Ледовый сезон, месяц за месяцем по всему миру
Ледяные пещеры, замёрзшие водопады, коньки по каналу, собачьи упряжки и зимники — недели, когда именно холод и есть достопримечательность.
48 направлений в SeasonMap; внутри каждого месяца — сортировка по оценке комфорта, потому что важно не только где сезон идёт, но и стоит ли погода поездки, пока он идёт.
Когда идёт
Ледовый сезон — январь
- Сендай 🇯🇵 ЯпонияZao snow monsters · 1 янв – 5 мар (обычно)Rime freezes onto the firs on the Zao ridge, about two hours west, until they are unrecognisable lumps.57
- Мацумото 🇯🇵 ЯпонияCastle Ice Sculpture Festival · 20 янв – 5 фев (обычно)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
- Балатон 🇭🇺 ВенгрияLake ice · 5 янв – 28 фев (обычно)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
- Пекин 🇨🇳 КитайSkating on Houhai · 20 дек – 15 фев (обычно)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
- Такаяма 🇯🇵 ЯпонияShirakawa-go winter light-up · 15 янв – 20 фев (обычно)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
- Питтсбург 🇺🇸 Соединённые Штаты АмерикиThe Rink at PPG Place · 14 ноя – 1 мар (обычно)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
- Халльштатт 🇦🇹 АвстрияIce rink at Echerntal · 15 дек – 28 фев (обычно)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
- Пхёнчхан 🇰🇷 Республика КореяPyeongchang Trout Festival · 5 янв – 10 фев (обычно)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
- Чикаго 🇺🇸 Соединённые Штаты АмерикиSkating in Millennium Park · 15 ноя – 5 мар (обычно)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
- Бозмен 🇺🇸 Соединённые Штаты АмерикиHyalite ice-climbing season · 1 дек – 15 мар (обычно)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
- Детройт 🇺🇸 Соединённые Штаты АмерикиSkating at Campus Martius · 20 ноя – 25 фев (обычно)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
- Брайс-Каньон 🇺🇸 Соединённые Штаты АмерикиWall Street closed for winter · 1 ноя – 10 апр (обычно)The switchbacks down Wall Street shut once ice and rockfall set in, so the Navajo Loop runs one way only until spring.38
- Карс 🇹🇷 ТурцияCildir lake ice season · 1 янв – 28 фев (обычно)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
- Мадисон 🇺🇸 Соединённые Штаты АмерикиLake Mendota ice season · 20 дек – 5 апр (обычно)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
- Владивосток 🇷🇺 РоссияAmur Bay ice · 20 дек – 20 мар (обычно)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
- Брекенридж 🇺🇸 Соединённые Штаты АмерикиIntl Snow Sculpture Championships · 20 янв – 5 фев (обычно)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
- Стокгольм 🇸🇪 ШвецияSkating on natural ice · 20 дек – 10 мар (обычно)Nordic tour skating on frozen lakes, Lake Malaren and, in cold winters, the archipelago.34
- Эдмонтон 🇨🇦 КанадаIce on Whyte · 24 янв – 8 фев (обычно)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
- Фуникулёр Стари-Смоковец — Гребиенок 🇸🇰 СловакияTatra Temple of Ice at Hrebienok · 14 ноя – 19 апр (обычно)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
- Банф 🇨🇦 КанадаSkating on Lake Louise · 20 дек – 15 мар (обычно)The hotel clears a rink and a long track on the lake once the ice takes, usually just before Christmas.33
- Дюны Индианы 🇺🇸 Соединённые Штаты АмерикиShelf ice on the shore · 1 янв – 5 мар (обычно)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
- Харбин 🇨🇳 КитайIce and Snow World · 20 дек – 28 фев (обычно)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
- Хабаровск 🇷🇺 РоссияIce Fantasy sculpture festival · 1–31 янв (обычно)An ice-carving competition held every January since the early 2000s, using blocks cut from the Amur.32
- Оттава 🇨🇦 КанадаRideau Canal Skateway · 5 янв – 5 мар (обычно)Almost eight kilometres of frozen canal is ploughed into something people commute to work on.32
- Йеллоустонский национальный парк 🇺🇸 Соединённые Штаты АмерикиOversnow winter season · 15 дек – 15 мар (обычно)Between mid-December and mid-March the interior is reachable only by guided snowcoach or snowmobile, booked months ahead.31
…и ещё 19 в этом месяце (январь).
Ледовый сезон — февраль
- Сендай 🇯🇵 ЯпонияZao snow monsters · 1 янв – 5 мар (обычно)Rime freezes onto the firs on the Zao ridge, about two hours west, until they are unrecognisable lumps.63
- Балатон 🇭🇺 ВенгрияLake ice · 5 янв – 28 фев (обычно)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
- Мацумото 🇯🇵 ЯпонияCastle Ice Sculpture Festival · 20 янв – 5 фев (обычно)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
- Пекин 🇨🇳 КитайSkating on Houhai · 20 дек – 15 фев (обычно)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
- Халльштатт 🇦🇹 АвстрияIce rink at Echerntal · 15 дек – 28 фев (обычно)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
- Питтсбург 🇺🇸 Соединённые Штаты АмерикиThe Rink at PPG Place · 14 ноя – 1 мар (обычно)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
- Такаяма 🇯🇵 ЯпонияShirakawa-go winter light-up · 15 янв – 20 фев (обычно)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
- Чикаго 🇺🇸 Соединённые Штаты АмерикиSkating in Millennium Park · 15 ноя – 5 мар (обычно)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
- Детройт 🇺🇸 Соединённые Штаты АмерикиSkating at Campus Martius · 20 ноя – 25 фев (обычно)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
- Пхёнчхан 🇰🇷 Республика КореяPyeongchang Trout Festival · 5 янв – 10 фев (обычно)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
- Карс 🇹🇷 ТурцияCildir lake ice season · 1 янв – 28 фев (обычно)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
- Стокгольм 🇸🇪 ШвецияSkating on natural ice · 20 дек – 10 мар (обычно)Nordic tour skating on frozen lakes, Lake Malaren and, in cold winters, the archipelago.45
- Бозмен 🇺🇸 Соединённые Штаты АмерикиHyalite ice-climbing season · 1 дек – 15 мар (обычно)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
- Брайс-Каньон 🇺🇸 Соединённые Штаты АмерикиWall Street closed for winter · 1 ноя – 10 апр (обычно)The switchbacks down Wall Street shut once ice and rockfall set in, so the Navajo Loop runs one way only until spring.44
- Владивосток 🇷🇺 РоссияAmur Bay ice · 20 дек – 20 мар (обычно)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
- Мадисон 🇺🇸 Соединённые Штаты АмерикиLake Mendota ice season · 20 дек – 5 апр (обычно)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
- Рига 🇱🇻 ЛатвияJelgava Ice Sculpture Festival · 1–16 фев (обычно)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
- Фуникулёр Стари-Смоковец — Гребиенок 🇸🇰 СловакияTatra Temple of Ice at Hrebienok · 14 ноя – 19 апр (обычно)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
- Брекенридж 🇺🇸 Соединённые Штаты АмерикиIntl Snow Sculpture Championships · 20 янв – 5 фев (обычно)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
- Эдмонтон 🇨🇦 КанадаIce on Whyte · 24 янв – 8 фев (обычно)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
- Минск 🇧🇾 БеларусьIce season · 10 дек – 5 мар (обычно)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
- Оттава 🇨🇦 КанадаRideau Canal Skateway · 5 янв – 5 мар (обычно)Almost eight kilometres of frozen canal is ploughed into something people commute to work on.39
- Хельсинки 🇫🇮 ФинляндияSea ice and winter swimming · 1 янв – 20 мар (обычно)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
- Дюны Индианы 🇺🇸 Соединённые Штаты АмерикиShelf ice on the shore · 1 янв – 5 мар (обычно)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
- Екатеринбург 🇷🇺 РоссияIce sculpture season · 20 дек – 25 фев (обычно)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
…и ещё 21 в этом месяце (февраль).
Ледовый сезон — март
- Сендай 🇯🇵 ЯпонияZao snow monsters · 1 янв – 5 мар (обычно)Rime freezes onto the firs on the Zao ridge, about two hours west, until they are unrecognisable lumps.69
- Чикаго 🇺🇸 Соединённые Штаты АмерикиSkating in Millennium Park · 15 ноя – 5 мар (обычно)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
- Питтсбург 🇺🇸 Соединённые Штаты АмерикиThe Rink at PPG Place · 14 ноя – 1 мар (обычно)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
- Бозмен 🇺🇸 Соединённые Штаты АмерикиHyalite ice-climbing season · 1 дек – 15 мар (обычно)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
- Мадисон 🇺🇸 Соединённые Штаты АмерикиLake Mendota ice season · 20 дек – 5 апр (обычно)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
- Стокгольм 🇸🇪 ШвецияSkating on natural ice · 20 дек – 10 мар (обычно)Nordic tour skating on frozen lakes, Lake Malaren and, in cold winters, the archipelago.59
- Владивосток 🇷🇺 РоссияAmur Bay ice · 20 дек – 20 мар (обычно)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
- Фуникулёр Стари-Смоковец — Гребиенок 🇸🇰 СловакияTatra Temple of Ice at Hrebienok · 14 ноя – 19 апр (обычно)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
- Минск 🇧🇾 БеларусьIce season · 10 дек – 5 мар (обычно)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
- Иркутск 🇷🇺 РоссияBaikal ice season · 15 янв – 15 апр (обычно)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
- Хельсинки 🇫🇮 ФинляндияSea ice and winter swimming · 1 янв – 20 мар (обычно)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
- Нижний Новгород 🇷🇺 РоссияVolga and Oka freeze · 5 дек – 25 мар (обычно)Both rivers set at the confluence below the kremlin, the boats stop, and ice fishermen dot the white from the Strelka downstream.51
- Москва 🇷🇺 РоссияOutdoor skating rinks open · 25 ноя – 10 мар (обычно)Gorky Park, VDNKh and Red Square freeze their rinks from late November and keep them going until the thaw.50
- Брайс-Каньон 🇺🇸 Соединённые Штаты АмерикиWall Street closed for winter · 1 ноя – 10 апр (обычно)The switchbacks down Wall Street shut once ice and rockfall set in, so the Navajo Loop runs one way only until spring.50
- Хабаровск 🇷🇺 РоссияAmur frozen over · 20 ноя – 15 апр (обычно)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
- Виннипег 🇨🇦 КанадаFrozen river trail · 5 янв – 5 мар (обычно)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
- Дюны Индианы 🇺🇸 Соединённые Штаты АмерикиShelf ice on the shore · 1 янв – 5 мар (обычно)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
- Казань 🇷🇺 РоссияFrozen Volga and Kazanka · 15 дек – 20 мар (обычно)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
- Банф 🇨🇦 КанадаSkating on Lake Louise · 20 дек – 15 мар (обычно)The hotel clears a rink and a long track on the lake once the ice takes, usually just before Christmas.48
- Оттава 🇨🇦 КанадаRideau Canal Skateway · 5 янв – 5 мар (обычно)Almost eight kilometres of frozen canal is ploughed into something people commute to work on.48
- Рованиеми 🇫🇮 ФинляндияHusky, reindeer and snowmobile season · 10 дек – 5 апр (обычно)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
- Кируна 🇸🇪 ШвецияIcehotel season · 1 дек – 15 апр (обычно)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
- Фэрбанкс 🇺🇸 Соединённые Штаты АмерикиWorld Ice Art Championships · 15 фев – 5 апр (обычно)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
- Новосибирск 🇷🇺 РоссияOb Sea ice · 25 ноя – 10 апр (обычно)The reservoir south of the city freezes hard enough for cars, and the shore fills with ice fishing tents, kite skiers and snowmobiles.46
- Йеллоустонский национальный парк 🇺🇸 Соединённые Штаты АмерикиOversnow winter season · 15 дек – 15 мар (обычно)Between mid-December and mid-March the interior is reachable only by guided snowcoach or snowmobile, booked months ahead.44
…и ещё 10 в этом месяце (март).
Ледовый сезон — апрель
- Новосибирск 🇷🇺 РоссияOb Sea ice · 25 ноя – 10 апр (обычно)The reservoir south of the city freezes hard enough for cars, and the shore fills with ice fishing tents, kite skiers and snowmobiles.71
- Хабаровск 🇷🇺 РоссияAmur frozen over · 20 ноя – 15 апр (обычно)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
- Иркутск 🇷🇺 РоссияBaikal ice season · 15 янв – 15 апр (обычно)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
- Мадисон 🇺🇸 Соединённые Штаты АмерикиLake Mendota ice season · 20 дек – 5 апр (обычно)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
- Фэрбанкс 🇺🇸 Соединённые Штаты АмерикиWorld Ice Art Championships · 15 фев – 5 апр (обычно)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
- Фуникулёр Стари-Смоковец — Гребиенок 🇸🇰 СловакияTatra Temple of Ice at Hrebienok · 14 ноя – 19 апр (обычно)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
- Рованиеми 🇫🇮 ФинляндияHusky, reindeer and snowmobile season · 10 дек – 5 апр (обычно)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
- Брайс-Каньон 🇺🇸 Соединённые Штаты АмерикиWall Street closed for winter · 1 ноя – 10 апр (обычно)The switchbacks down Wall Street shut once ice and rockfall set in, so the Navajo Loop runs one way only until spring.61
- Якутск 🇷🇺 РоссияLena ice road · 15 дек – 15 апр (обычно)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
- Кируна 🇸🇪 ШвецияIcehotel season · 1 дек – 15 апр (обычно)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
- Илулиссат 🇬🇱 ГренландияDog sledding season · 5 янв – 15 апр (обычно)This is the largest sledding district in Greenland and the teams work once the bay ice takes, roughly January to April.55
- Магадан 🇷🇺 РоссияSea of Okhotsk frozen · 15 дек – 20 апр (обычно)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
- Озеро Крейтер 🇺🇸 Соединённые Штаты АмерикиDeep winter · 1 ноя – 30 апрOne 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
- Лонгйир 🇸🇯 Шпицберген и Ян-МайенSnowmobile and sun-winter season · 1 мар – 16 майLight, 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
Ледовый сезон — май
- Фэрбанкс 🇺🇸 Соединённые Штаты АмерикиNenana Ice Classic breakup · 20 апр – 15 май (обычно)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
- Лонгйир 🇸🇯 Шпицберген и Ян-МайенSnowmobile and sun-winter season · 1 мар – 16 майLight, 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
Ледовый сезон — ноябрь
- Чикаго 🇺🇸 Соединённые Штаты АмерикиSkating in Millennium Park · 15 ноя – 5 мар (обычно)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
- Питтсбург 🇺🇸 Соединённые Штаты АмерикиThe Rink at PPG Place · 14 ноя – 1 мар (обычно)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
- Детройт 🇺🇸 Соединённые Штаты АмерикиSkating at Campus Martius · 20 ноя – 25 фев (обычно)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
- Брайс-Каньон 🇺🇸 Соединённые Штаты АмерикиWall Street closed for winter · 1 ноя – 10 апр (обычно)The switchbacks down Wall Street shut once ice and rockfall set in, so the Navajo Loop runs one way only until spring.52
- Фуникулёр Стари-Смоковец — Гребиенок 🇸🇰 СловакияTatra Temple of Ice at Hrebienok · 14 ноя – 19 апр (обычно)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
- Москва 🇷🇺 РоссияOutdoor skating rinks open · 25 ноя – 10 мар (обычно)Gorky Park, VDNKh and Red Square freeze their rinks from late November and keep them going until the thaw.41
- Хабаровск 🇷🇺 РоссияAmur frozen over · 20 ноя – 15 апр (обычно)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
- Озеро Крейтер 🇺🇸 Соединённые Штаты АмерикиDeep winter · 1 ноя – 30 апрOne 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
- Вик 🇮🇸 ИсландияIce cave season · 1 ноя – 31 мар (обычно)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
- Новосибирск 🇷🇺 РоссияOb Sea ice · 25 ноя – 10 апр (обычно)The reservoir south of the city freezes hard enough for cars, and the shore fills with ice fishing tents, kite skiers and snowmobiles.32
Ледовый сезон — декабрь
- Пекин 🇨🇳 КитайSkating on Houhai · 20 дек – 15 фев (обычно)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
- Питтсбург 🇺🇸 Соединённые Штаты АмерикиThe Rink at PPG Place · 14 ноя – 1 мар (обычно)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
- Чикаго 🇺🇸 Соединённые Штаты АмерикиSkating in Millennium Park · 15 ноя – 5 мар (обычно)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
- Детройт 🇺🇸 Соединённые Штаты АмерикиSkating at Campus Martius · 20 ноя – 25 фев (обычно)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
- Халльштатт 🇦🇹 АвстрияIce rink at Echerntal · 15 дек – 28 фев (обычно)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
- Брайс-Каньон 🇺🇸 Соединённые Штаты АмерикиWall Street closed for winter · 1 ноя – 10 апр (обычно)The switchbacks down Wall Street shut once ice and rockfall set in, so the Navajo Loop runs one way only until spring.42
- Бозмен 🇺🇸 Соединённые Штаты АмерикиHyalite ice-climbing season · 1 дек – 15 мар (обычно)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
- Мадисон 🇺🇸 Соединённые Штаты АмерикиLake Mendota ice season · 20 дек – 5 апр (обычно)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
- Владивосток 🇷🇺 РоссияAmur Bay ice · 20 дек – 20 мар (обычно)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
- Стокгольм 🇸🇪 ШвецияSkating on natural ice · 20 дек – 10 мар (обычно)Nordic tour skating on frozen lakes, Lake Malaren and, in cold winters, the archipelago.38
- Лех 🇮🇳 ИндияPangong and the lakes freeze · 20 дек – 10 мар (обычно)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
- Минск 🇧🇾 БеларусьIce season · 10 дек – 5 мар (обычно)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
- Фуникулёр Стари-Смоковец — Гребиенок 🇸🇰 СловакияTatra Temple of Ice at Hrebienok · 14 ноя – 19 апр (обычно)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
- Москва 🇷🇺 РоссияOutdoor skating rinks open · 25 ноя – 10 мар (обычно)Gorky Park, VDNKh and Red Square freeze their rinks from late November and keep them going until the thaw.31
- Нижний Новгород 🇷🇺 РоссияVolga and Oka freeze · 5 дек – 25 мар (обычно)Both rivers set at the confluence below the kremlin, the boats stop, and ice fishermen dot the white from the Strelka downstream.30
- Банф 🇨🇦 КанадаSkating on Lake Louise · 20 дек – 15 мар (обычно)The hotel clears a rink and a long track on the lake once the ice takes, usually just before Christmas.29
- Харбин 🇨🇳 КитайIce and Snow World · 20 дек – 28 фев (обычно)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
- Хабаровск 🇷🇺 РоссияAmur frozen over · 20 ноя – 15 апр (обычно)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
- Екатеринбург 🇷🇺 РоссияIce sculpture season · 20 дек – 25 фев (обычно)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
- Казань 🇷🇺 РоссияFrozen Volga and Kazanka · 15 дек – 20 мар (обычно)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
- Йеллоустонский национальный парк 🇺🇸 Соединённые Штаты АмерикиOversnow winter season · 15 дек – 15 мар (обычно)Between mid-December and mid-March the interior is reachable only by guided snowcoach or snowmobile, booked months ahead.28
- Рованиеми 🇫🇮 ФинляндияHusky, reindeer and snowmobile season · 10 дек – 5 апр (обычно)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
- Кируна 🇸🇪 ШвецияIcehotel season · 1 дек – 15 апр (обычно)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
- Вик 🇮🇸 ИсландияIce cave season · 1 ноя – 31 мар (обычно)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
- Новосибирск 🇷🇺 РоссияOb Sea ice · 25 ноя – 10 апр (обычно)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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