冰季,逐月看遍全世界
冰洞、冰瀑、运河上滑冰、狗拉雪橇和冰上公路——寒冷本身成为看点的那几周。
SeasonMap 上共有48 个目的地,在每个月份内按舒适度分数排序——因为重点不只是这个季节在哪里上演,还有它上演时的天气值不值得你跑一趟。
什么时候上演
1月的冰季
- 仙台市 🇯🇵 日本Zao snow monsters · 1月1日 – 3月5日(通常)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(通常)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
- 巴拉顿湖 🇭🇺 匈牙利Lake ice · 1月5日 – 2月28日(通常)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 🇨🇳 中华人民共和国Skating on Houhai · 12月20日 – 2月15日(通常)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(通常)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
- 匹兹堡 🇺🇸 美国The Rink at PPG Place · 11月14日 – 3月1日(通常)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
- 哈尔施塔特 🇦🇹 奥地利Ice rink at Echerntal · 12月15日 – 2月28日(通常)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 🇰🇷 大韩民国Pyeongchang Trout Festival · 1月5日 – 2月10日(通常)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
- 芝加哥 🇺🇸 美国Skating in Millennium Park · 11月15日 – 3月5日(通常)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
- 博兹曼市 🇺🇸 美国Hyalite ice-climbing season · 12月1日 – 3月15日(通常)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
- 底特律 🇺🇸 美国Skating at Campus Martius · 11月20日 – 2月25日(通常)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
- 布莱斯峡谷国家公园 🇺🇸 美国Wall Street closed for winter · 11月1日 – 4月10日(通常)The switchbacks down Wall Street shut once ice and rockfall set in, so the Navajo Loop runs one way only until spring.38
- 卡尔斯 🇹🇷 土耳其Cildir lake ice season · 1月1日 – 2月28日(通常)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
- 麦迪逊 🇺🇸 美国Lake Mendota ice season · 12月20日 – 4月5日(通常)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
- 海参崴 🇷🇺 俄罗斯Amur Bay ice · 12月20日 – 3月20日(通常)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
- 布雷肯里奇 🇺🇸 美国Intl Snow Sculpture Championships · 1月20日 – 2月5日(通常)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
- 斯德哥尔摩 🇸🇪 瑞典Skating on natural ice · 12月20日 – 3月10日(通常)Nordic tour skating on frozen lakes, Lake Malaren and, in cold winters, the archipelago.34
- 埃德蒙顿 🇨🇦 加拿大Ice on Whyte · 1月24日 – 2月8日(通常)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
- 舊斯莫科韋茨 🇸🇰 斯洛伐克Tatra Temple of Ice at Hrebienok · 11月14日 – 4月19日(通常)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
- 班夫 🇨🇦 加拿大Skating on Lake Louise · 12月20日 – 3月15日(通常)The hotel clears a rink and a long track on the lake once the ice takes, usually just before Christmas.33
- 印第安納沙丘國家公園 🇺🇸 美国Shelf ice on the shore · 1月1日 – 3月5日(通常)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
- 哈尔滨市 🇨🇳 中华人民共和国Ice and Snow World · 12月20日 – 2月28日(通常)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
- 伯力 🇷🇺 俄罗斯Ice Fantasy sculpture festival · 1月1–31日(通常)An ice-carving competition held every January since the early 2000s, using blocks cut from the Amur.32
- 渥太华 🇨🇦 加拿大Rideau Canal Skateway · 1月5日 – 3月5日(通常)Almost eight kilometres of frozen canal is ploughed into something people commute to work on.32
- 黃石國家公園 🇺🇸 美国Oversnow winter season · 12月15日 – 3月15日(通常)Between mid-December and mid-March the interior is reachable only by guided snowcoach or snowmobile, booked months ahead.31
……1月还有 19 个。
2月的冰季
- 仙台市 🇯🇵 日本Zao snow monsters · 1月1日 – 3月5日(通常)Rime freezes onto the firs on the Zao ridge, about two hours west, until they are unrecognisable lumps.63
- 巴拉顿湖 🇭🇺 匈牙利Lake ice · 1月5日 – 2月28日(通常)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(通常)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 🇨🇳 中华人民共和国Skating on Houhai · 12月20日 – 2月15日(通常)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
- 哈尔施塔特 🇦🇹 奥地利Ice rink at Echerntal · 12月15日 – 2月28日(通常)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
- 匹兹堡 🇺🇸 美国The Rink at PPG Place · 11月14日 – 3月1日(通常)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(通常)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
- 芝加哥 🇺🇸 美国Skating in Millennium Park · 11月15日 – 3月5日(通常)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
- 底特律 🇺🇸 美国Skating at Campus Martius · 11月20日 – 2月25日(通常)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 🇰🇷 大韩民国Pyeongchang Trout Festival · 1月5日 – 2月10日(通常)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
- 卡尔斯 🇹🇷 土耳其Cildir lake ice season · 1月1日 – 2月28日(通常)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
- 斯德哥尔摩 🇸🇪 瑞典Skating on natural ice · 12月20日 – 3月10日(通常)Nordic tour skating on frozen lakes, Lake Malaren and, in cold winters, the archipelago.45
- 博兹曼市 🇺🇸 美国Hyalite ice-climbing season · 12月1日 – 3月15日(通常)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
- 布莱斯峡谷国家公园 🇺🇸 美国Wall Street closed for winter · 11月1日 – 4月10日(通常)The switchbacks down Wall Street shut once ice and rockfall set in, so the Navajo Loop runs one way only until spring.44
- 海参崴 🇷🇺 俄罗斯Amur Bay ice · 12月20日 – 3月20日(通常)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
- 麦迪逊 🇺🇸 美国Lake Mendota ice season · 12月20日 – 4月5日(通常)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
- 里加 🇱🇻 拉脱维亚Jelgava Ice Sculpture Festival · 2月1–16日(通常)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
- 舊斯莫科韋茨 🇸🇰 斯洛伐克Tatra Temple of Ice at Hrebienok · 11月14日 – 4月19日(通常)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
- 布雷肯里奇 🇺🇸 美国Intl Snow Sculpture Championships · 1月20日 – 2月5日(通常)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
- 埃德蒙顿 🇨🇦 加拿大Ice on Whyte · 1月24日 – 2月8日(通常)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
- 明斯克 🇧🇾 白俄罗斯Ice season · 12月10日 – 3月5日(通常)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
- 渥太华 🇨🇦 加拿大Rideau Canal Skateway · 1月5日 – 3月5日(通常)Almost eight kilometres of frozen canal is ploughed into something people commute to work on.39
- 赫尔辛基 🇫🇮 芬兰Sea ice and winter swimming · 1月1日 – 3月20日(通常)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
- 印第安納沙丘國家公園 🇺🇸 美国Shelf ice on the shore · 1月1日 – 3月5日(通常)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
- 叶卡捷琳堡 🇷🇺 俄罗斯Ice sculpture season · 12月20日 – 2月25日(通常)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月还有 21 个。
3月的冰季
- 仙台市 🇯🇵 日本Zao snow monsters · 1月1日 – 3月5日(通常)Rime freezes onto the firs on the Zao ridge, about two hours west, until they are unrecognisable lumps.69
- 芝加哥 🇺🇸 美国Skating in Millennium Park · 11月15日 – 3月5日(通常)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
- 匹兹堡 🇺🇸 美国The Rink at PPG Place · 11月14日 – 3月1日(通常)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
- 博兹曼市 🇺🇸 美国Hyalite ice-climbing season · 12月1日 – 3月15日(通常)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
- 麦迪逊 🇺🇸 美国Lake Mendota ice season · 12月20日 – 4月5日(通常)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
- 斯德哥尔摩 🇸🇪 瑞典Skating on natural ice · 12月20日 – 3月10日(通常)Nordic tour skating on frozen lakes, Lake Malaren and, in cold winters, the archipelago.59
- 海参崴 🇷🇺 俄罗斯Amur Bay ice · 12月20日 – 3月20日(通常)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
- 舊斯莫科韋茨 🇸🇰 斯洛伐克Tatra Temple of Ice at Hrebienok · 11月14日 – 4月19日(通常)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
- 明斯克 🇧🇾 白俄罗斯Ice season · 12月10日 – 3月5日(通常)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
- 伊尔库茨克 🇷🇺 俄罗斯Baikal ice season · 1月15日 – 4月15日(通常)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
- 赫尔辛基 🇫🇮 芬兰Sea ice and winter swimming · 1月1日 – 3月20日(通常)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
- 下诺夫哥罗德 🇷🇺 俄罗斯Volga and Oka freeze · 12月5日 – 3月25日(通常)Both rivers set at the confluence below the kremlin, the boats stop, and ice fishermen dot the white from the Strelka downstream.51
- 莫斯科 🇷🇺 俄罗斯Outdoor skating rinks open · 11月25日 – 3月10日(通常)Gorky Park, VDNKh and Red Square freeze their rinks from late November and keep them going until the thaw.50
- 布莱斯峡谷国家公园 🇺🇸 美国Wall Street closed for winter · 11月1日 – 4月10日(通常)The switchbacks down Wall Street shut once ice and rockfall set in, so the Navajo Loop runs one way only until spring.50
- 伯力 🇷🇺 俄罗斯Amur frozen over · 11月20日 – 4月15日(通常)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
- 温尼伯 🇨🇦 加拿大Frozen river trail · 1月5日 – 3月5日(通常)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
- 印第安納沙丘國家公園 🇺🇸 美国Shelf ice on the shore · 1月1日 – 3月5日(通常)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
- 喀山 🇷🇺 俄罗斯Frozen Volga and Kazanka · 12月15日 – 3月20日(通常)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
- 班夫 🇨🇦 加拿大Skating on Lake Louise · 12月20日 – 3月15日(通常)The hotel clears a rink and a long track on the lake once the ice takes, usually just before Christmas.48
- 渥太华 🇨🇦 加拿大Rideau Canal Skateway · 1月5日 – 3月5日(通常)Almost eight kilometres of frozen canal is ploughed into something people commute to work on.48
- 罗瓦涅米 🇫🇮 芬兰Husky, reindeer and snowmobile season · 12月10日 – 4月5日(通常)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
- 基律纳 🇸🇪 瑞典Icehotel season · 12月1日 – 4月15日(通常)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
- 费尔班克斯 🇺🇸 美国World Ice Art Championships · 2月15日 – 4月5日(通常)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
- 新西伯利亚 🇷🇺 俄罗斯Ob Sea ice · 11月25日 – 4月10日(通常)The reservoir south of the city freezes hard enough for cars, and the shore fills with ice fishing tents, kite skiers and snowmobiles.46
- 黃石國家公園 🇺🇸 美国Oversnow winter season · 12月15日 – 3月15日(通常)Between mid-December and mid-March the interior is reachable only by guided snowcoach or snowmobile, booked months ahead.44
……3月还有 10 个。
4月的冰季
- 新西伯利亚 🇷🇺 俄罗斯Ob Sea ice · 11月25日 – 4月10日(通常)The reservoir south of the city freezes hard enough for cars, and the shore fills with ice fishing tents, kite skiers and snowmobiles.71
- 伯力 🇷🇺 俄罗斯Amur frozen over · 11月20日 – 4月15日(通常)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
- 伊尔库茨克 🇷🇺 俄罗斯Baikal ice season · 1月15日 – 4月15日(通常)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
- 麦迪逊 🇺🇸 美国Lake Mendota ice season · 12月20日 – 4月5日(通常)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
- 费尔班克斯 🇺🇸 美国World Ice Art Championships · 2月15日 – 4月5日(通常)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
- 舊斯莫科韋茨 🇸🇰 斯洛伐克Tatra Temple of Ice at Hrebienok · 11月14日 – 4月19日(通常)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
- 罗瓦涅米 🇫🇮 芬兰Husky, reindeer and snowmobile season · 12月10日 – 4月5日(通常)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
- 布莱斯峡谷国家公园 🇺🇸 美国Wall Street closed for winter · 11月1日 – 4月10日(通常)The switchbacks down Wall Street shut once ice and rockfall set in, so the Navajo Loop runs one way only until spring.61
- 雅库茨克 🇷🇺 俄罗斯Lena ice road · 12月15日 – 4月15日(通常)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
- 基律纳 🇸🇪 瑞典Icehotel season · 12月1日 – 4月15日(通常)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
- 伊卢利萨特 🇬🇱 格陵兰Dog sledding season · 1月5日 – 4月15日(通常)This is the largest sledding district in Greenland and the teams work once the bay ice takes, roughly January to April.55
- 马加丹 🇷🇺 俄罗斯Sea of Okhotsk frozen · 12月15日 – 4月20日(通常)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
- 火山口湖國家公園 🇺🇸 美国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
- 朗伊尔城 🇸🇯 斯瓦尔巴和扬马延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月的冰季
- 费尔班克斯 🇺🇸 美国Nenana Ice Classic breakup · 4月20日 – 5月15日(通常)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
- 朗伊尔城 🇸🇯 斯瓦尔巴和扬马延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月的冰季
- 芝加哥 🇺🇸 美国Skating in Millennium Park · 11月15日 – 3月5日(通常)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
- 匹兹堡 🇺🇸 美国The Rink at PPG Place · 11月14日 – 3月1日(通常)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
- 底特律 🇺🇸 美国Skating at Campus Martius · 11月20日 – 2月25日(通常)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
- 布莱斯峡谷国家公园 🇺🇸 美国Wall Street closed for winter · 11月1日 – 4月10日(通常)The switchbacks down Wall Street shut once ice and rockfall set in, so the Navajo Loop runs one way only until spring.52
- 舊斯莫科韋茨 🇸🇰 斯洛伐克Tatra Temple of Ice at Hrebienok · 11月14日 – 4月19日(通常)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
- 莫斯科 🇷🇺 俄罗斯Outdoor skating rinks open · 11月25日 – 3月10日(通常)Gorky Park, VDNKh and Red Square freeze their rinks from late November and keep them going until the thaw.41
- 伯力 🇷🇺 俄罗斯Amur frozen over · 11月20日 – 4月15日(通常)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
- 火山口湖國家公園 🇺🇸 美国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
- 维克 🇮🇸 冰岛Ice cave season · 11月1日 – 3月31日(通常)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
- 新西伯利亚 🇷🇺 俄罗斯Ob Sea ice · 11月25日 – 4月10日(通常)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月的冰季
- 北京市 🇨🇳 中华人民共和国Skating on Houhai · 12月20日 – 2月15日(通常)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
- 匹兹堡 🇺🇸 美国The Rink at PPG Place · 11月14日 – 3月1日(通常)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
- 芝加哥 🇺🇸 美国Skating in Millennium Park · 11月15日 – 3月5日(通常)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
- 底特律 🇺🇸 美国Skating at Campus Martius · 11月20日 – 2月25日(通常)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
- 哈尔施塔特 🇦🇹 奥地利Ice rink at Echerntal · 12月15日 – 2月28日(通常)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
- 布莱斯峡谷国家公园 🇺🇸 美国Wall Street closed for winter · 11月1日 – 4月10日(通常)The switchbacks down Wall Street shut once ice and rockfall set in, so the Navajo Loop runs one way only until spring.42
- 博兹曼市 🇺🇸 美国Hyalite ice-climbing season · 12月1日 – 3月15日(通常)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
- 麦迪逊 🇺🇸 美国Lake Mendota ice season · 12月20日 – 4月5日(通常)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
- 海参崴 🇷🇺 俄罗斯Amur Bay ice · 12月20日 – 3月20日(通常)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
- 斯德哥尔摩 🇸🇪 瑞典Skating on natural ice · 12月20日 – 3月10日(通常)Nordic tour skating on frozen lakes, Lake Malaren and, in cold winters, the archipelago.38
- 莱镇 🇮🇳 印度Pangong and the lakes freeze · 12月20日 – 3月10日(通常)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
- 明斯克 🇧🇾 白俄罗斯Ice season · 12月10日 – 3月5日(通常)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
- 舊斯莫科韋茨 🇸🇰 斯洛伐克Tatra Temple of Ice at Hrebienok · 11月14日 – 4月19日(通常)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
- 莫斯科 🇷🇺 俄罗斯Outdoor skating rinks open · 11月25日 – 3月10日(通常)Gorky Park, VDNKh and Red Square freeze their rinks from late November and keep them going until the thaw.31
- 下诺夫哥罗德 🇷🇺 俄罗斯Volga and Oka freeze · 12月5日 – 3月25日(通常)Both rivers set at the confluence below the kremlin, the boats stop, and ice fishermen dot the white from the Strelka downstream.30
- 班夫 🇨🇦 加拿大Skating on Lake Louise · 12月20日 – 3月15日(通常)The hotel clears a rink and a long track on the lake once the ice takes, usually just before Christmas.29
- 哈尔滨市 🇨🇳 中华人民共和国Ice and Snow World · 12月20日 – 2月28日(通常)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
- 伯力 🇷🇺 俄罗斯Amur frozen over · 11月20日 – 4月15日(通常)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
- 叶卡捷琳堡 🇷🇺 俄罗斯Ice sculpture season · 12月20日 – 2月25日(通常)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
- 喀山 🇷🇺 俄罗斯Frozen Volga and Kazanka · 12月15日 – 3月20日(通常)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
- 黃石國家公園 🇺🇸 美国Oversnow winter season · 12月15日 – 3月15日(通常)Between mid-December and mid-March the interior is reachable only by guided snowcoach or snowmobile, booked months ahead.28
- 罗瓦涅米 🇫🇮 芬兰Husky, reindeer and snowmobile season · 12月10日 – 4月5日(通常)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
- 基律纳 🇸🇪 瑞典Icehotel season · 12月1日 – 4月15日(通常)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
- 维克 🇮🇸 冰岛Ice cave season · 11月1日 – 3月31日(通常)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
- 新西伯利亚 🇷🇺 俄罗斯Ob Sea ice · 11月25日 – 4月10日(通常)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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