氷のシーズン — 世界の月ごとのガイド
氷の洞窟、凍った滝、運河でのスケート、犬ぞりに氷上道路 — 寒さそのものが見どころになる数週間です。
SeasonMapの48か所の旅行先を、各月の中で快適スコア順に並べています — 大事なのは、その季節がどこで見られるかだけでなく、その間の天気が旅に値するかどうかだからです。
見られる時期
1月の氷のシーズン
- 仙台市 🇯🇵 日本Zao snow monsters · 1月1日〜3月5日(例年)Rime freezes onto the firs on the Zao ridge, about two hours west, until they are unrecognisable lumps.57
- 松本市 🇯🇵 日本Castle Ice Sculpture Festival · 1月20日〜2月5日(例年)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
- バラトン湖 🇭🇺 ハンガリーLake ice · 1月5日〜2月28日(例年)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
- 北京市 🇨🇳 中華人民共和国Skating on Houhai · 12月20日〜2月15日(例年)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
- 高山市 🇯🇵 日本Shirakawa-go winter light-up · 1月15日〜2月20日(例年)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
- ピッツバーグ 🇺🇸 アメリカ合衆国The Rink at PPG Place · 11月14日〜3月1日(例年)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
- ハルシュタット 🇦🇹 オーストリアIce rink at Echerntal · 12月15日〜2月28日(例年)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
- 平昌郡 🇰🇷 大韓民国Pyeongchang Trout Festival · 1月5日〜2月10日(例年)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
- シカゴ 🇺🇸 アメリカ合衆国Skating in Millennium Park · 11月15日〜3月5日(例年)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
- ボーズマン 🇺🇸 アメリカ合衆国Hyalite ice-climbing season · 12月1日〜3月15日(例年)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
- デトロイト 🇺🇸 アメリカ合衆国Skating at Campus Martius · 11月20日〜2月25日(例年)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
- ブライスキャニオン国立公園 🇺🇸 アメリカ合衆国Wall Street closed for winter · 11月1日〜4月10日(例年)The switchbacks down Wall Street shut once ice and rockfall set in, so the Navajo Loop runs one way only until spring.38
- カルス 🇹🇷 トルコCildir lake ice season · 1月1日〜2月28日(例年)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
- マディソン 🇺🇸 アメリカ合衆国Lake Mendota ice season · 12月20日〜4月5日(例年)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
- ウラジオストク 🇷🇺 ロシアAmur Bay ice · 12月20日〜3月20日(例年)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
- ブレッケンリッジ 🇺🇸 アメリカ合衆国Intl Snow Sculpture Championships · 1月20日〜2月5日(例年)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
- ストックホルム 🇸🇪 スウェーデンSkating on natural ice · 12月20日〜3月10日(例年)Nordic tour skating on frozen lakes, Lake Malaren and, in cold winters, the archipelago.34
- エドモントン 🇨🇦 カナダIce on Whyte · 1月24日〜2月8日(例年)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
- スターリー・スモコヴェツ 🇸🇰 スロバキアTatra Temple of Ice at Hrebienok · 11月14日〜4月19日(例年)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
- バンフ 🇨🇦 カナダSkating on Lake Louise · 12月20日〜3月15日(例年)The hotel clears a rink and a long track on the lake once the ice takes, usually just before Christmas.33
- インディアナ砂丘国立湖岸 🇺🇸 アメリカ合衆国Shelf ice on the shore · 1月1日〜3月5日(例年)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
- ハルビン市 🇨🇳 中華人民共和国Ice and Snow World · 12月20日〜2月28日(例年)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
- ハバロフスク 🇷🇺 ロシアIce Fantasy sculpture festival · 1月1日〜31日(例年)An ice-carving competition held every January since the early 2000s, using blocks cut from the Amur.32
- オタワ 🇨🇦 カナダRideau Canal Skateway · 1月5日〜3月5日(例年)Almost eight kilometres of frozen canal is ploughed into something people commute to work on.32
- イエローストーン国立公園 🇺🇸 アメリカ合衆国Oversnow winter season · 12月15日〜3月15日(例年)Between mid-December and mid-March the interior is reachable only by guided snowcoach or snowmobile, booked months ahead.31
…1月はほか19か所。
2月の氷のシーズン
- 仙台市 🇯🇵 日本Zao snow monsters · 1月1日〜3月5日(例年)Rime freezes onto the firs on the Zao ridge, about two hours west, until they are unrecognisable lumps.63
- バラトン湖 🇭🇺 ハンガリーLake ice · 1月5日〜2月28日(例年)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
- 松本市 🇯🇵 日本Castle Ice Sculpture Festival · 1月20日〜2月5日(例年)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
- 北京市 🇨🇳 中華人民共和国Skating on Houhai · 12月20日〜2月15日(例年)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
- ハルシュタット 🇦🇹 オーストリアIce rink at Echerntal · 12月15日〜2月28日(例年)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
- ピッツバーグ 🇺🇸 アメリカ合衆国The Rink at PPG Place · 11月14日〜3月1日(例年)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
- 高山市 🇯🇵 日本Shirakawa-go winter light-up · 1月15日〜2月20日(例年)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
- シカゴ 🇺🇸 アメリカ合衆国Skating in Millennium Park · 11月15日〜3月5日(例年)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
- デトロイト 🇺🇸 アメリカ合衆国Skating at Campus Martius · 11月20日〜2月25日(例年)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
- 平昌郡 🇰🇷 大韓民国Pyeongchang Trout Festival · 1月5日〜2月10日(例年)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
- カルス 🇹🇷 トルコCildir lake ice season · 1月1日〜2月28日(例年)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
- ストックホルム 🇸🇪 スウェーデンSkating on natural ice · 12月20日〜3月10日(例年)Nordic tour skating on frozen lakes, Lake Malaren and, in cold winters, the archipelago.45
- ボーズマン 🇺🇸 アメリカ合衆国Hyalite ice-climbing season · 12月1日〜3月15日(例年)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
- ブライスキャニオン国立公園 🇺🇸 アメリカ合衆国Wall Street closed for winter · 11月1日〜4月10日(例年)The switchbacks down Wall Street shut once ice and rockfall set in, so the Navajo Loop runs one way only until spring.44
- ウラジオストク 🇷🇺 ロシアAmur Bay ice · 12月20日〜3月20日(例年)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
- マディソン 🇺🇸 アメリカ合衆国Lake Mendota ice season · 12月20日〜4月5日(例年)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
- リーガ 🇱🇻 ラトビアJelgava Ice Sculpture Festival · 2月1日〜16日(例年)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
- スターリー・スモコヴェツ 🇸🇰 スロバキアTatra Temple of Ice at Hrebienok · 11月14日〜4月19日(例年)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
- ブレッケンリッジ 🇺🇸 アメリカ合衆国Intl Snow Sculpture Championships · 1月20日〜2月5日(例年)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
- エドモントン 🇨🇦 カナダIce on Whyte · 1月24日〜2月8日(例年)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
- ミンスク 🇧🇾 ベラルーシIce season · 12月10日〜3月5日(例年)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
- オタワ 🇨🇦 カナダRideau Canal Skateway · 1月5日〜3月5日(例年)Almost eight kilometres of frozen canal is ploughed into something people commute to work on.39
- ヘルシンキ 🇫🇮 フィンランドSea ice and winter swimming · 1月1日〜3月20日(例年)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
- インディアナ砂丘国立湖岸 🇺🇸 アメリカ合衆国Shelf ice on the shore · 1月1日〜3月5日(例年)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
- エカテリンブルク 🇷🇺 ロシアIce sculpture season · 12月20日〜2月25日(例年)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
…2月はほか21か所。
3月の氷のシーズン
- 仙台市 🇯🇵 日本Zao snow monsters · 1月1日〜3月5日(例年)Rime freezes onto the firs on the Zao ridge, about two hours west, until they are unrecognisable lumps.69
- シカゴ 🇺🇸 アメリカ合衆国Skating in Millennium Park · 11月15日〜3月5日(例年)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
- ピッツバーグ 🇺🇸 アメリカ合衆国The Rink at PPG Place · 11月14日〜3月1日(例年)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
- ボーズマン 🇺🇸 アメリカ合衆国Hyalite ice-climbing season · 12月1日〜3月15日(例年)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
- マディソン 🇺🇸 アメリカ合衆国Lake Mendota ice season · 12月20日〜4月5日(例年)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
- ストックホルム 🇸🇪 スウェーデンSkating on natural ice · 12月20日〜3月10日(例年)Nordic tour skating on frozen lakes, Lake Malaren and, in cold winters, the archipelago.59
- ウラジオストク 🇷🇺 ロシアAmur Bay ice · 12月20日〜3月20日(例年)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
- スターリー・スモコヴェツ 🇸🇰 スロバキアTatra Temple of Ice at Hrebienok · 11月14日〜4月19日(例年)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
- ミンスク 🇧🇾 ベラルーシIce season · 12月10日〜3月5日(例年)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
- イルクーツク 🇷🇺 ロシアBaikal ice season · 1月15日〜4月15日(例年)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
- ヘルシンキ 🇫🇮 フィンランドSea ice and winter swimming · 1月1日〜3月20日(例年)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
- ニジニ・ノヴゴロド 🇷🇺 ロシアVolga and Oka freeze · 12月5日〜3月25日(例年)Both rivers set at the confluence below the kremlin, the boats stop, and ice fishermen dot the white from the Strelka downstream.51
- モスクワ 🇷🇺 ロシアOutdoor skating rinks open · 11月25日〜3月10日(例年)Gorky Park, VDNKh and Red Square freeze their rinks from late November and keep them going until the thaw.50
- ブライスキャニオン国立公園 🇺🇸 アメリカ合衆国Wall Street closed for winter · 11月1日〜4月10日(例年)The switchbacks down Wall Street shut once ice and rockfall set in, so the Navajo Loop runs one way only until spring.50
- ハバロフスク 🇷🇺 ロシアAmur frozen over · 11月20日〜4月15日(例年)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
- ウィニペグ 🇨🇦 カナダFrozen river trail · 1月5日〜3月5日(例年)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
- インディアナ砂丘国立湖岸 🇺🇸 アメリカ合衆国Shelf ice on the shore · 1月1日〜3月5日(例年)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
- カザン 🇷🇺 ロシアFrozen Volga and Kazanka · 12月15日〜3月20日(例年)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
- バンフ 🇨🇦 カナダSkating on Lake Louise · 12月20日〜3月15日(例年)The hotel clears a rink and a long track on the lake once the ice takes, usually just before Christmas.48
- オタワ 🇨🇦 カナダRideau Canal Skateway · 1月5日〜3月5日(例年)Almost eight kilometres of frozen canal is ploughed into something people commute to work on.48
- ロヴァニエミ 🇫🇮 フィンランドHusky, reindeer and snowmobile season · 12月10日〜4月5日(例年)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
- キルナ 🇸🇪 スウェーデンIcehotel season · 12月1日〜4月15日(例年)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
- フェアバンクス 🇺🇸 アメリカ合衆国World Ice Art Championships · 2月15日〜4月5日(例年)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
- ノヴォシビルスク 🇷🇺 ロシアOb Sea ice · 11月25日〜4月10日(例年)The reservoir south of the city freezes hard enough for cars, and the shore fills with ice fishing tents, kite skiers and snowmobiles.46
- イエローストーン国立公園 🇺🇸 アメリカ合衆国Oversnow winter season · 12月15日〜3月15日(例年)Between mid-December and mid-March the interior is reachable only by guided snowcoach or snowmobile, booked months ahead.44
…3月はほか10か所。
4月の氷のシーズン
- ノヴォシビルスク 🇷🇺 ロシアOb Sea ice · 11月25日〜4月10日(例年)The reservoir south of the city freezes hard enough for cars, and the shore fills with ice fishing tents, kite skiers and snowmobiles.71
- ハバロフスク 🇷🇺 ロシアAmur frozen over · 11月20日〜4月15日(例年)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
- イルクーツク 🇷🇺 ロシアBaikal ice season · 1月15日〜4月15日(例年)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
- マディソン 🇺🇸 アメリカ合衆国Lake Mendota ice season · 12月20日〜4月5日(例年)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
- フェアバンクス 🇺🇸 アメリカ合衆国World Ice Art Championships · 2月15日〜4月5日(例年)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
- スターリー・スモコヴェツ 🇸🇰 スロバキアTatra Temple of Ice at Hrebienok · 11月14日〜4月19日(例年)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
- ロヴァニエミ 🇫🇮 フィンランドHusky, reindeer and snowmobile season · 12月10日〜4月5日(例年)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
- ブライスキャニオン国立公園 🇺🇸 アメリカ合衆国Wall Street closed for winter · 11月1日〜4月10日(例年)The switchbacks down Wall Street shut once ice and rockfall set in, so the Navajo Loop runs one way only until spring.61
- ヤクーツク 🇷🇺 ロシアLena ice road · 12月15日〜4月15日(例年)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
- キルナ 🇸🇪 スウェーデンIcehotel season · 12月1日〜4月15日(例年)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
- イルリサット 🇬🇱 グリーンランドDog sledding season · 1月5日〜4月15日(例年)This is the largest sledding district in Greenland and the teams work once the bay ice takes, roughly January to April.55
- マガダン 🇷🇺 ロシアSea of Okhotsk frozen · 12月15日〜4月20日(例年)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
- クレーターレイク国立公園 🇺🇸 アメリカ合衆国Deep winter · 11月1日〜4月30日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
- ロングイェールビーン 🇸🇯 スヴァールバル諸島およびヤンマイエン島Snowmobile and sun-winter season · 3月1日〜5月16日Light, 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
5月の氷のシーズン
- フェアバンクス 🇺🇸 アメリカ合衆国Nenana Ice Classic breakup · 4月20日〜5月15日(例年)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
- ロングイェールビーン 🇸🇯 スヴァールバル諸島およびヤンマイエン島Snowmobile and sun-winter season · 3月1日〜5月16日Light, 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
11月の氷のシーズン
- シカゴ 🇺🇸 アメリカ合衆国Skating in Millennium Park · 11月15日〜3月5日(例年)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
- ピッツバーグ 🇺🇸 アメリカ合衆国The Rink at PPG Place · 11月14日〜3月1日(例年)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
- デトロイト 🇺🇸 アメリカ合衆国Skating at Campus Martius · 11月20日〜2月25日(例年)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
- ブライスキャニオン国立公園 🇺🇸 アメリカ合衆国Wall Street closed for winter · 11月1日〜4月10日(例年)The switchbacks down Wall Street shut once ice and rockfall set in, so the Navajo Loop runs one way only until spring.52
- スターリー・スモコヴェツ 🇸🇰 スロバキアTatra Temple of Ice at Hrebienok · 11月14日〜4月19日(例年)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
- モスクワ 🇷🇺 ロシアOutdoor skating rinks open · 11月25日〜3月10日(例年)Gorky Park, VDNKh and Red Square freeze their rinks from late November and keep them going until the thaw.41
- ハバロフスク 🇷🇺 ロシアAmur frozen over · 11月20日〜4月15日(例年)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
- クレーターレイク国立公園 🇺🇸 アメリカ合衆国Deep winter · 11月1日〜4月30日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
- ヴィーク 🇮🇸 アイスランドIce cave season · 11月1日〜3月31日(例年)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
- ノヴォシビルスク 🇷🇺 ロシアOb Sea ice · 11月25日〜4月10日(例年)The reservoir south of the city freezes hard enough for cars, and the shore fills with ice fishing tents, kite skiers and snowmobiles.32
12月の氷のシーズン
- 北京市 🇨🇳 中華人民共和国Skating on Houhai · 12月20日〜2月15日(例年)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
- ピッツバーグ 🇺🇸 アメリカ合衆国The Rink at PPG Place · 11月14日〜3月1日(例年)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
- シカゴ 🇺🇸 アメリカ合衆国Skating in Millennium Park · 11月15日〜3月5日(例年)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
- デトロイト 🇺🇸 アメリカ合衆国Skating at Campus Martius · 11月20日〜2月25日(例年)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
- ハルシュタット 🇦🇹 オーストリアIce rink at Echerntal · 12月15日〜2月28日(例年)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
- ブライスキャニオン国立公園 🇺🇸 アメリカ合衆国Wall Street closed for winter · 11月1日〜4月10日(例年)The switchbacks down Wall Street shut once ice and rockfall set in, so the Navajo Loop runs one way only until spring.42
- ボーズマン 🇺🇸 アメリカ合衆国Hyalite ice-climbing season · 12月1日〜3月15日(例年)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
- マディソン 🇺🇸 アメリカ合衆国Lake Mendota ice season · 12月20日〜4月5日(例年)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
- ウラジオストク 🇷🇺 ロシアAmur Bay ice · 12月20日〜3月20日(例年)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
- ストックホルム 🇸🇪 スウェーデンSkating on natural ice · 12月20日〜3月10日(例年)Nordic tour skating on frozen lakes, Lake Malaren and, in cold winters, the archipelago.38
- レー 🇮🇳 インドPangong and the lakes freeze · 12月20日〜3月10日(例年)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
- ミンスク 🇧🇾 ベラルーシIce season · 12月10日〜3月5日(例年)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
- スターリー・スモコヴェツ 🇸🇰 スロバキアTatra Temple of Ice at Hrebienok · 11月14日〜4月19日(例年)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
- モスクワ 🇷🇺 ロシアOutdoor skating rinks open · 11月25日〜3月10日(例年)Gorky Park, VDNKh and Red Square freeze their rinks from late November and keep them going until the thaw.31
- ニジニ・ノヴゴロド 🇷🇺 ロシアVolga and Oka freeze · 12月5日〜3月25日(例年)Both rivers set at the confluence below the kremlin, the boats stop, and ice fishermen dot the white from the Strelka downstream.30
- バンフ 🇨🇦 カナダSkating on Lake Louise · 12月20日〜3月15日(例年)The hotel clears a rink and a long track on the lake once the ice takes, usually just before Christmas.29
- ハルビン市 🇨🇳 中華人民共和国Ice and Snow World · 12月20日〜2月28日(例年)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
- ハバロフスク 🇷🇺 ロシアAmur frozen over · 11月20日〜4月15日(例年)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
- エカテリンブルク 🇷🇺 ロシアIce sculpture season · 12月20日〜2月25日(例年)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
- カザン 🇷🇺 ロシアFrozen Volga and Kazanka · 12月15日〜3月20日(例年)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
- イエローストーン国立公園 🇺🇸 アメリカ合衆国Oversnow winter season · 12月15日〜3月15日(例年)Between mid-December and mid-March the interior is reachable only by guided snowcoach or snowmobile, booked months ahead.28
- ロヴァニエミ 🇫🇮 フィンランドHusky, reindeer and snowmobile season · 12月10日〜4月5日(例年)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
- キルナ 🇸🇪 スウェーデンIcehotel season · 12月1日〜4月15日(例年)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
- ヴィーク 🇮🇸 アイスランドIce cave season · 11月1日〜3月31日(例年)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
- ノヴォシビルスク 🇷🇺 ロシアOb Sea ice · 11月25日〜4月10日(例年)The reservoir south of the city freezes hard enough for cars, and the shore fills with ice fishing tents, kite skiers and snowmobiles.25
…12月はほか4か所。