Pyeongchang Trout Festival

The festival information below describes the 2026 event; details for 2027 are being updated. In the difficult winters of the past, heavy snow led local people to tie ropes between neighbouring houses and dig snow tunnels along them to visit each other. When cold river winds froze the streams early, they struck large rocks in the river with hammers to catch winter fish for a meal. The Pyeongchang Trout Festival transforms those ancestors’ hardships into a celebration under the theme of a winter story of snow, ice and trout, held each year from late December to late January. Through the clear ice, visitors can see fish swimming in Odaecheon Stream, enjoy the thrill of trout fishing, and take part in diverse winter activities that bring the enjoyment of a winter festival.