Mùa băng, từng tháng một trên khắp thế giới
Hang băng, thác đóng băng, trượt băng trên kênh đào, xe chó kéo và đường băng — những tuần cái lạnh mới là thứ hút khách.
48 điểm đến trên SeasonMap, xếp hạng trong từng tháng theo điểm dễ chịu — vì điều đáng quan tâm không chỉ là mùa đang diễn ra ở đâu, mà còn là trong lúc đó thời tiết có đáng để lên đường hay không.
Diễn ra khi nào
Mùa băng trong tháng 1
- Sendai 🇯🇵 Nhật BảnZao snow monsters · 1 Th1 – 5 Th3 (thường lệ)Rime freezes onto the firs on the Zao ridge, about two hours west, until they are unrecognisable lumps.57
- Matsumoto 🇯🇵 Nhật BảnCastle Ice Sculpture Festival · 20 Th1 – 5 Th2 (thường lệ)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
- Hồ Balaton 🇭🇺 HungaryLake ice · 5 Th1 – 28 Th2 (thường lệ)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
- Bắc Kinh 🇨🇳 Trung QuốcSkating on Houhai · 20 Th12 – 15 Th2 (thường lệ)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
- Takayama, Gifu 🇯🇵 Nhật BảnShirakawa-go winter light-up · 15 Th1 – 20 Th2 (thường lệ)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
- Pittsburgh 🇺🇸 Hoa KỳThe Rink at PPG Place · 14 Th11 – 1 Th3 (thường lệ)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
- Hallstatt 🇦🇹 ÁoIce rink at Echerntal · 15 Th12 – 28 Th2 (thường lệ)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
- Pyeongchang 🇰🇷 Hàn QuốcPyeongchang Trout Festival · 5 Th1 – 10 Th2 (thường lệ)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
- Chicago 🇺🇸 Hoa KỳSkating in Millennium Park · 15 Th11 – 5 Th3 (thường lệ)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
- Bozeman, Montana 🇺🇸 Hoa KỳHyalite ice-climbing season · 1 Th12 – 15 Th3 (thường lệ)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
- Detroit 🇺🇸 Hoa KỳSkating at Campus Martius · 20 Th11 – 25 Th2 (thường lệ)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
- Vườn quốc gia Bryce Canyon 🇺🇸 Hoa KỳWall Street closed for winter · 1 Th11 – 10 Th4 (thường lệ)The switchbacks down Wall Street shut once ice and rockfall set in, so the Navajo Loop runs one way only until spring.38
- Kars 🇹🇷 Thổ Nhĩ KỳCildir lake ice season · 1 Th1 – 28 Th2 (thường lệ)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
- Madison, Wisconsin 🇺🇸 Hoa KỳLake Mendota ice season · 20 Th12 – 5 Th4 (thường lệ)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
- Vladivostok 🇷🇺 NgaAmur Bay ice · 20 Th12 – 20 Th3 (thường lệ)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, Colorado 🇺🇸 Hoa KỳIntl Snow Sculpture Championships · 20 Th1 – 5 Th2 (thường lệ)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
- Stockholm 🇸🇪 Thụy ĐiểnSkating on natural ice · 20 Th12 – 10 Th3 (thường lệ)Nordic tour skating on frozen lakes, Lake Malaren and, in cold winters, the archipelago.34
- Edmonton 🇨🇦 CanadaIce on Whyte · 24 Th1 – 8 Th2 (thường lệ)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 🇸🇰 SlovakiaTatra Temple of Ice at Hrebienok · 14 Th11 – 19 Th4 (thường lệ)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, Alberta 🇨🇦 CanadaSkating on Lake Louise · 20 Th12 – 15 Th3 (thường lệ)The hotel clears a rink and a long track on the lake once the ice takes, usually just before Christmas.33
- Vườn quốc gia các Đụn cát Indiana 🇺🇸 Hoa KỳShelf ice on the shore · 1 Th1 – 5 Th3 (thường lệ)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
- Cáp Nhĩ Tân 🇨🇳 Trung QuốcIce and Snow World · 20 Th12 – 28 Th2 (thường lệ)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
- Khabarovsk 🇷🇺 NgaIce Fantasy sculpture festival · 1–31 Th1 (thường lệ)An ice-carving competition held every January since the early 2000s, using blocks cut from the Amur.32
- Ottawa 🇨🇦 CanadaRideau Canal Skateway · 5 Th1 – 5 Th3 (thường lệ)Almost eight kilometres of frozen canal is ploughed into something people commute to work on.32
- Vườn quốc gia Yellowstone 🇺🇸 Hoa KỳOversnow winter season · 15 Th12 – 15 Th3 (thường lệ)Between mid-December and mid-March the interior is reachable only by guided snowcoach or snowmobile, booked months ahead.31
…và 19 nơi nữa trong tháng 1.
Mùa băng trong tháng 2
- Sendai 🇯🇵 Nhật BảnZao snow monsters · 1 Th1 – 5 Th3 (thường lệ)Rime freezes onto the firs on the Zao ridge, about two hours west, until they are unrecognisable lumps.63
- Hồ Balaton 🇭🇺 HungaryLake ice · 5 Th1 – 28 Th2 (thường lệ)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
- Matsumoto 🇯🇵 Nhật BảnCastle Ice Sculpture Festival · 20 Th1 – 5 Th2 (thường lệ)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
- Bắc Kinh 🇨🇳 Trung QuốcSkating on Houhai · 20 Th12 – 15 Th2 (thường lệ)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
- Hallstatt 🇦🇹 ÁoIce rink at Echerntal · 15 Th12 – 28 Th2 (thường lệ)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
- Pittsburgh 🇺🇸 Hoa KỳThe Rink at PPG Place · 14 Th11 – 1 Th3 (thường lệ)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
- Takayama, Gifu 🇯🇵 Nhật BảnShirakawa-go winter light-up · 15 Th1 – 20 Th2 (thường lệ)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
- Chicago 🇺🇸 Hoa KỳSkating in Millennium Park · 15 Th11 – 5 Th3 (thường lệ)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
- Detroit 🇺🇸 Hoa KỳSkating at Campus Martius · 20 Th11 – 25 Th2 (thường lệ)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
- Pyeongchang 🇰🇷 Hàn QuốcPyeongchang Trout Festival · 5 Th1 – 10 Th2 (thường lệ)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
- Kars 🇹🇷 Thổ Nhĩ KỳCildir lake ice season · 1 Th1 – 28 Th2 (thường lệ)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
- Stockholm 🇸🇪 Thụy ĐiểnSkating on natural ice · 20 Th12 – 10 Th3 (thường lệ)Nordic tour skating on frozen lakes, Lake Malaren and, in cold winters, the archipelago.45
- Bozeman, Montana 🇺🇸 Hoa KỳHyalite ice-climbing season · 1 Th12 – 15 Th3 (thường lệ)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
- Vườn quốc gia Bryce Canyon 🇺🇸 Hoa KỳWall Street closed for winter · 1 Th11 – 10 Th4 (thường lệ)The switchbacks down Wall Street shut once ice and rockfall set in, so the Navajo Loop runs one way only until spring.44
- Vladivostok 🇷🇺 NgaAmur Bay ice · 20 Th12 – 20 Th3 (thường lệ)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
- Madison, Wisconsin 🇺🇸 Hoa KỳLake Mendota ice season · 20 Th12 – 5 Th4 (thường lệ)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
- Riga 🇱🇻 LatviaJelgava Ice Sculpture Festival · 1–16 Th2 (thường lệ)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 🇸🇰 SlovakiaTatra Temple of Ice at Hrebienok · 14 Th11 – 19 Th4 (thường lệ)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, Colorado 🇺🇸 Hoa KỳIntl Snow Sculpture Championships · 20 Th1 – 5 Th2 (thường lệ)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
- Edmonton 🇨🇦 CanadaIce on Whyte · 24 Th1 – 8 Th2 (thường lệ)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
- Minsk 🇧🇾 BelarusIce season · 10 Th12 – 5 Th3 (thường lệ)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
- Ottawa 🇨🇦 CanadaRideau Canal Skateway · 5 Th1 – 5 Th3 (thường lệ)Almost eight kilometres of frozen canal is ploughed into something people commute to work on.39
- Helsinki 🇫🇮 Phần LanSea ice and winter swimming · 1 Th1 – 20 Th3 (thường lệ)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
- Vườn quốc gia các Đụn cát Indiana 🇺🇸 Hoa KỳShelf ice on the shore · 1 Th1 – 5 Th3 (thường lệ)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
- Yekaterinburg 🇷🇺 NgaIce sculpture season · 20 Th12 – 25 Th2 (thường lệ)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
…và 21 nơi nữa trong tháng 2.
Mùa băng trong tháng 3
- Sendai 🇯🇵 Nhật BảnZao snow monsters · 1 Th1 – 5 Th3 (thường lệ)Rime freezes onto the firs on the Zao ridge, about two hours west, until they are unrecognisable lumps.69
- Chicago 🇺🇸 Hoa KỳSkating in Millennium Park · 15 Th11 – 5 Th3 (thường lệ)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
- Pittsburgh 🇺🇸 Hoa KỳThe Rink at PPG Place · 14 Th11 – 1 Th3 (thường lệ)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
- Bozeman, Montana 🇺🇸 Hoa KỳHyalite ice-climbing season · 1 Th12 – 15 Th3 (thường lệ)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
- Madison, Wisconsin 🇺🇸 Hoa KỳLake Mendota ice season · 20 Th12 – 5 Th4 (thường lệ)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
- Stockholm 🇸🇪 Thụy ĐiểnSkating on natural ice · 20 Th12 – 10 Th3 (thường lệ)Nordic tour skating on frozen lakes, Lake Malaren and, in cold winters, the archipelago.59
- Vladivostok 🇷🇺 NgaAmur Bay ice · 20 Th12 – 20 Th3 (thường lệ)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 🇸🇰 SlovakiaTatra Temple of Ice at Hrebienok · 14 Th11 – 19 Th4 (thường lệ)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
- Minsk 🇧🇾 BelarusIce season · 10 Th12 – 5 Th3 (thường lệ)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
- Irkutsk 🇷🇺 NgaBaikal ice season · 15 Th1 – 15 Th4 (thường lệ)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
- Helsinki 🇫🇮 Phần LanSea ice and winter swimming · 1 Th1 – 20 Th3 (thường lệ)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
- Nizhny Novgorod 🇷🇺 NgaVolga and Oka freeze · 5 Th12 – 25 Th3 (thường lệ)Both rivers set at the confluence below the kremlin, the boats stop, and ice fishermen dot the white from the Strelka downstream.51
- Moskva 🇷🇺 NgaOutdoor skating rinks open · 25 Th11 – 10 Th3 (thường lệ)Gorky Park, VDNKh and Red Square freeze their rinks from late November and keep them going until the thaw.50
- Vườn quốc gia Bryce Canyon 🇺🇸 Hoa KỳWall Street closed for winter · 1 Th11 – 10 Th4 (thường lệ)The switchbacks down Wall Street shut once ice and rockfall set in, so the Navajo Loop runs one way only until spring.50
- Khabarovsk 🇷🇺 NgaAmur frozen over · 20 Th11 – 15 Th4 (thường lệ)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
- Winnipeg 🇨🇦 CanadaFrozen river trail · 5 Th1 – 5 Th3 (thường lệ)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
- Vườn quốc gia các Đụn cát Indiana 🇺🇸 Hoa KỳShelf ice on the shore · 1 Th1 – 5 Th3 (thường lệ)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
- Kazan 🇷🇺 NgaFrozen Volga and Kazanka · 15 Th12 – 20 Th3 (thường lệ)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, Alberta 🇨🇦 CanadaSkating on Lake Louise · 20 Th12 – 15 Th3 (thường lệ)The hotel clears a rink and a long track on the lake once the ice takes, usually just before Christmas.48
- Ottawa 🇨🇦 CanadaRideau Canal Skateway · 5 Th1 – 5 Th3 (thường lệ)Almost eight kilometres of frozen canal is ploughed into something people commute to work on.48
- Rovaniemi 🇫🇮 Phần LanHusky, reindeer and snowmobile season · 10 Th12 – 5 Th4 (thường lệ)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
- Kiruna 🇸🇪 Thụy ĐiểnIcehotel season · 1 Th12 – 15 Th4 (thường lệ)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
- Fairbanks, Alaska 🇺🇸 Hoa KỳWorld Ice Art Championships · 15 Th2 – 5 Th4 (thường lệ)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
- Novosibirsk 🇷🇺 NgaOb Sea ice · 25 Th11 – 10 Th4 (thường lệ)The reservoir south of the city freezes hard enough for cars, and the shore fills with ice fishing tents, kite skiers and snowmobiles.46
- Vườn quốc gia Yellowstone 🇺🇸 Hoa KỳOversnow winter season · 15 Th12 – 15 Th3 (thường lệ)Between mid-December and mid-March the interior is reachable only by guided snowcoach or snowmobile, booked months ahead.44
…và 10 nơi nữa trong tháng 3.
Mùa băng trong tháng 4
- Novosibirsk 🇷🇺 NgaOb Sea ice · 25 Th11 – 10 Th4 (thường lệ)The reservoir south of the city freezes hard enough for cars, and the shore fills with ice fishing tents, kite skiers and snowmobiles.71
- Khabarovsk 🇷🇺 NgaAmur frozen over · 20 Th11 – 15 Th4 (thường lệ)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
- Irkutsk 🇷🇺 NgaBaikal ice season · 15 Th1 – 15 Th4 (thường lệ)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
- Madison, Wisconsin 🇺🇸 Hoa KỳLake Mendota ice season · 20 Th12 – 5 Th4 (thường lệ)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
- Fairbanks, Alaska 🇺🇸 Hoa KỳWorld Ice Art Championships · 15 Th2 – 5 Th4 (thường lệ)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 🇸🇰 SlovakiaTatra Temple of Ice at Hrebienok · 14 Th11 – 19 Th4 (thường lệ)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 🇫🇮 Phần LanHusky, reindeer and snowmobile season · 10 Th12 – 5 Th4 (thường lệ)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
- Vườn quốc gia Bryce Canyon 🇺🇸 Hoa KỳWall Street closed for winter · 1 Th11 – 10 Th4 (thường lệ)The switchbacks down Wall Street shut once ice and rockfall set in, so the Navajo Loop runs one way only until spring.61
- Yakutsk 🇷🇺 NgaLena ice road · 15 Th12 – 15 Th4 (thường lệ)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
- Kiruna 🇸🇪 Thụy ĐiểnIcehotel season · 1 Th12 – 15 Th4 (thường lệ)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 🇬🇱 GreenlandDog sledding season · 5 Th1 – 15 Th4 (thường lệ)This is the largest sledding district in Greenland and the teams work once the bay ice takes, roughly January to April.55
- Magadan 🇷🇺 NgaSea of Okhotsk frozen · 15 Th12 – 20 Th4 (thường lệ)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
- Vườn quốc gia Hồ Crater 🇺🇸 Hoa KỳDeep winter · 1 Th11 – 30 Th4One 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 và Jan MayenSnowmobile and sun-winter season · 1 Th3 – 16 Th5Light, 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
Mùa băng trong tháng 5
- Fairbanks, Alaska 🇺🇸 Hoa KỳNenana Ice Classic breakup · 20 Th4 – 15 Th5 (thường lệ)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 và Jan MayenSnowmobile and sun-winter season · 1 Th3 – 16 Th5Light, 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
Mùa băng trong tháng 11
- Chicago 🇺🇸 Hoa KỳSkating in Millennium Park · 15 Th11 – 5 Th3 (thường lệ)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
- Pittsburgh 🇺🇸 Hoa KỳThe Rink at PPG Place · 14 Th11 – 1 Th3 (thường lệ)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
- Detroit 🇺🇸 Hoa KỳSkating at Campus Martius · 20 Th11 – 25 Th2 (thường lệ)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
- Vườn quốc gia Bryce Canyon 🇺🇸 Hoa KỳWall Street closed for winter · 1 Th11 – 10 Th4 (thường lệ)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 🇸🇰 SlovakiaTatra Temple of Ice at Hrebienok · 14 Th11 – 19 Th4 (thường lệ)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
- Moskva 🇷🇺 NgaOutdoor skating rinks open · 25 Th11 – 10 Th3 (thường lệ)Gorky Park, VDNKh and Red Square freeze their rinks from late November and keep them going until the thaw.41
- Khabarovsk 🇷🇺 NgaAmur frozen over · 20 Th11 – 15 Th4 (thường lệ)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
- Vườn quốc gia Hồ Crater 🇺🇸 Hoa KỳDeep winter · 1 Th11 – 30 Th4One 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 🇮🇸 Ai-xơ-lenIce cave season · 1 Th11 – 31 Th3 (thường lệ)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
- Novosibirsk 🇷🇺 NgaOb Sea ice · 25 Th11 – 10 Th4 (thường lệ)The reservoir south of the city freezes hard enough for cars, and the shore fills with ice fishing tents, kite skiers and snowmobiles.32
Mùa băng trong tháng 12
- Bắc Kinh 🇨🇳 Trung QuốcSkating on Houhai · 20 Th12 – 15 Th2 (thường lệ)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
- Pittsburgh 🇺🇸 Hoa KỳThe Rink at PPG Place · 14 Th11 – 1 Th3 (thường lệ)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
- Chicago 🇺🇸 Hoa KỳSkating in Millennium Park · 15 Th11 – 5 Th3 (thường lệ)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
- Detroit 🇺🇸 Hoa KỳSkating at Campus Martius · 20 Th11 – 25 Th2 (thường lệ)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
- Hallstatt 🇦🇹 ÁoIce rink at Echerntal · 15 Th12 – 28 Th2 (thường lệ)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
- Vườn quốc gia Bryce Canyon 🇺🇸 Hoa KỳWall Street closed for winter · 1 Th11 – 10 Th4 (thường lệ)The switchbacks down Wall Street shut once ice and rockfall set in, so the Navajo Loop runs one way only until spring.42
- Bozeman, Montana 🇺🇸 Hoa KỳHyalite ice-climbing season · 1 Th12 – 15 Th3 (thường lệ)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
- Madison, Wisconsin 🇺🇸 Hoa KỳLake Mendota ice season · 20 Th12 – 5 Th4 (thường lệ)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
- Vladivostok 🇷🇺 NgaAmur Bay ice · 20 Th12 – 20 Th3 (thường lệ)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
- Stockholm 🇸🇪 Thụy ĐiểnSkating on natural ice · 20 Th12 – 10 Th3 (thường lệ)Nordic tour skating on frozen lakes, Lake Malaren and, in cold winters, the archipelago.38
- Leh 🇮🇳 Ấn ĐộPangong and the lakes freeze · 20 Th12 – 10 Th3 (thường lệ)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
- Minsk 🇧🇾 BelarusIce season · 10 Th12 – 5 Th3 (thường lệ)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 🇸🇰 SlovakiaTatra Temple of Ice at Hrebienok · 14 Th11 – 19 Th4 (thường lệ)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
- Moskva 🇷🇺 NgaOutdoor skating rinks open · 25 Th11 – 10 Th3 (thường lệ)Gorky Park, VDNKh and Red Square freeze their rinks from late November and keep them going until the thaw.31
- Nizhny Novgorod 🇷🇺 NgaVolga and Oka freeze · 5 Th12 – 25 Th3 (thường lệ)Both rivers set at the confluence below the kremlin, the boats stop, and ice fishermen dot the white from the Strelka downstream.30
- Banff, Alberta 🇨🇦 CanadaSkating on Lake Louise · 20 Th12 – 15 Th3 (thường lệ)The hotel clears a rink and a long track on the lake once the ice takes, usually just before Christmas.29
- Cáp Nhĩ Tân 🇨🇳 Trung QuốcIce and Snow World · 20 Th12 – 28 Th2 (thường lệ)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
- Khabarovsk 🇷🇺 NgaAmur frozen over · 20 Th11 – 15 Th4 (thường lệ)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
- Yekaterinburg 🇷🇺 NgaIce sculpture season · 20 Th12 – 25 Th2 (thường lệ)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
- Kazan 🇷🇺 NgaFrozen Volga and Kazanka · 15 Th12 – 20 Th3 (thường lệ)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
- Vườn quốc gia Yellowstone 🇺🇸 Hoa KỳOversnow winter season · 15 Th12 – 15 Th3 (thường lệ)Between mid-December and mid-March the interior is reachable only by guided snowcoach or snowmobile, booked months ahead.28
- Rovaniemi 🇫🇮 Phần LanHusky, reindeer and snowmobile season · 10 Th12 – 5 Th4 (thường lệ)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
- Kiruna 🇸🇪 Thụy ĐiểnIcehotel season · 1 Th12 – 15 Th4 (thường lệ)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 🇮🇸 Ai-xơ-lenIce cave season · 1 Th11 – 31 Th3 (thường lệ)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
- Novosibirsk 🇷🇺 NgaOb Sea ice · 25 Th11 – 10 Th4 (thường lệ)The reservoir south of the city freezes hard enough for cars, and the shore fills with ice fishing tents, kite skiers and snowmobiles.25
…và 4 nơi nữa trong tháng 12.