Stagione del ghiaccio, mese per mese nel mondo

Grotte di ghiaccio, cascate gelate, pattinaggio sul canale, slitte trainate dai cani e strade di ghiaccio: le settimane in cui l'attrazione è il freddo.

48 destinazioni su SeasonMap, in classifica mese per mese secondo il punteggio di comfort: perché conta non solo dove è in corso la stagione, ma anche se nel frattempo il tempo vale il viaggio.

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Quando è in corso

Numero di destinazioni in cui la stagione è in corso in quel mese (stagione del ghiaccio). I periodi si spostano un po' ogni anno.

Stagione del ghiaccio in gennaio

  1. Sendai 🇯🇵 GiapponeZao snow monsters · 1 gen – 5 mar (di solito)Rime freezes onto the firs on the Zao ridge, about two hours west, until they are unrecognisable lumps.57
  2. Matsumoto 🇯🇵 GiapponeCastle Ice Sculpture Festival · 20 gen – 5 feb (di solito)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. Balaton 🇭🇺 UngheriaLake ice · 5 gen – 28 feb (di solito)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. Pechino 🇨🇳 CinaSkating on Houhai · 20 dic – 15 feb (di solito)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 🇯🇵 GiapponeShirakawa-go winter light-up · 15 gen – 20 feb (di solito)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 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaThe Rink at PPG Place · 14 nov – 1 mar (di solito)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 🇦🇹 AustriaIce rink at Echerntal · 15 dic – 28 feb (di solito)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. Contea di Pyeongchang 🇰🇷 Corea del SudPyeongchang Trout Festival · 5 gen – 10 feb (di solito)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 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaSkating in Millennium Park · 15 nov – 5 mar (di solito)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 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaHyalite ice-climbing season · 1 dic – 15 mar (di solito)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. Detroit 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaSkating at Campus Martius · 20 nov – 25 feb (di solito)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. Parco nazionale del Bryce Canyon 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaWall Street closed for winter · 1 nov – 10 apr (di solito)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 🇹🇷 TurchiaCildir lake ice season · 1 gen – 28 feb (di solito)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 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaLake Mendota ice season · 20 dic – 5 apr (di solito)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 🇷🇺 RussiaAmur Bay ice · 20 dic – 20 mar (di solito)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 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaIntl Snow Sculpture Championships · 20 gen – 5 feb (di solito)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. Stoccolma 🇸🇪 SveziaSkating on natural ice · 20 dic – 10 mar (di solito)Nordic tour skating on frozen lakes, Lake Malaren and, in cold winters, the archipelago.34
  18. Edmonton 🇨🇦 CanadaIce on Whyte · 24 gen – 8 feb (di solito)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 🇸🇰 SlovacchiaTatra Temple of Ice at Hrebienok · 14 nov – 19 apr (di solito)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 dic – 15 mar (di solito)The hotel clears a rink and a long track on the lake once the ice takes, usually just before Christmas.33
  21. Parco nazionale delle dune dell'Indiana 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaShelf ice on the shore · 1 gen – 5 mar (di solito)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 🇨🇳 CinaIce and Snow World · 20 dic – 28 feb (di solito)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. Chabarovsk 🇷🇺 RussiaIce Fantasy sculpture festival · 1–31 gen (di solito)An ice-carving competition held every January since the early 2000s, using blocks cut from the Amur.32
  24. Ottawa 🇨🇦 CanadaRideau Canal Skateway · 5 gen – 5 mar (di solito)Almost eight kilometres of frozen canal is ploughed into something people commute to work on.32
  25. Parco nazionale di Yellowstone 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaOversnow winter season · 15 dic – 15 mar (di solito)Between mid-December and mid-March the interior is reachable only by guided snowcoach or snowmobile, booked months ahead.31

…e altri 19 in gennaio.

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Stagione del ghiaccio in febbraio

  1. Sendai 🇯🇵 GiapponeZao snow monsters · 1 gen – 5 mar (di solito)Rime freezes onto the firs on the Zao ridge, about two hours west, until they are unrecognisable lumps.63
  2. Balaton 🇭🇺 UngheriaLake ice · 5 gen – 28 feb (di solito)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 🇯🇵 GiapponeCastle Ice Sculpture Festival · 20 gen – 5 feb (di solito)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. Pechino 🇨🇳 CinaSkating on Houhai · 20 dic – 15 feb (di solito)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 🇦🇹 AustriaIce rink at Echerntal · 15 dic – 28 feb (di solito)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 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaThe Rink at PPG Place · 14 nov – 1 mar (di solito)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 🇯🇵 GiapponeShirakawa-go winter light-up · 15 gen – 20 feb (di solito)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 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaSkating in Millennium Park · 15 nov – 5 mar (di solito)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. Detroit 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaSkating at Campus Martius · 20 nov – 25 feb (di solito)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. Contea di Pyeongchang 🇰🇷 Corea del SudPyeongchang Trout Festival · 5 gen – 10 feb (di solito)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 🇹🇷 TurchiaCildir lake ice season · 1 gen – 28 feb (di solito)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. Stoccolma 🇸🇪 SveziaSkating on natural ice · 20 dic – 10 mar (di solito)Nordic tour skating on frozen lakes, Lake Malaren and, in cold winters, the archipelago.45
  13. Bozeman 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaHyalite ice-climbing season · 1 dic – 15 mar (di solito)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. Parco nazionale del Bryce Canyon 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaWall Street closed for winter · 1 nov – 10 apr (di solito)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 🇷🇺 RussiaAmur Bay ice · 20 dic – 20 mar (di solito)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 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaLake Mendota ice season · 20 dic – 5 apr (di solito)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 🇱🇻 LettoniaJelgava Ice Sculpture Festival · 1–16 feb (di solito)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 🇸🇰 SlovacchiaTatra Temple of Ice at Hrebienok · 14 nov – 19 apr (di solito)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 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaIntl Snow Sculpture Championships · 20 gen – 5 feb (di solito)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 gen – 8 feb (di solito)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 🇧🇾 BielorussiaIce season · 10 dic – 5 mar (di solito)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 gen – 5 mar (di solito)Almost eight kilometres of frozen canal is ploughed into something people commute to work on.39
  23. Helsinki 🇫🇮 FinlandiaSea ice and winter swimming · 1 gen – 20 mar (di solito)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. Parco nazionale delle dune dell'Indiana 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaShelf ice on the shore · 1 gen – 5 mar (di solito)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. Ekaterinburg 🇷🇺 RussiaIce sculpture season · 20 dic – 25 feb (di solito)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

…e altri 21 in febbraio.

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Stagione del ghiaccio in marzo

  1. Sendai 🇯🇵 GiapponeZao snow monsters · 1 gen – 5 mar (di solito)Rime freezes onto the firs on the Zao ridge, about two hours west, until they are unrecognisable lumps.69
  2. Chicago 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaSkating in Millennium Park · 15 nov – 5 mar (di solito)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 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaThe Rink at PPG Place · 14 nov – 1 mar (di solito)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 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaHyalite ice-climbing season · 1 dic – 15 mar (di solito)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 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaLake Mendota ice season · 20 dic – 5 apr (di solito)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. Stoccolma 🇸🇪 SveziaSkating on natural ice · 20 dic – 10 mar (di solito)Nordic tour skating on frozen lakes, Lake Malaren and, in cold winters, the archipelago.59
  7. Vladivostok 🇷🇺 RussiaAmur Bay ice · 20 dic – 20 mar (di solito)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 🇸🇰 SlovacchiaTatra Temple of Ice at Hrebienok · 14 nov – 19 apr (di solito)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 🇧🇾 BielorussiaIce season · 10 dic – 5 mar (di solito)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. Irkutsk 🇷🇺 RussiaBaikal ice season · 15 gen – 15 apr (di solito)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 🇫🇮 FinlandiaSea ice and winter swimming · 1 gen – 20 mar (di solito)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. Nižnij Novgorod 🇷🇺 RussiaVolga and Oka freeze · 5 dic – 25 mar (di solito)Both rivers set at the confluence below the kremlin, the boats stop, and ice fishermen dot the white from the Strelka downstream.51
  13. Mosca 🇷🇺 RussiaOutdoor skating rinks open · 25 nov – 10 mar (di solito)Gorky Park, VDNKh and Red Square freeze their rinks from late November and keep them going until the thaw.50
  14. Parco nazionale del Bryce Canyon 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaWall Street closed for winter · 1 nov – 10 apr (di solito)The switchbacks down Wall Street shut once ice and rockfall set in, so the Navajo Loop runs one way only until spring.50
  15. Chabarovsk 🇷🇺 RussiaAmur frozen over · 20 nov – 15 apr (di solito)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 gen – 5 mar (di solito)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. Parco nazionale delle dune dell'Indiana 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaShelf ice on the shore · 1 gen – 5 mar (di solito)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' 🇷🇺 RussiaFrozen Volga and Kazanka · 15 dic – 20 mar (di solito)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 dic – 15 mar (di solito)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 gen – 5 mar (di solito)Almost eight kilometres of frozen canal is ploughed into something people commute to work on.48
  21. Rovaniemi 🇫🇮 FinlandiaHusky, reindeer and snowmobile season · 10 dic – 5 apr (di solito)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 🇸🇪 SveziaIcehotel season · 1 dic – 15 apr (di solito)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 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaWorld Ice Art Championships · 15 feb – 5 apr (di solito)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. Novosibirsk 🇷🇺 RussiaOb Sea ice · 25 nov – 10 apr (di solito)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. Parco nazionale di Yellowstone 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaOversnow winter season · 15 dic – 15 mar (di solito)Between mid-December and mid-March the interior is reachable only by guided snowcoach or snowmobile, booked months ahead.44

…e altri 10 in marzo.

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Stagione del ghiaccio in aprile

  1. Novosibirsk 🇷🇺 RussiaOb Sea ice · 25 nov – 10 apr (di solito)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. Chabarovsk 🇷🇺 RussiaAmur frozen over · 20 nov – 15 apr (di solito)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. Irkutsk 🇷🇺 RussiaBaikal ice season · 15 gen – 15 apr (di solito)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 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaLake Mendota ice season · 20 dic – 5 apr (di solito)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 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaWorld Ice Art Championships · 15 feb – 5 apr (di solito)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 🇸🇰 SlovacchiaTatra Temple of Ice at Hrebienok · 14 nov – 19 apr (di solito)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 🇫🇮 FinlandiaHusky, reindeer and snowmobile season · 10 dic – 5 apr (di solito)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. Parco nazionale del Bryce Canyon 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaWall Street closed for winter · 1 nov – 10 apr (di solito)The switchbacks down Wall Street shut once ice and rockfall set in, so the Navajo Loop runs one way only until spring.61
  9. Jakutsk 🇷🇺 RussiaLena ice road · 15 dic – 15 apr (di solito)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 🇸🇪 SveziaIcehotel season · 1 dic – 15 apr (di solito)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 🇬🇱 GroenlandiaDog sledding season · 5 gen – 15 apr (di solito)This is the largest sledding district in Greenland and the teams work once the bay ice takes, roughly January to April.55
  12. Magadan 🇷🇺 RussiaSea of Okhotsk frozen · 15 dic – 20 apr (di solito)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. Parco nazionale del lago Crater 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaDeep winter · 1 nov – 30 aprOne 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 e Jan MayenSnowmobile and sun-winter season · 1 mar – 16 magLight, 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

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Stagione del ghiaccio in maggio

  1. Fairbanks 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaNenana Ice Classic breakup · 20 apr – 15 mag (di solito)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 e Jan MayenSnowmobile and sun-winter season · 1 mar – 16 magLight, 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

Cosa c'è in programma nel mondo in maggio →

Stagione del ghiaccio in novembre

  1. Chicago 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaSkating in Millennium Park · 15 nov – 5 mar (di solito)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 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaThe Rink at PPG Place · 14 nov – 1 mar (di solito)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. Detroit 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaSkating at Campus Martius · 20 nov – 25 feb (di solito)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. Parco nazionale del Bryce Canyon 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaWall Street closed for winter · 1 nov – 10 apr (di solito)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 🇸🇰 SlovacchiaTatra Temple of Ice at Hrebienok · 14 nov – 19 apr (di solito)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. Mosca 🇷🇺 RussiaOutdoor skating rinks open · 25 nov – 10 mar (di solito)Gorky Park, VDNKh and Red Square freeze their rinks from late November and keep them going until the thaw.41
  7. Chabarovsk 🇷🇺 RussiaAmur frozen over · 20 nov – 15 apr (di solito)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. Parco nazionale del lago Crater 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaDeep winter · 1 nov – 30 aprOne 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 🇮🇸 IslandaIce cave season · 1 nov – 31 mar (di solito)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. Novosibirsk 🇷🇺 RussiaOb Sea ice · 25 nov – 10 apr (di solito)The reservoir south of the city freezes hard enough for cars, and the shore fills with ice fishing tents, kite skiers and snowmobiles.32

Cosa c'è in programma nel mondo in novembre →

Stagione del ghiaccio in dicembre

  1. Pechino 🇨🇳 CinaSkating on Houhai · 20 dic – 15 feb (di solito)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 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaThe Rink at PPG Place · 14 nov – 1 mar (di solito)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 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaSkating in Millennium Park · 15 nov – 5 mar (di solito)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. Detroit 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaSkating at Campus Martius · 20 nov – 25 feb (di solito)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 🇦🇹 AustriaIce rink at Echerntal · 15 dic – 28 feb (di solito)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. Parco nazionale del Bryce Canyon 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaWall Street closed for winter · 1 nov – 10 apr (di solito)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 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaHyalite ice-climbing season · 1 dic – 15 mar (di solito)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 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaLake Mendota ice season · 20 dic – 5 apr (di solito)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 🇷🇺 RussiaAmur Bay ice · 20 dic – 20 mar (di solito)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. Stoccolma 🇸🇪 SveziaSkating on natural ice · 20 dic – 10 mar (di solito)Nordic tour skating on frozen lakes, Lake Malaren and, in cold winters, the archipelago.38
  11. Leh 🇮🇳 IndiaPangong and the lakes freeze · 20 dic – 10 mar (di solito)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 🇧🇾 BielorussiaIce season · 10 dic – 5 mar (di solito)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 🇸🇰 SlovacchiaTatra Temple of Ice at Hrebienok · 14 nov – 19 apr (di solito)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. Mosca 🇷🇺 RussiaOutdoor skating rinks open · 25 nov – 10 mar (di solito)Gorky Park, VDNKh and Red Square freeze their rinks from late November and keep them going until the thaw.31
  15. Nižnij Novgorod 🇷🇺 RussiaVolga and Oka freeze · 5 dic – 25 mar (di solito)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 dic – 15 mar (di solito)The hotel clears a rink and a long track on the lake once the ice takes, usually just before Christmas.29
  17. Harbin 🇨🇳 CinaIce and Snow World · 20 dic – 28 feb (di solito)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. Chabarovsk 🇷🇺 RussiaAmur frozen over · 20 nov – 15 apr (di solito)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. Ekaterinburg 🇷🇺 RussiaIce sculpture season · 20 dic – 25 feb (di solito)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' 🇷🇺 RussiaFrozen Volga and Kazanka · 15 dic – 20 mar (di solito)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. Parco nazionale di Yellowstone 🇺🇸 Stati Uniti d'AmericaOversnow winter season · 15 dic – 15 mar (di solito)Between mid-December and mid-March the interior is reachable only by guided snowcoach or snowmobile, booked months ahead.28
  22. Rovaniemi 🇫🇮 FinlandiaHusky, reindeer and snowmobile season · 10 dic – 5 apr (di solito)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 🇸🇪 SveziaIcehotel season · 1 dic – 15 apr (di solito)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 🇮🇸 IslandaIce cave season · 1 nov – 31 mar (di solito)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. Novosibirsk 🇷🇺 RussiaOb Sea ice · 25 nov – 10 apr (di solito)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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