बर्फ़ का सीज़न, दुनिया भर में महीने-दर-महीने
आइस केव, जमे हुए झरने, नहर पर स्केटिंग, डॉग स्लेज और आइस रोड — वे हफ़्ते जब ठंड ही आकर्षण है।
SeasonMap पर 48 जगहें, हर महीने के भीतर आराम स्कोर के हिसाब से रैंक — क्योंकि बात सिर्फ़ यह नहीं कि सीज़न कहाँ चल रहा है, बल्कि यह भी कि उस दौरान मौसम सफ़र के लायक है या नहीं।
यह कब चलता है
जनवरी में बर्फ़ का सीज़न
- सेंडाइ 🇯🇵 जापानZao snow monsters · 1 जन – 5 मार्च (आमतौर पर)Rime freezes onto the firs on the Zao ridge, about two hours west, until they are unrecognisable lumps.57
- मात्सुमोतो 🇯🇵 जापानCastle Ice Sculpture Festival · 20 जन – 5 फ़र (आमतौर पर)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
- Lake Balaton 🇭🇺 हंगरीLake ice · 5 जन – 28 फ़र (आमतौर पर)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
- बीजिंग 🇨🇳 चीनी जनवादी गणराज्यSkating on Houhai · 20 दिस – 15 फ़र (आमतौर पर)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
- ताकायामा 🇯🇵 जापानShirakawa-go winter light-up · 15 जन – 20 फ़र (आमतौर पर)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
- पिट्सबर्ग, पेन्सिलवेनिया 🇺🇸 संयुक्त राज्य अमेरिकाThe Rink at PPG Place · 14 नव – 1 मार्च (आमतौर पर)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
- हॉलस्टैट 🇦🇹 ऑस्ट्रियाIce rink at Echerntal · 15 दिस – 28 फ़र (आमतौर पर)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
- प्योंगचांग काउण्टी 🇰🇷 दक्षिण कोरियाPyeongchang Trout Festival · 5 जन – 10 फ़र (आमतौर पर)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
- शिकागो 🇺🇸 संयुक्त राज्य अमेरिकाSkating in Millennium Park · 15 नव – 5 मार्च (आमतौर पर)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
- बोझमन 🇺🇸 संयुक्त राज्य अमेरिकाHyalite ice-climbing season · 1 दिस – 15 मार्च (आमतौर पर)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
- डेट्रॉइट, मिशिगन 🇺🇸 संयुक्त राज्य अमेरिकाSkating at Campus Martius · 20 नव – 25 फ़र (आमतौर पर)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
- ब्राइस घाटी के राष्ट्रीय उद्यान 🇺🇸 संयुक्त राज्य अमेरिकाWall Street closed for winter · 1 नव – 10 अप्रैल (आमतौर पर)The switchbacks down Wall Street shut once ice and rockfall set in, so the Navajo Loop runs one way only until spring.38
- कार्स 🇹🇷 तुर्कीCildir lake ice season · 1 जन – 28 फ़र (आमतौर पर)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
- मैडिसन 🇺🇸 संयुक्त राज्य अमेरिकाLake Mendota ice season · 20 दिस – 5 अप्रैल (आमतौर पर)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
- व्लादिवोस्तोक 🇷🇺 रूसAmur Bay ice · 20 दिस – 20 मार्च (आमतौर पर)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
- Breckenridge 🇺🇸 संयुक्त राज्य अमेरिकाIntl Snow Sculpture Championships · 20 जन – 5 फ़र (आमतौर पर)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
- स्टॉकहोम 🇸🇪 स्वीडनSkating on natural ice · 20 दिस – 10 मार्च (आमतौर पर)Nordic tour skating on frozen lakes, Lake Malaren and, in cold winters, the archipelago.34
- एडमंटन 🇨🇦 कनाडाIce on Whyte · 24 जन – 8 फ़र (आमतौर पर)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
- Starý Smokovec 🇸🇰 स्लोवाकियाTatra Temple of Ice at Hrebienok · 14 नव – 19 अप्रैल (आमतौर पर)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
- Banff 🇨🇦 कनाडाSkating on Lake Louise · 20 दिस – 15 मार्च (आमतौर पर)The hotel clears a rink and a long track on the lake once the ice takes, usually just before Christmas.33
- Indiana Dunes National Park 🇺🇸 संयुक्त राज्य अमेरिकाShelf ice on the shore · 1 जन – 5 मार्च (आमतौर पर)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
- हारबिन 🇨🇳 चीनी जनवादी गणराज्यIce and Snow World · 20 दिस – 28 फ़र (आमतौर पर)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
- ख़ाबारोव्स्क 🇷🇺 रूसIce Fantasy sculpture festival · 1–31 जन (आमतौर पर)An ice-carving competition held every January since the early 2000s, using blocks cut from the Amur.32
- ओटावा 🇨🇦 कनाडाRideau Canal Skateway · 5 जन – 5 मार्च (आमतौर पर)Almost eight kilometres of frozen canal is ploughed into something people commute to work on.32
- यलोस्टोन नेशनल पार्क 🇺🇸 संयुक्त राज्य अमेरिकाOversnow winter season · 15 दिस – 15 मार्च (आमतौर पर)Between mid-December and mid-March the interior is reachable only by guided snowcoach or snowmobile, booked months ahead.31
…और जनवरी में 19 और।
फ़रवरी में बर्फ़ का सीज़न
- सेंडाइ 🇯🇵 जापानZao snow monsters · 1 जन – 5 मार्च (आमतौर पर)Rime freezes onto the firs on the Zao ridge, about two hours west, until they are unrecognisable lumps.63
- Lake Balaton 🇭🇺 हंगरीLake ice · 5 जन – 28 फ़र (आमतौर पर)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
- मात्सुमोतो 🇯🇵 जापानCastle Ice Sculpture Festival · 20 जन – 5 फ़र (आमतौर पर)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
- बीजिंग 🇨🇳 चीनी जनवादी गणराज्यSkating on Houhai · 20 दिस – 15 फ़र (आमतौर पर)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
- हॉलस्टैट 🇦🇹 ऑस्ट्रियाIce rink at Echerntal · 15 दिस – 28 फ़र (आमतौर पर)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
- पिट्सबर्ग, पेन्सिलवेनिया 🇺🇸 संयुक्त राज्य अमेरिकाThe Rink at PPG Place · 14 नव – 1 मार्च (आमतौर पर)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
- ताकायामा 🇯🇵 जापानShirakawa-go winter light-up · 15 जन – 20 फ़र (आमतौर पर)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
- शिकागो 🇺🇸 संयुक्त राज्य अमेरिकाSkating in Millennium Park · 15 नव – 5 मार्च (आमतौर पर)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
- डेट्रॉइट, मिशिगन 🇺🇸 संयुक्त राज्य अमेरिकाSkating at Campus Martius · 20 नव – 25 फ़र (आमतौर पर)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
- प्योंगचांग काउण्टी 🇰🇷 दक्षिण कोरियाPyeongchang Trout Festival · 5 जन – 10 फ़र (आमतौर पर)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
- कार्स 🇹🇷 तुर्कीCildir lake ice season · 1 जन – 28 फ़र (आमतौर पर)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
- स्टॉकहोम 🇸🇪 स्वीडनSkating on natural ice · 20 दिस – 10 मार्च (आमतौर पर)Nordic tour skating on frozen lakes, Lake Malaren and, in cold winters, the archipelago.45
- बोझमन 🇺🇸 संयुक्त राज्य अमेरिकाHyalite ice-climbing season · 1 दिस – 15 मार्च (आमतौर पर)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
- ब्राइस घाटी के राष्ट्रीय उद्यान 🇺🇸 संयुक्त राज्य अमेरिकाWall Street closed for winter · 1 नव – 10 अप्रैल (आमतौर पर)The switchbacks down Wall Street shut once ice and rockfall set in, so the Navajo Loop runs one way only until spring.44
- व्लादिवोस्तोक 🇷🇺 रूसAmur Bay ice · 20 दिस – 20 मार्च (आमतौर पर)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
- मैडिसन 🇺🇸 संयुक्त राज्य अमेरिकाLake Mendota ice season · 20 दिस – 5 अप्रैल (आमतौर पर)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
- रीगा 🇱🇻 लातवियाJelgava Ice Sculpture Festival · 1–16 फ़र (आमतौर पर)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
- Starý Smokovec 🇸🇰 स्लोवाकियाTatra Temple of Ice at Hrebienok · 14 नव – 19 अप्रैल (आमतौर पर)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
- Breckenridge 🇺🇸 संयुक्त राज्य अमेरिकाIntl Snow Sculpture Championships · 20 जन – 5 फ़र (आमतौर पर)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
- एडमंटन 🇨🇦 कनाडाIce on Whyte · 24 जन – 8 फ़र (आमतौर पर)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
- मिन्स्क 🇧🇾 बेलारूसIce season · 10 दिस – 5 मार्च (आमतौर पर)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
- ओटावा 🇨🇦 कनाडाRideau Canal Skateway · 5 जन – 5 मार्च (आमतौर पर)Almost eight kilometres of frozen canal is ploughed into something people commute to work on.39
- हेलसिंकी 🇫🇮 फ़िनलैंडSea ice and winter swimming · 1 जन – 20 मार्च (आमतौर पर)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
- Indiana Dunes National Park 🇺🇸 संयुक्त राज्य अमेरिकाShelf ice on the shore · 1 जन – 5 मार्च (आमतौर पर)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
- येकातेरिनबर्ग 🇷🇺 रूसIce sculpture season · 20 दिस – 25 फ़र (आमतौर पर)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
…और फ़रवरी में 21 और।
मार्च में बर्फ़ का सीज़न
- सेंडाइ 🇯🇵 जापानZao snow monsters · 1 जन – 5 मार्च (आमतौर पर)Rime freezes onto the firs on the Zao ridge, about two hours west, until they are unrecognisable lumps.69
- शिकागो 🇺🇸 संयुक्त राज्य अमेरिकाSkating in Millennium Park · 15 नव – 5 मार्च (आमतौर पर)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
- पिट्सबर्ग, पेन्सिलवेनिया 🇺🇸 संयुक्त राज्य अमेरिकाThe Rink at PPG Place · 14 नव – 1 मार्च (आमतौर पर)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
- बोझमन 🇺🇸 संयुक्त राज्य अमेरिकाHyalite ice-climbing season · 1 दिस – 15 मार्च (आमतौर पर)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
- मैडिसन 🇺🇸 संयुक्त राज्य अमेरिकाLake Mendota ice season · 20 दिस – 5 अप्रैल (आमतौर पर)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
- स्टॉकहोम 🇸🇪 स्वीडनSkating on natural ice · 20 दिस – 10 मार्च (आमतौर पर)Nordic tour skating on frozen lakes, Lake Malaren and, in cold winters, the archipelago.59
- व्लादिवोस्तोक 🇷🇺 रूसAmur Bay ice · 20 दिस – 20 मार्च (आमतौर पर)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
- Starý Smokovec 🇸🇰 स्लोवाकियाTatra Temple of Ice at Hrebienok · 14 नव – 19 अप्रैल (आमतौर पर)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
- मिन्स्क 🇧🇾 बेलारूसIce season · 10 दिस – 5 मार्च (आमतौर पर)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
- इरकुत्स्क 🇷🇺 रूसBaikal ice season · 15 जन – 15 अप्रैल (आमतौर पर)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
- हेलसिंकी 🇫🇮 फ़िनलैंडSea ice and winter swimming · 1 जन – 20 मार्च (आमतौर पर)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
- निज़्हनी नोव्ग्रद 🇷🇺 रूसVolga and Oka freeze · 5 दिस – 25 मार्च (आमतौर पर)Both rivers set at the confluence below the kremlin, the boats stop, and ice fishermen dot the white from the Strelka downstream.51
- मास्को 🇷🇺 रूसOutdoor skating rinks open · 25 नव – 10 मार्च (आमतौर पर)Gorky Park, VDNKh and Red Square freeze their rinks from late November and keep them going until the thaw.50
- ब्राइस घाटी के राष्ट्रीय उद्यान 🇺🇸 संयुक्त राज्य अमेरिकाWall Street closed for winter · 1 नव – 10 अप्रैल (आमतौर पर)The switchbacks down Wall Street shut once ice and rockfall set in, so the Navajo Loop runs one way only until spring.50
- ख़ाबारोव्स्क 🇷🇺 रूसAmur frozen over · 20 नव – 15 अप्रैल (आमतौर पर)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
- विनिपेग 🇨🇦 कनाडाFrozen river trail · 5 जन – 5 मार्च (आमतौर पर)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
- Indiana Dunes National Park 🇺🇸 संयुक्त राज्य अमेरिकाShelf ice on the shore · 1 जन – 5 मार्च (आमतौर पर)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
- काज़ान 🇷🇺 रूसFrozen Volga and Kazanka · 15 दिस – 20 मार्च (आमतौर पर)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
- Banff 🇨🇦 कनाडाSkating on Lake Louise · 20 दिस – 15 मार्च (आमतौर पर)The hotel clears a rink and a long track on the lake once the ice takes, usually just before Christmas.48
- ओटावा 🇨🇦 कनाडाRideau Canal Skateway · 5 जन – 5 मार्च (आमतौर पर)Almost eight kilometres of frozen canal is ploughed into something people commute to work on.48
- Rovaniemi 🇫🇮 फ़िनलैंडHusky, reindeer and snowmobile season · 10 दिस – 5 अप्रैल (आमतौर पर)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
- किरुना नगरपालिका 🇸🇪 स्वीडनIcehotel season · 1 दिस – 15 अप्रैल (आमतौर पर)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
- फेयरबैंक्स 🇺🇸 संयुक्त राज्य अमेरिकाWorld Ice Art Championships · 15 फ़र – 5 अप्रैल (आमतौर पर)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
- नोवोसीबर्स्क 🇷🇺 रूसOb Sea ice · 25 नव – 10 अप्रैल (आमतौर पर)The reservoir south of the city freezes hard enough for cars, and the shore fills with ice fishing tents, kite skiers and snowmobiles.46
- यलोस्टोन नेशनल पार्क 🇺🇸 संयुक्त राज्य अमेरिकाOversnow winter season · 15 दिस – 15 मार्च (आमतौर पर)Between mid-December and mid-March the interior is reachable only by guided snowcoach or snowmobile, booked months ahead.44
…और मार्च में 10 और।
अप्रैल में बर्फ़ का सीज़न
- नोवोसीबर्स्क 🇷🇺 रूसOb Sea ice · 25 नव – 10 अप्रैल (आमतौर पर)The reservoir south of the city freezes hard enough for cars, and the shore fills with ice fishing tents, kite skiers and snowmobiles.71
- ख़ाबारोव्स्क 🇷🇺 रूसAmur frozen over · 20 नव – 15 अप्रैल (आमतौर पर)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
- इरकुत्स्क 🇷🇺 रूसBaikal ice season · 15 जन – 15 अप्रैल (आमतौर पर)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
- मैडिसन 🇺🇸 संयुक्त राज्य अमेरिकाLake Mendota ice season · 20 दिस – 5 अप्रैल (आमतौर पर)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
- फेयरबैंक्स 🇺🇸 संयुक्त राज्य अमेरिकाWorld Ice Art Championships · 15 फ़र – 5 अप्रैल (आमतौर पर)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
- Starý Smokovec 🇸🇰 स्लोवाकियाTatra Temple of Ice at Hrebienok · 14 नव – 19 अप्रैल (आमतौर पर)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
- Rovaniemi 🇫🇮 फ़िनलैंडHusky, reindeer and snowmobile season · 10 दिस – 5 अप्रैल (आमतौर पर)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
- ब्राइस घाटी के राष्ट्रीय उद्यान 🇺🇸 संयुक्त राज्य अमेरिकाWall Street closed for winter · 1 नव – 10 अप्रैल (आमतौर पर)The switchbacks down Wall Street shut once ice and rockfall set in, so the Navajo Loop runs one way only until spring.61
- याकूत्स्क 🇷🇺 रूसLena ice road · 15 दिस – 15 अप्रैल (आमतौर पर)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
- किरुना नगरपालिका 🇸🇪 स्वीडनIcehotel season · 1 दिस – 15 अप्रैल (आमतौर पर)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
- Ilulissat 🇬🇱 ग्रीनलैण्डDog sledding season · 5 जन – 15 अप्रैल (आमतौर पर)This is the largest sledding district in Greenland and the teams work once the bay ice takes, roughly January to April.55
- मैगाडन 🇷🇺 रूसSea of Okhotsk frozen · 15 दिस – 20 अप्रैल (आमतौर पर)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
- Crater Lake National Park 🇺🇸 संयुक्त राज्य अमेरिकाDeep winter · 1 नव – 30 अप्रैलOne 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
- Longyearbyen 🇸🇯 Svalbard and Jan MayenSnowmobile and sun-winter season · 1 मार्च – 16 मईLight, 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
मई में बर्फ़ का सीज़न
- फेयरबैंक्स 🇺🇸 संयुक्त राज्य अमेरिकाNenana Ice Classic breakup · 20 अप्रैल – 15 मई (आमतौर पर)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
- Longyearbyen 🇸🇯 Svalbard and Jan MayenSnowmobile and sun-winter season · 1 मार्च – 16 मईLight, 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
नवंबर में बर्फ़ का सीज़न
- शिकागो 🇺🇸 संयुक्त राज्य अमेरिकाSkating in Millennium Park · 15 नव – 5 मार्च (आमतौर पर)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
- पिट्सबर्ग, पेन्सिलवेनिया 🇺🇸 संयुक्त राज्य अमेरिकाThe Rink at PPG Place · 14 नव – 1 मार्च (आमतौर पर)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
- डेट्रॉइट, मिशिगन 🇺🇸 संयुक्त राज्य अमेरिकाSkating at Campus Martius · 20 नव – 25 फ़र (आमतौर पर)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
- ब्राइस घाटी के राष्ट्रीय उद्यान 🇺🇸 संयुक्त राज्य अमेरिकाWall Street closed for winter · 1 नव – 10 अप्रैल (आमतौर पर)The switchbacks down Wall Street shut once ice and rockfall set in, so the Navajo Loop runs one way only until spring.52
- Starý Smokovec 🇸🇰 स्लोवाकियाTatra Temple of Ice at Hrebienok · 14 नव – 19 अप्रैल (आमतौर पर)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
- मास्को 🇷🇺 रूसOutdoor skating rinks open · 25 नव – 10 मार्च (आमतौर पर)Gorky Park, VDNKh and Red Square freeze their rinks from late November and keep them going until the thaw.41
- ख़ाबारोव्स्क 🇷🇺 रूसAmur frozen over · 20 नव – 15 अप्रैल (आमतौर पर)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
- Crater Lake National Park 🇺🇸 संयुक्त राज्य अमेरिकाDeep winter · 1 नव – 30 अप्रैलOne 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
- Vík 🇮🇸 आइसलैण्डIce cave season · 1 नव – 31 मार्च (आमतौर पर)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
- नोवोसीबर्स्क 🇷🇺 रूसOb Sea ice · 25 नव – 10 अप्रैल (आमतौर पर)The reservoir south of the city freezes hard enough for cars, and the shore fills with ice fishing tents, kite skiers and snowmobiles.32
दिसंबर में बर्फ़ का सीज़न
- बीजिंग 🇨🇳 चीनी जनवादी गणराज्यSkating on Houhai · 20 दिस – 15 फ़र (आमतौर पर)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
- पिट्सबर्ग, पेन्सिलवेनिया 🇺🇸 संयुक्त राज्य अमेरिकाThe Rink at PPG Place · 14 नव – 1 मार्च (आमतौर पर)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
- शिकागो 🇺🇸 संयुक्त राज्य अमेरिकाSkating in Millennium Park · 15 नव – 5 मार्च (आमतौर पर)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
- डेट्रॉइट, मिशिगन 🇺🇸 संयुक्त राज्य अमेरिकाSkating at Campus Martius · 20 नव – 25 फ़र (आमतौर पर)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
- हॉलस्टैट 🇦🇹 ऑस्ट्रियाIce rink at Echerntal · 15 दिस – 28 फ़र (आमतौर पर)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
- ब्राइस घाटी के राष्ट्रीय उद्यान 🇺🇸 संयुक्त राज्य अमेरिकाWall Street closed for winter · 1 नव – 10 अप्रैल (आमतौर पर)The switchbacks down Wall Street shut once ice and rockfall set in, so the Navajo Loop runs one way only until spring.42
- बोझमन 🇺🇸 संयुक्त राज्य अमेरिकाHyalite ice-climbing season · 1 दिस – 15 मार्च (आमतौर पर)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
- मैडिसन 🇺🇸 संयुक्त राज्य अमेरिकाLake Mendota ice season · 20 दिस – 5 अप्रैल (आमतौर पर)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
- व्लादिवोस्तोक 🇷🇺 रूसAmur Bay ice · 20 दिस – 20 मार्च (आमतौर पर)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
- स्टॉकहोम 🇸🇪 स्वीडनSkating on natural ice · 20 दिस – 10 मार्च (आमतौर पर)Nordic tour skating on frozen lakes, Lake Malaren and, in cold winters, the archipelago.38
- लेह 🇮🇳 भारतPangong and the lakes freeze · 20 दिस – 10 मार्च (आमतौर पर)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
- मिन्स्क 🇧🇾 बेलारूसIce season · 10 दिस – 5 मार्च (आमतौर पर)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
- Starý Smokovec 🇸🇰 स्लोवाकियाTatra Temple of Ice at Hrebienok · 14 नव – 19 अप्रैल (आमतौर पर)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
- मास्को 🇷🇺 रूसOutdoor skating rinks open · 25 नव – 10 मार्च (आमतौर पर)Gorky Park, VDNKh and Red Square freeze their rinks from late November and keep them going until the thaw.31
- निज़्हनी नोव्ग्रद 🇷🇺 रूसVolga and Oka freeze · 5 दिस – 25 मार्च (आमतौर पर)Both rivers set at the confluence below the kremlin, the boats stop, and ice fishermen dot the white from the Strelka downstream.30
- Banff 🇨🇦 कनाडाSkating on Lake Louise · 20 दिस – 15 मार्च (आमतौर पर)The hotel clears a rink and a long track on the lake once the ice takes, usually just before Christmas.29
- हारबिन 🇨🇳 चीनी जनवादी गणराज्यIce and Snow World · 20 दिस – 28 फ़र (आमतौर पर)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
- ख़ाबारोव्स्क 🇷🇺 रूसAmur frozen over · 20 नव – 15 अप्रैल (आमतौर पर)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
- येकातेरिनबर्ग 🇷🇺 रूसIce sculpture season · 20 दिस – 25 फ़र (आमतौर पर)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
- काज़ान 🇷🇺 रूसFrozen Volga and Kazanka · 15 दिस – 20 मार्च (आमतौर पर)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
- यलोस्टोन नेशनल पार्क 🇺🇸 संयुक्त राज्य अमेरिकाOversnow winter season · 15 दिस – 15 मार्च (आमतौर पर)Between mid-December and mid-March the interior is reachable only by guided snowcoach or snowmobile, booked months ahead.28
- Rovaniemi 🇫🇮 फ़िनलैंडHusky, reindeer and snowmobile season · 10 दिस – 5 अप्रैल (आमतौर पर)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
- किरुना नगरपालिका 🇸🇪 स्वीडनIcehotel season · 1 दिस – 15 अप्रैल (आमतौर पर)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
- Vík 🇮🇸 आइसलैण्डIce cave season · 1 नव – 31 मार्च (आमतौर पर)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
- नोवोसीबर्स्क 🇷🇺 रूसOb Sea ice · 25 नव – 10 अप्रैल (आमतौर पर)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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