🇸 États-UnisThe Rink at PPG Place · 14 nov. – 1 mars (en général)The outdoor skating rink around a giant Christmas tree in the glass-towered PPG Place plaza opens in mid-November and stays open, weather permitting, until about the start of March.62
  3. Détroit 🇺🇸 États-UnisSkating at Campus Martius · 20 nov. – 25 févr. (en général)The downtown square turns into a rink under the city tree from late November, and it is the anchor of what winter nightlife downtown has.60
  4. Parc national de Bryce Canyon 🇺🇸 États-UnisWall Street closed for winter · 1 nov. – 10 avr. (en général)The switchbacks down Wall Street shut once ice and rockfall set in, so the Navajo Loop runs one way only until spring.52
  5. Starý Smokovec 🇸🇰 SlovaquieTatra Temple of Ice at Hrebienok · 14 nov. – 19 avr. (en général)Each winter an ice replica of a famous church is carved at the top station of the Hrebienok funicular, free to enter and lit from inside.48
  6. Moscou 🇷🇺 RussieOutdoor skating rinks open · 25 nov. – 10 mars (en général)Gorky Park, VDNKh and Red Square freeze their rinks from late November and keep them going until the thaw.41
  7. Khabarovsk 🇷🇺 RussieAmur frozen over · 20 nov. – 15 avr. (en général)The river the city is built along freezes for close to five months, the hydrofoils stop, and people walk and ski where the boats were.40
  8. Parc national de Crater Lake 🇺🇸 États-UnisDeep winter · 1 nov. – 30 avr.One of the snowiest places in the country: the north entrance and Rim Drive shut, the west and south roads are ploughed, and rangers run snowshoe walks from Rim Village.39
  9. Vík í Mýrdal 🇮🇸 IslandeIce cave season · 1 nov. – 31 mars (en général)Most of Iceland's natural ice caves are only safe in the cold half of the year; the one under Myrdalsjokull up the road runs longer but closes at short notice for weather and glacier movement.35
  10. Novossibirsk 🇷🇺 RussieOb Sea ice · 25 nov. – 10 avr. (en général)The reservoir south of the city freezes hard enough for cars, and the shore fills with ice fishing tents, kite skiers and snowmobiles.32

Au programme dans le monde en novembre →

Saison de la glace en décembre

  1. Pékin 🇨🇳 ChineSkating on Houhai · 20 déc. – 15 févr. (en général)Once the lake ice is thick enough the city opens rinks on Houhai and Shichahai, with hired chair-sledges and no pretence of elegance.50
  2. Pittsburgh 🇺🇸 États-UnisThe Rink at PPG Place · 14 nov. – 1 mars (en général)The outdoor skating rink around a giant Christmas tree in the glass-towered PPG Place plaza opens in mid-November and stays open, weather permitting, until about the start of March.49
  3. Chicago 🇺🇸 États-UnisSkating in Millennium Park · 15 nov. – 5 mars (en général)The McCormick Tribune rink opens under the Bean in mid-November and is free if you bring your own skates; the ribbon in Maggie Daley Park next door is the better ice and the longer queue.46
  4. Détroit 🇺🇸 États-UnisSkating at Campus Martius · 20 nov. – 25 févr. (en général)The downtown square turns into a rink under the city tree from late November, and it is the anchor of what winter nightlife downtown has.46
  5. Hallstatt 🇦🇹 AutricheIce rink at Echerntal · 15 déc. – 28 févr. (en général)When cold snaps hold, a small outdoor rink opens in the Echern Valley behind the village, with skate hire in town, one of the few organised things to do in Hallstatt's quiet winter weeks.45
  6. Parc national de Bryce Canyon 🇺🇸 États-UnisWall Street closed for winter · 1 nov. – 10 avr. (en général)The switchbacks down Wall Street shut once ice and rockfall set in, so the Navajo Loop runs one way only until spring.42
  7. Bozeman 🇺🇸 États-UnisHyalite ice-climbing season · 1 déc. – 15 mars (en général)The canyon road is plowed through the winter specifically to keep the frozen falls reachable, and there are more routes up there than anywhere else in the lower 48.42
  8. Madison 🇺🇸 États-UnisLake Mendota ice season · 20 déc. – 5 avr. (en général)The freeze and thaw of Mendota have been recorded since 1855, which makes the ice here one of the longest climate records anywhere, and it is arriving later.41
  9. Vladivostok 🇷🇺 RussieAmur Bay ice · 20 déc. – 20 mars (en général)The bay freezes over and the city walks out onto it: ice fishing tents in rows off the Sportivnaya embankment, kite skiers, and icebreakers keeping a channel open to the port.39
  10. Stockholm 🇸🇪 SuèdeSkating on natural ice · 20 déc. – 10 mars (en général)Nordic tour skating on frozen lakes, Lake Malaren and, in cold winters, the archipelago.38
  11. Leh 🇮🇳 IndePangong and the lakes freeze · 20 déc. – 10 mars (en général)The high lakes set solid from about the turn of the year, and the road out to Pangong runs on cleared snow when it runs at all.34
  12. Minsk 🇧🇾 BiélorussieIce season · 10 déc. – 5 mars (en général)Outdoor rinks go up in the parks and on Victory Square, and the Minsk Sea reservoir north of the city gets its ice fishing huts.33
  13. Starý Smokovec 🇸🇰 SlovaquieTatra Temple of Ice at Hrebienok · 14 nov. – 19 avr. (en général)Each winter an ice replica of a famous church is carved at the top station of the Hrebienok funicular, free to enter and lit from inside.32
  14. Moscou 🇷🇺 RussieOutdoor skating rinks open · 25 nov. – 10 mars (en général)Gorky Park, VDNKh and Red Square freeze their rinks from late November and keep them going until the thaw.31
  15. Nijni Novgorod 🇷🇺 RussieVolga and Oka freeze · 5 déc. – 25 mars (en général)Both rivers set at the confluence below the kremlin, the boats stop, and ice fishermen dot the white from the Strelka downstream.30
  16. Banff 🇨🇦 CanadaSkating on Lake Louise · 20 déc. – 15 mars (en général)The hotel clears a rink and a long track on the lake once the ice takes, usually just before Christmas.29
  17. Harbin 🇨🇳 ChineIce and Snow World · 20 déc. – 28 févr. (en général)The ice city is cut from the Songhua and rebuilt every winter, with exhibits open from around the third week of December through late February.29
  18. Khabarovsk 🇷🇺 RussieAmur frozen over · 20 nov. – 15 avr. (en général)The river the city is built along freezes for close to five months, the hydrofoils stop, and people walk and ski where the boats were.29
  19. Iekaterinbourg 🇷🇺 RussieIce sculpture season · 20 déc. – 25 févr. (en général)Blocks cut from the ponds go up as a temporary town in the centre and stay solid until the thaw takes them, which is usually late February.29
  20. Kazan 🇷🇺 RussieFrozen Volga and Kazanka · 15 déc. – 20 mars (en général)The rivers set hard enough to walk on and the city moves onto them: ice fishing huts off the Kazanka, skates, and the Kremlin walls lit above a white plain.29
  21. Parc national de Yellowstone 🇺🇸 États-UnisOversnow winter season · 15 déc. – 15 mars (en général)Between mid-December and mid-March the interior is reachable only by guided snowcoach or snowmobile, booked months ahead.28
  22. Rovaniemi 🇫🇮 FinlandeHusky, reindeer and snowmobile season · 10 déc. – 5 avr. (en général)The safaris need a frozen base, so the season runs roughly from mid-December to early April rather than the whole cold half of the year.28
  23. Kiruna 🇸🇪 SuèdeIcehotel season · 1 déc. – 15 avr. (en général)The hotel at Jukkasjarvi is rebuilt each winter from Torne river ice, opens at the start of December and melts in spring; a year-round wing runs alongside it.27
  24. Vík í Mýrdal 🇮🇸 IslandeIce cave season · 1 nov. – 31 mars (en général)Most of Iceland's natural ice caves are only safe in the cold half of the year; the one under Myrdalsjokull up the road runs longer but closes at short notice for weather and glacier movement.26
  25. Novossibirsk 🇷🇺 RussieOb Sea ice · 25 nov. – 10 avr. (en général)The reservoir south of the city freezes hard enough for cars, and the shore fills with ice fishing tents, kite skiers and snowmobiles.25

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