Nature & seasonsTaebaek, Gangwon State

Taebaeksan Snow Festival 2026 in Taebaek, Gangwon State, South Korea

태백산눈축제 2026

Jan – Feb2026
31 –8
Sat–Sun 10:00–17:00
Past edition

31 January 2026 to 8 February 2026 · 10:00–17:00; snow sculptures lit and open until 22:00 every day (night opening, new in 2026; lights on from about 18:00)

This edition has ended. It is kept as a record of what the 2026 festival offered. The current information is on the Taebaeksan Snow Festival page (Expected Jan/Feb 2027).

Venue this year. Dangol Plaza and surroundings in Taebaeksan National Park; car park 1 held the indoor experience zone

Dates31 Jan – 8 Feb 2026
Hours10:00–17:00; snow sculptures lit and open until 22:00 every day (night opening, new in 2026; lights on from about 18:00)
VenueDangol Plaza, Taebaeksan National Park (plus city-centre sites such as Hwangji Pond in some years)강원특별자치도 태백시 소도동 180
AdmissionAdmission: Free
Previous edition2025: 7–16 Feb 2025
Next edition2027: Not announced as of 19 October 2026. Recent editions opened on a Friday or Saturday between 10 January and 7 February and ran nine or ten days (31 Jan–8 Feb 2026, 7–16 Feb 2025), so late January to mid-February 2027 is likely. Seollal falls on Sunday 7 February 2027 (holiday 6–9 February). It would be the 34th edition.

Program

  • 23–30 Jannational university snow-sculpture contest, 10 universities; finished works shown around the Haneul Jeonmangdae car park during the festival
  • 31 Jan 13:00unveiling ceremony; the opening was attended by Gangwon governor Kim Jin-tae and Taebaek mayor Lee Sang-ho
  • 'Snow Land' sculpture show at Dangol Plaza: red-horse gate for the Year of the Horse, a 'REAL Taebaek' lettering sculpture, a clean-city monument and large works on Korean sport, culture, food and heritage
  • Family programmes (27 in all): extended snow sled run, ice sleds, skating, smelt catching, chestnut and garaetteok roasting, igloo cafeteria (back after 2025), indoor kids' playground with a mini Winter Olympics and magic and bubble shows
  • Car park 1 indoor zonecity and local-company booths and bio-health checks (body-shape analysis, sarcopenia test)
  • 2–6 Feb (weekdays)'Winter Special City Taebaek' snowscape photo exhibition; weekends (31 Jan–1 Feb, 7–8 Feb): SNS-follow roulette
  • Youth 'Winter Market', linked performances and the festival's first official logo song
  • 7 FebTaebaeksan snow-flower hiking contest
  • 7–8 Feb'Backpacking IN Taebaeksan' camp-out at Kkumkkuneun Yesulteo near the mountain
  • 2 and 4 FebKorail festival train tours from Busan Station

Prices

ItemPriceNote
AdmissionFreeFree per KTO's listing; fees for individual activities, if any, were not stated

Notes on the 2026 edition

33rd edition, slogan '2026 REAL' (Remember, Reply, Relax), back under the Taebaeksan Snow Festival name after the 2025 rename. Run by Taebaek City and the Taebaek City Culture Foundation. Chosen by Gangwon Province and the Gangwon Tourism Foundation as a January pick for the 2025–2026 Visit Gangwon Year. The first weekend was reported as packed; no visitor total was published in the sources opened.

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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