Winter 2026
Outdoor winter activities: 25 things to do outside
The winter things you can only do outside, while the season lasts. Check the weather, dress in layers, and go.
Go ice skatingan evening · outdoors · under $20
Go sleddinga half-day · outdoors · free
Build a snowman10 minutes · outdoors · free
Have a snowball fight10 minutes · outdoors · free
Make snow angels10 minutes · outdoors · free
Go snowshoeinga half-day · outdoors · under $20
Try cross-country skiinga half-day · outdoors · a small treat
Take a ski or snowboard lessona half-day · outdoors · a small treat
Take a horse-drawn carriage ridean evening · outdoors · a small treat
Find Orion in the winter sky10 minutes · outdoors · free
Go on a winter hikea half-day · outdoors · free
Join the Christmas Bird Counta half-day · outdoors · free
Catch snowflakes and look at them up close10 minutes · outdoors · free
Walk in the first snowfall10 minutes · outdoors · free
Have a winter picnic with a thermosan evening · outdoors · under $20
Go to the beach in winteran evening · outdoors · free
Go on a full-moon walkan evening · outdoors · free
Pick a Christmas tree at a tree farma half-day · outdoors · a small treat
Go to a Christmas marketan evening · outdoors · under $20
Drive around to see the Christmas lightsan evening · outdoors · free
Go carolingan evening · outdoors · free
Go to a Hanukkah menorah lightingan evening · outdoors · free
Do a New Year's polar plunge10 minutes · outdoors · free
Go to a winter festival or ice-sculpture showa half-day · outdoors · under $20
Make a pinecone bird feederan evening · outdoors · under $20
Keep a stamp for every one you do.
Seasons is an app for living with the seasons. Save the ideas you like, do one, and it lands in your winter passport. It opens on mobile in November.
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