Nature & seasonsTaebaek, Gangwon State

Taebaeksan Snow Festival 2023 in Taebaek, Gangwon State, South Korea

태백산눈축제 2023

Jan2023
27 –31
Fri–Tue
Past edition

27 January 2023 to 31 January 2023

This edition has ended. It is kept as a record of what the 2023 festival offered. The current information is on the Taebaeksan Snow Festival page (Expected Jan/Feb 2027).

Venue this year. Snow sculptures at Dangol Plaza stayed on show until 5 February

Dates27–31 Jan 2023
VenueDangol Plaza, Taebaeksan National Park (plus city-centre sites such as Hwangji Pond in some years)강원특별자치도 태백시 소도동 180
AdmissionFree entry to the grounds and sculpture displays (KTO's listings for 2025 and 2026). Whether sledding, smelt catching or the roasting activities charge a fee was not stated in the 2026 sources.
Previous edition2020: 10–19 Jan 2020
Next edition2024: 26 Jan – 4 Feb 2024

Program

  • 27 Jan 17:00opening ceremony on the special stage at the Hwangji Pond culture plaza
  • 29 JanTaebaeksan snow-flower national hiking contest to the summit, about 1,100 climbers (200 teams of four plus about 300 individuals)
  • 31 Jan 14:00KBS National Singing Contest recorded at Gowon Gymnasium
  • Large snow sculptures at Dangol Plaza and a national university snow-sculpture contest
  • Theme park below Dangol Plaza: kite flying, spinning tops, ice sledding, a large snow slide and grilling snacks over coal briquettes
  • Starlight Festival at Hwangji Pond

Notes on the 2023 edition

30th edition, billed as the return after three years. News Seoul reported about 26,200 visitors on 27 Jan, 110,000 on 28 Jan and 120,000 on 29 Jan without naming the source of the figures; 350,000 were expected by the close. Pressian later noted that a 306,000 total reported for 2023 was also disputed.

About the festival

The Taebaeksan Snow Festival (태백산눈축제) is a free winter festival of large snow sculptures, sledding and a snow-flower hike, held since 1994 around Dangol Plaza in Taebaeksan National Park, Taebaek, Gangwon, about 2 h 50 m by bus from Dong Seoul. The 33rd edition ran 31 January–8 February 2026, 10:00–17:00, with the sculptures lit until 22:00. The 2027 dates had not been announced by 19 October 2026; recent editions point to late January to mid-February 2027.

Transport, booking, crowd and accessibility details are on the main Taebaeksan Snow Festival page, which covers every edition.

Source

Facts checked
21 October 2026, against the sources listed below.

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