Nature & seasonsTaebaek, Gangwon State

Taebaeksan Snow Festival 2025 in Taebaek, Gangwon State, South Korea

태백산눈축제 2025

Feb2025
7 –16
Fri–Sun 09:00–18:00 per KTO's listing
Past edition

7 February 2025 to 16 February 2025 · 09:00–18:00 per KTO's listing

This edition has ended. It is kept as a record of what the 2025 festival offered. The current information is on the Taebaeksan Snow Festival page (Expected Jan/Feb 2027).

Venue this year. Taebaeksan National Park (Dangol Plaza), Hwangji Pond, the restored Hwangji stream and Munhwa Plaza; shows at Gowon Gymnasium

Dates7–16 Feb 2025
Hours09:00–18:00 per KTO's listing
VenueDangol Plaza, Taebaeksan National Park (plus city-centre sites such as Hwangji Pond in some years)강원특별자치도 태백시 소도동 180
AdmissionAdmission: Free
Previous edition2024: 26 Jan – 4 Feb 2024
Next edition2026: 31 Jan – 8 Feb 2026

Program

  • 8 Feb 14:00opening ceremony with singers Jang Jeong-hee, Park Gun, Jeong Dong-won and Lee Mu-jin at Gowon Gymnasium (free, first come, first served)
  • 9 Feb 14:00 and 18:00'Catch! Teenieping' sing-along show at Gowon Gymnasium
  • Taebaeksan National Parkinternational snow-sculpture competition (11 works), snow sledding, winter-sports experiences and a large air dome
  • Hwangji PondStarlight Festa night installations, Teenieping experience zone, busking, bubble and magic shows
  • 33 programmes in all, including traditional winter games, crafts, a song contest and a dance challenge

Prices

ItemPriceNote
AdmissionFreeFree (KTO listing and ELLE Korea)

Notes on the 2025 edition

32nd edition, held as the '2025 Taebaek Winter Festival', a rename explained as a response to climate change. Pressian reported only 12 snow sculptures, the igloo café and ice sledding dropped, sculptures softened by mild weather (the top of one was cut off on 15 Feb), 27,868 visitors counted in the national park (about 2,786 a day) and about 100,000 including Hwangji Pond, against 500,000–600,000 in earlier years; budget ₩970 million.

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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