Reviews of Snowking's Winter Festival (Tourist Attraction)

Micah Shippee, PhD

Only there at the start

S V

Fantastic as always, the kids are always having good time there at the Ice castle in Yellowknife ... will visit every year! Definitely recommend it...

Hillary Foster

Amazing

Jason Simpson

A wonderful place to visit for sightseeing and local events in March

Rhonda Merko

Every year surpasses the last year.

Наталья Кошик

One of the most popular places for the tourists during the winter

Jeremy Emerson

Excellent experience for the family

Mike Cooper

Always fun!

Samuel Legge

Very unique Yellowknife experience. So amazing to see all the care and effort that goes into building this temporary structure.

Randy Straker

Great family attraction for theonth of March

Mohit Agarwal

Good

Mohit Agarwal

Good

Daniel Picard

Concerts in a snow castle! Great music, great atmosphere, and the Snow King is pretty awesome.

Norbert Poitras

Every year the Castle just gets bigger and better. Hats off to the Snow King. Happy 25th.

Martin Male

Great place and lots of fun

Matthew West

A yearly "Spring" highlight

張丁事

(Translated) Novelty experience! (Original) 新奇體驗！

Amarbir Singh

Beautiful

Destiny Thom

Amazing! Thanks so much!

Emily CPY

This is a great attraction if you're in Yellowknife in March! Very impressive structure built up by the community over the course of the winter to make the castle itself. It's very beautiful! They're open during the day as a very child friendly activity site with ice slides and climbing tunnels. There's a little snack shop that sells hot drinks and soup. There's a main stage inside where the evening events take place. You can sit on chairs on the main floor or rent one of the booths. Great community vibe and volunteers!

Alice Watson

It’s a great place to visit in Yellowknife but only available in March. However they have construction tour before March. Don’t miss out on it. Also, lots interesting events are host in the castle.

Angie C

Not big but worth visiting

Ming-Chin Jiang

(Translated) Small ice sculpture exhibition, no material (Original) 小型冰雕展，無料

Ruth Baldwin

The talent of these artists are amazing. So glad I went.

Laura Beauchamp

A dream come true! A giant snow castle with slides, a stage and a snack shack! Loved this so very much. Visit Yellowknife in March so you too can enjoy living this dream.

Josalyn Radcliffe

Beautiful castle with kids activities and a warmer interior area for bands and performances. A great crowd and tons of fun! Also gorgeous ice sculptures to view outside of it too.

Chris Hillary

Incredible amount of work goes into this structure.

Justin Melville

Fun place to take your family whether they're from YK or outside of the NWT. Lots of work goes into putting this together and it's much appreciated.

Adam Durczok

Fun place to be.

Crystal Kelley

The Birch Lemon Toddy was amazing!

An Crack

(Translated) It is under construction, but still beautiful! (Original) Está en construcción, pero aún así está hermoso!!

Daniel Roscoe

Fun place, really family oriented. Lots of kid activities in the day, slides, climbing, hit chocolate etc. In the evening there is live music and dancing. The castle was a wonder of snow architecture. There were the usual snow block wallsetc, but the interior spaces were well designed arched/vaulted ceilings worthy of some gothic cathedrals, only a lot smaller. The views around the castle and from its ramparts are worth the admission charge. Connecting to town proper via Ragged Ass Alley (local landmark and historical site), it is a medium walk, or a short cab ride from city centre

Al Risden

I was pressed for time so I wasn't able to spend much time here but it looked remarkably well put together. I had never seen a display like this and found it hard to believe that it was actually made of ice/snow since I'm coming from a warmer climate. The work that goes into making these sculptures and essentially buildings is incredible. I took a few photos but didn't really do the details of each item/sculpture justice.

地方已婚爸爸

(Translated) Very special ice castle, there are slides inside. When I went, it was cold to runny nose. (Original) 非常特別的冰堡，裡面還有溜滑梯 當初去的時候冷到流鼻水哈哈

Vanitha Krishnamurthy

What a great example of ingenuity. It was beautiful and a lot of fun!

Braille Merchant

Out of this world a thing they do with ice in the snow is amazing

Karen Lloyd

The carvers are all wonderful people! So nice that they take the time to stop and talk to us about their work.

Emily Shek

Amazing it is so nice and cool! I even got to attend a wedding here and it's amazing

Ian McKenzie

Amazing. If you're looking for a reason to come to Yellowknife, this is more than enough. Not only do they build a giant castle out of snow complete with slides, rooms, a kids' maze, and a stage, but they have parties and brunch.

Erin Layden

Excellent! Our whole family really enjoyed it.

James Smillie

Nice warm summer location to whatch the waves

Karen Holmes

Quintessential Yellowknife, visiting the snowfort, enjoying the sculptures, catching some music, seeing Aurora in the sky as you leave a concert.

Carmen Thompson

Spectacular ice castle and ice sculptures!! A must see!

Michelle Leger

So amazing every year!! There is always something going on here during the month of march. A must-see for locals and tourists.

Kevin Scrimgeour

Great time. A bit confusing however.

Samantha Stuart

The slide is so much fun and the silver jubilee theme is out of this world!!!

Satinder Shergill

Must visit place

Wilford Montenegro

Unseasonably warm temperatures this year, have melted the castle. Sadly tonite might be the last event this year.

Janna Graham

The castle is built in January & February and the doors open for the month of March. This is a one-month long venue, community centre and arts space. You have to see it to get it. This is the heart and soul of Old Town Yellowknife in the winter. Fabulous snow-chitecture, and a diverse festival of music and art to thaw the coldest heart. Check it out before it's gone!

Rachelle Reed

Such a cool festival. Dress warm!

Mike Kalnay

Fabulous venue for local entertainment, weddings, sliding, ice sculptures.

Jolly Chou

(Translated) Very interesting ice sculpture castle, in addition to showing ice sculptures, there are ice slides for adults and children to enjoy! It is recommended that you can book a place on weekdays, and there are many people on holiday. (Original) 很有趣的冰雕城堡，裡面除了展示冰雕外，還有冰溜滑梯可以讓大人小孩盡情的玩！ 建議平日來可以包場，假日人比較多。

Terrel Hobbs

Great job on the site this year!

Alexandre Vaillancourt

Awesome festival with awesome people!

D Dasilva

1st time going to snowbuddys castle. Very impressed. So much work goes into it! Thank you all who created such an amazing place to visit! Looking forward to next winters creations ????

加蹲

(Translated) Ice sculpture castle that can take pictures for a long time! ! (Original) 可以拍照玩很久的冰雕城堡！！

Richard Andrew Jannack

????% Amazing Talent

James Wong

Just a small area, half hour visit.

Wallace Watson

We had a real great time while there

Juniper Falvo

I love it at the snow castle every year! Fun events and music for all ages!

Limitless

We got to meet and talk to the Snowking while he was hard at work right before the sunset. I envied his way of life.

Jay Kim

Unique ice castle experience!

Seda Isildar

True north experience!

Ben Linaker

Always a spectacular building, with amazing people putting on world class events throughout the month of March. I just finished eating an 8 course meal inside this place - a once in a lifetime experience!

Isaac O.

Nice Castle & atmosphere;)

Rivka Peters

Live entertainment inside, big open space in the "courtyard" for the kids. Two big slides and one small one. Tunnels and smal playground for the little one too. Includes a coffee/hot chocolate shop and bathrooms. Dress warm and enjoy!!

Bosco Guo

good place ！staff friend！

Jeff “Humanaut” Welch

Excellent place to bring family.

Cameron Buddo

Best ever!!!

Cameron Buddo

Best ever!!!

Byron Fitzky

The SNOWCASTLE is Family fun by day or by night. Bring your snowpants, warm boots and a good attitude.

Riley Isham

i come from florida, im still cold.

John Ball

Fun place to go, you can also talk to Snow King and ask him questions, he's really a nice guy! Entrance fee is $5 all day access, cheap! highly recommended!

Nabilah Fatin

A must-see for those in Yellowknife in March! Creative structures made of ice, including slides. Good for families with young children.

Andrew Norman

Winter whimsy.

Murray Dyck

Always a good experience. The Snow King and his crew seem to out do themselves every year. Too bad it's only open for a month .

Jasper Sin

Free of charge if not enter the castle.

chris flannagan

Snarky ticket collecters

Katelyn Murdoch

Dress is warm layers and prepare yourself for amazing sights, sounds, snacks and ice slides

D Kean

A lot of community spirit! Well dpne Yellowknife!

Bruce Christensen

Always great! Thank you Snowking and Team for putting this together every year. We enjoy the castle every year.

권진환

Good!

julia Tsetso

Keeps getting better & better!!

tanya poulin

Every year you build something new, truly greatful for all your hardwork..

Julia

Ice castle was incredible! I recommend going when there is an event (both daytime and nighttime) inside as it only takes a few minutes to walk around and see the entire place. Need some form of entertainment to encourage you to hang around in the cold and experience it for longer. They sell hot chocolate and coffee inside. The slide is very fun and was surprisingly fast!

小安安

(Translated) In line with the season, the icicle (carving) styling idea was set up in Danu Lake, and the original (flavor) culture of the yellow knife was merged to attract tourists and create sightseeing benefits. (Original) 配合季節於大奴湖設立冰柱(雕)造型創意,融合黄刀在地原汁(味)文化,吸引游客,創造觀光效益

Kin Chan

Came to Yellowknife at the last evening of the festival. It's too late, and dark to visit. Anyway, made an effort to visit the site next day. The door of the castle was closed, and some ice sculptures outside were broken. But it's good experience to us though.

Mark Kilmury

Very cool

Rob pollock

Great job as usual

Vamsi N

amazing winter Castle

Gail Johnson

It is great. Lots of detailed carvings, the slides are fun. Very reasonably priced, cash only so come prepared.

Steph Kuntz

A wonderful magical castle is the centre piece of this family oriented winter festival complete with a number of talented musicians from across Canada.

Jay nonam

Great entertainment

Jill Detlor

Excellent... so much fun.

Jeremy McKinley

Was only there for the last weekend. Ice castle was closed due to warm weather, but was still interesting. Ice carvings were really good. Was able to try seal meat for the first time. Unique experience.

tao zhu

Cool

Zenaida Golle

There's always new feature every year to enjoy & be entertained

Robert Filion

Absolutely amazing