Korean kids do not wait for a snow day. From late December every big park around Seoul blows its own snow onto a short hill, hands you an inflatable tube, and charges anywhere from nothing, if you live in the district, to about 55,000 KRW for the afternoon. Most of them are a subway ride away; two need a bus.
Last updated: November 2, 2026 (KST)
Here is the bottom line. The best value is the city-run hills on the Han River at Ttukseom, Jamwon and Yeouido, which charged 6,000 KRW (about $4.50) for unlimited rides last winter and sit 5 to 20 minutes from a subway exit. Seoul Land in Gwacheon and Everland in Yongin fold their sled parks into the theme-park ticket, so they only make sense if you want the rides too. Gonjiam Resort is the one venue that has already published its 2026-27 windows, with peak season from December 25 to February 9. Everyone else announces between early December and December 30, so treat the dates below as last season's pattern and check the links before you go.
The Han River Hills
Seoul's Future Hangang Headquarters ran three sled hills in winter 2025-26: Ttukseom, Jamwon and Yeouido. The season ran from December 31, 2025 to February 18, 2026 without a closing day, and the opening slipped a week because warm weather delayed the snow-making. Admission was 6,000 KRW for all ages (about $4.50), and that covered unlimited rides, a snow playground and the character shows. Visitors aged 65 and over, people with disabilities and holders of the Dadung multi-child card paid half, and children under 36 months got in free but could not use the slope. A locker was 5,000 KRW.
Each site had an 80 m main slope for ages 6 and up, a 30 m toddler slope for 36 months to under 6, and artificial snow underfoot. Hours were 10:00 to 17:00 daily, with the slopes closed from 13:00 to 14:00 for grooming. Jamwon stayed open to 20:00, every day until January 11 and then on weekends and holidays. Ice fishing and the carnival rides were dropped in 2025-26 and replaced by a Pororo village, and all three hills closed for a day on February 13, 2026 when a fine-dust emergency was called. Tickets were sold on site and online through the Kidsnote shop.
The 2024-25 season drew a record 141,134 visitors, so expect a queue at the slope and at the photo zones on weekend afternoons. There is a storage room at the entrance and a heated food tent with ramyeon, sandwiches, hot dogs, dakgangjeong and eomuk, plus a tteokbokki stall.
| Hill | Subway | Walk |
|---|---|---|
| Ttukseom Hangang Park | Line 7, Jayang (Ttukseom Hangang Park) Station, Exit 2 | 5 min |
| Jamwon Hangang Park | Line 3, Jamwon Station, Exit 4 | 20 min |
| Yeouido Hangang Park | Line 9, National Assembly Station, Exit 1 | 15 min |
💡 TIP: The Ttukseom station was renamed in 2024. Older maps and blog posts still call it Ttukseom Resort Station. It is the same stop on Line 7, and Exit 2 drops you at the park.
The 2026-27 season has not been announced. Seoul opened on December 24 in 2024 and December 31 in 2025, and the notice went up on hangang.seoul.go.kr anywhere from two weeks to a day before, so watch the site from mid December.
Seoul Land in Gwacheon
Seoul Land's Snow Fun Land is free once you are inside the park, and the park ticket is the real cost. For November 2026 the day pass is 52,000 KRW for adults (about $39), 46,000 for teens and 43,000 for children, and the evening pass from 16:00 is 45,000, 39,000 and 36,000. Children under 36 months are free and visitors 65 and over pay the child rate.
Last winter the sled park opened on December 27, 2025, with a 120 m main slope at a 17-degree pitch and a 50 m toddler slope over about 8,500 square metres. Children 120 cm and under ride with a guardian. The same festival area had walk-up ice fishing, ice sleds, fire pits, an indoor kids' zone and a puppet show, and Seoul Land says its winter festival runs from December through February. The closing date for 2025-26 was never posted on the site, and the 2026-27 dates are not out yet.
Take Line 4 to Daegongwon Station, leave by Exit 2, and ride the elephant train from the central information office to the Seoul Land gate. It runs about every 5 minutes and costs 2,000 KRW one way for adults and 1,500 for teens and children, though it stops when it snows or rains, in which case you walk about 15 minutes. From Seoul Station the subway leg is around 50 minutes.
Everland's Snow Buster
Everland's sled park, Snow Buster in the Alpine Village, opened in stages last winter: the racing course and the snow yard on December 12, 2025, a week earlier than usual, the snow playground on December 19, and the 200 m express course in early January once the cold held. The express run uses a four-person round tube with an automatic start gate, a tube lift and separate lanes, and it is the longest run among the Seoul and Gyeonggi parks. Hot Food Street next to it sells sweet potato, bungeoppang, hotteok, udon and tteokbokki. The park closes the course around mid-February in most years, but it does not publish a closing date in advance.
Sledding is free with admission, and admission went up by 3,000 KRW on October 6, 2026. The December list price before the increase was 52,000 KRW for adults and teens and 42,000 for children and seniors, so expect about 55,000 and 45,000 this December; check everland.com when you book. The reservation site's lowest listed prices are day passes from 52,000 and afternoon passes from 34,000, with and partner-card deals from 27,500 KRW for visits between November 1 and December 31, 2026.
By public transport, take the Suin-Bundang Line to Giheung, change to the Everline and ride to the last stop, Jeondae-Everland, then take the free shuttle to the gate. The Everline runs from 05:30 to 23:30. Buses are simpler from the south of the city: the 5002 from Sinnonhyeon, Gangnam and Yangjae, the 5700 from Gangbyeon and Jamsil, the 1113 from Gangbyeon and the 1500-2 from Sadang. Since August 1, 2026 there is also an express 4105 from the Seoul Station bus transfer centre that runs via Myeongdong, Namdaemun and Itaewon in about an hour. Our ski resort guide covers the same bus routes for the Gyeonggi slopes if you want to compare.
The District Hills Almost Nobody Tells Foreigners About
Three Seoul districts ran their own hills last winter, and two of them were free for residents.
- Seongdong Rainbow sled park, Salgoji-gil 327: December 31, 2025 to February 8, 2026, Tuesday to Sunday 10:00 to 17:00 with a 13:00 to 14:00 break, closed Mondays. Free for Seongdong residents with proof of address, 4,000 KRW (about $3) for everyone else. The big slope needs 121 cm or more, there is a conveyor back up, helmets are free, and outside food is not allowed. Line 2, Hanyang University Station, Exit 4, about 6 minutes on foot.
- Nowon Ssing-ssing sled park at the Seoul National University of Science and Technology stadium: December 23, 2025 to January 25, 2026, 10:00 to 17:00, closed January 9 and 15. Free for Nowon residents, 3,000 KRW for others, with a 90 m seven-lane adult slope and a 50 m kids' slope. Line 7, Gongneung Station, Exit 1 or 2, about 600 m.
- Seocho Yangjaecheon snow playground: December 20, 2025 to February 22, 2026, Tuesday to Sunday 10:00 to 17:00, 6,000 KRW for Seocho residents and 8,000 (about $6) for others. Sinbundang Line, Yangjae Citizen's Forest Station, Exit 1, about 680 m.
Resident discounts go by the address on your ARC, so bring it. If you live in a one-room in Seongdong or Nowon, this is the cheapest sledding in the city.
One more near Children's Grand Park. The park itself did not run a sled hill in 2025-26, but the private SLP Children's Hall next door did, at 15,000 KRW (about $11) with ice fishing as a 6,000 KRW add-on. Children under 36 months could not use the upper slope, and 36 months to under 7 stayed on the beginner slope. The two city pages list different closing dates, February 23 and March 2, and the hours are not on the official page, so call 1800-5309 before a special trip. Line 7, Children's Grand Park Station, Exit 2.
Gonjiam, the Only Park With 2026-27 Dates
Gonjiam Resort in Gwangju, Gyeonggi, has already posted its sled park windows for the coming winter. Peak season runs from Friday, December 25, 2026 to Tuesday, February 9, 2027, with five two-hour sessions a day at 09:00, 11:30, 14:00, 16:30 and a night session at 19:00. Off-peak runs from opening day to December 24 and again from February 10 to March 1, 2027 with three sessions at 10:00, 12:30 and 15:00. The exact opening day is posted after snow-making; the ski slopes opened on December 10 last year.
A session costs 29,000 KRW on weekends and holidays (about $22) and 26,000 on weekdays, the same for adults and children, VAT included. Gwangju residents get 20 percent off and seniors and visitors with disabilities 50 percent. Every ticket is sold through the Gonjiam Resort app, 300 per session, and you can cancel until 09:00 on the day. Children under 36 months and adults 65 and over cannot ride, guardians need their own ticket, and it is one person per tube on the 15 rails, with a moving walkway back to the top.
Without a car, the Gyeonggang Line gets you as far as Gonjiam Station, and from there it is a taxi or a local bus. Last winter a private operator ran a paid pickup from Jamsil Station Exit 4 by the Lotte Mart Zettaplex at 08:00, 11:00 and 14:30 for 20,000 KRW one way or 38,000 return, booked three to four days ahead. The resort's own free-shuttle page dates from the 2020-21 season, so do not count on it until the resort confirms it.
Vivaldi Park If You Want the Whole Day
Snowy Land at Vivaldi Park in Hongcheon is a sled theme park rather than a hill: about 33,000 pyeong with eight attractions, including the 250 m Snowy Coaster, a Tornado and a rafting run, and a new Snowy New Kids area last season. It opened on December 5, 2025 and ran to March 2, 2026, 10:00 to 18:00, with a gondola ride of about 8 minutes up to the park. Helmets are mandatory and there is no re-entry.
The official price table, which is undated, lists admission at 42,000 KRW on weekdays and 47,000 on weekends and holidays (about $31 and $35), the same for adults and children, with a kids' ticket for 24 months and up under 110 cm at 19,000 and 22,000, and under 24 months free. A sister page shows 43,000 and 46,000, so expect a thousand won either way. The 2026-27 opening day was not announced as of early November, though season passes are already on sale.
Without a car, take a bus from Dong Seoul Terminal (Line 2, Gangbyeon Station) to Hongcheon Terminal, about 50 departures a day, then the resort shuttle for about 50 minutes at 1,700 KRW. Vivaldi also runs a paid pickup from Seoul and Gyeonggi through Busline (031-765-7965) in winter, but the 2026-27 pickup points and fares were not posted yet; last year's blogs quote 9,000 KRW return. Tour packages from Hongdae and Dongdaemun bundle the bus and the ticket for about 92,000 to 94,000 KRW.
When the Dates Drop
Only Gonjiam has committed to 2026-27 so far. For the rest, this is when last year's notices appeared:
| Venue | 2025-26 season | Announced | Where to check |
|---|---|---|---|
| Han River hills | Dec 31 to Feb 18 | Dec 30 | hangang.seoul.go.kr |
| Seoul Land | from Dec 27 | early Dec | seoulland.co.kr |
| Everland Snow Buster | from Dec 12, in stages | Dec 10 to 11 | everland.com |
| Seongdong Rainbow | Dec 31 to Feb 8 | late Dec | district notice, Seoul Media Hub |
| Nowon Ssing-ssing | Dec 23 to Jan 25 | Dec 8 | district notice |
| Seocho Yangjaecheon | Dec 20 to Feb 22 | mid Dec | district notice |
| Gonjiam | peak Dec 25 to Feb 9, 2027 | posted | konjiamresort.co.kr, app |
| Vivaldi Snowy Land | Dec 5 to Mar 2 | early Dec | sonohotelsresorts.com |
Seoul also posts a single list of every public skating rink and sled hill each winter at seoul.go.kr/story/skate, usually by mid December, in Korean. If sledding is not your thing, the Seoul Plaza ice rink in front of City Hall ran from December 19, 2025 to February 8, 2026 at 1,000 KRW an hour including skates and a helmet, with 300 online slots per session released seven days ahead on seoulskate.kr and 300 more at the gate. It has not been announced for 2026-27 either.
What to Bring
Every slope is artificial snow, which turns to slush by mid afternoon on a mild day and to ice early in the morning. Waterproof trousers or at least a long padded coat, gloves and boots with grip are the difference between one run and twenty; our what to wear by temperature guide has the layering. Most hills rent lockers for about 5,000 KRW and hand out the tube, so you need nothing else.
Children under 36 months are either free and kept off the slope or barred entirely, and Gonjiam also bars anyone 65 and over. Height rules differ: Seongdong's big slope needs 121 cm, and Seoul Land puts children 120 cm and under on the slope with a guardian. And a few parks, Gonjiam and Vivaldi among them, require helmets, which they supply.
Load a T-money card before you go; the elephant train at Seoul Grand Park and the Gyeonggi buses to Everland both take it, and the Climate Card covers the Seoul subway legs but not the Everline or the Gyeonggi buses. Check the fine-dust forecast the night before, because the Han River hills close on emergency days, and our fine dust guide explains how to read it.
A sled hill is about the cheapest afternoon out in a Seoul winter. Pick the Han River if you want to spend 6,000 KRW, a district hill if you live nearby, and Everland or Vivaldi if you want the full day.
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