Ski all year in a Chinese city. Shenzhen's 2025 hall has about 100,000 m² of snow and 83 m of vertical; Shanghai L+SNOW about 90,000 m². Sizes, opening years and how they fit a trip.
China has built some of the largest indoor ski venues anywhere, many of them in southern cities that never see natural snow. Wikipedia counted about 34 indoor snow centres in China, a figure that is probably out of date given how fast new ones open. For a visitor they are a way to try skiing on a city break, warm up before a mountain trip, or ski in summer.
The Huafa Ice and Snow World in Shenzhen's Qianhai area opened on 29 September 2025. The building covers about 430,000 m² and the snow about 100,000 m², with five runs totalling 1,569 m. The longest is about 463 m and the vertical 83 m. It has been described as the world's largest indoor ski venue. Take Metro Line 20 to Huizhancheng station.
Shanghai's L+SNOW, in the Lingang New Area of Pudong by Dishui Lake, held its official opening on 6 September 2024. The building is about 350,000 m², with more than 90,000 m² of snow kept at -5°C, four runs and roughly 60 m of vertical inside a 16-storey slope structure. It held the Guinness title for the world's largest single indoor ski venue until Shenzhen opened. A water park was added in May 2025.
Guangzhou's indoor snow park sits in the Sunac Culture and Tourism City in Huadu district, near Huachengjie metro station. It was built by Wanda, sold to Sunac in 2017 and opened on 20 June 2019, when it was described as the world's second-largest indoor ski park. We could not verify its current slope figures.
Harbin's indoor park, inside a mall in the Songbei district, opened in July 2017 and once held the Guinness record for the world's largest indoor ski facility. It has about 72,600 m² of indoor snow, six runs up to about 500 m long and roughly 80 m of vertical. Wanda sold its tourism projects to Sunac the same year, so check the current name when you book. It is handy for a lesson before heading to Yabuli or a few runs on the day you fly.
Sunac also runs indoor snow parks in Wuxi, Chengdu, Chongqing and Kunming. Jilin City has an unusual one: a 1,308 m indoor cross-country ski tunnel that opened in 2019.
We could not verify current prices or opening hours for any of these halls, so check the venue's own channels before you go. Expect timed tickets, rental gear included or available, and a temperature well below zero inside, so bring warm layers even in July.
Shanghai and Guangdong are both inside the 240-hour visa-free transit area, as is Harbin, so these halls fit a transit stop if your passport qualifies. See China travel essentials. For real mountains, start with our beginner's guide.