| Dates | 24 Dec – 22 Feb 2026 |
|---|---|
| Hours | 09:30–19:00 on weekdays; 09:00–20:00 on Fridays, weekends and public holidays (blog; a KTO-derived listing gives the same weekday hours); ticket sales end one hour before closing |
| Venue | Alps Village (Cheonjang-ri), Jeongsan-myeon충청남도 청양군 정산면 천장호길 223-35 |
| Admission | All-day admission (weekday or weekend): ₩12,000 · Discounted admission: ₩6,000 |
| Previous edition | 2023: 1 Jan – 19 Feb 2023 |
| Next edition | 2026: Late December 2026 to mid or late February 2027 (the 19th season by the organizer's count). Basis: KTO's 2025–26 listing ran 24 December–22 February; the 2014–15 season ran 24 December–22 February with a partial, weather-dependent December opening and the official opening on 1 January; the 2021–22 and 2022–23 seasons opened on 1 January and closed on 13 February and 12–19 February. No 2026–27 dates or prices announced as of 19 October 2026. |
Program
- Ice castle at the entrance, about 90 ice fountains and a 10 m ice pillar; snow sculptures of Pororo, Jjangu and Tiniping
- Snow sleds on runs of different difficulty, ice sleds, ice bobsleigh, tube sleds, rice-transplanter sled, tin-can train
- Smelt fishing and smelt scooping; zip track
- Bonfire-roasted chestnuts and sweet potatoes; dalgona, sweet-potato dumpling and injeolmi making
- Evening opening with LED lighting
Prices
| Item | Price | Note |
|---|---|---|
| All-day admission (weekday or weekend) | ₩12,000 | On site and through TimeTicket; sleds and activities extra |
| Discounted admission | ₩6,000 | Seniors, registered disabled visitors and national-merit holders (blog-reported); a child rate was sold on Naver booking but the amount was not found |
| Admission plus snow sled, on site | ₩32,000 | |
| Sled pass bought after entry | ₩20,000 | |
| Admission plus sled, online deal (weekday) | ₩25,600 | Social-commerce price |
| Admission plus sled, online deal (weekend) | ₩28,800 | Social-commerce price |
| Zip track | ₩10,000 | |
| Tin-can train | ₩5,000 | |
| Chestnut roasting | ₩5,000 | |
| Smelt scooping | ₩5,000 | |
| Dalgona or sweet-potato dumpling making | ₩5,000 | Each |
| Injeolmi (rice cake) making | ₩10,000 | |
| Smelt fishing, 1 hour (entry only) | ₩3,000 | |
| Smelt fishing, 1 hour with rod and bait | ₩12,000 |
Notes on the 2025 edition
18th edition. KTO's listing and online ticket sales ran 24 Dec 2025–22 Feb 2026, and a February 2026 news report said it ran until Sunday 22 February; a magazine and a blog gave 1 January as the start, matching the older pattern of a weather-dependent December opening.
About the festival
The Chilgapsan Ice Fountain Festival (칠갑산 얼음분수축제) is a village-run winter festival at Alps Village (Cheonjang-ri) below Chilgapsan in Cheongyang, Chungcheongnam-do, where about 90 giant ice fountains, snow sculptures of cartoon characters and snow and ice sledding make a family day out, about three hours from Seoul by bus. The 2025–26 season, its 18th, ran 24 December 2025–22 February 2026; the 2026–27 season is expected from late December 2026 (in past years the full programme opened on 1 January) to mid or late February 2027, with dates not yet announced. Admission is paid, about ₩10,000–15,000, with sledding extra (about ₩25,000–35,000 with admission).
Transport, booking, crowd and accessibility details are on the main Chilgapsan Ice Fountain Festival page, which covers every edition.
Source
Facts checked
21 October 2026, against the sources listed below.