On Sunday the traditional winter festival "Ice Storm" will be held at the Plotinka.

      On January 18, 2026, on the last Sunday of the ice town's operation in the Historical Square, the traditional annual winter festival "Ice Storm" will take place. Photo: Dmitry Chasovitin.

      It is held to promote mountaineering, rock climbing, and sports tourism, as well as to promote a healthy lifestyle and active recreation among young people. Start at 10:00, end at 19:00.

      Chief judge of the discipline: Pavel Yuryevich Ivanov.

      10:00 Arrival of participants, placement on the Ice Town grounds

      11:00—18:30 Beginner course open (for any physically fit people).

      10:00—11:00 Arrival, application processing, drawing of lots and registration of competition participants.

      11:00 Start of competitions, qualification.

      11:30 Speed competitions (ice stele).

      15:30 Start of competitions and beginning of the difficulty (traverse) event.

      18:00 Pursuit race for the prizes of the Ural Pathfinder.

      Also that day there will be an ice graffiti contest. Themes — "40 Years of the Sverdlovsk Rock Club" and "Our Happy Childhood".

      The contest is held in three stages:

      Sketch contest. By January 17, a sketch of the proposed work must be sent to [email protected]

      Selection stage January 17–18. The organizers select participants for the ice stage and assign them to surfaces in the ice town.

      Ice stage January 18 from 10:00 to 12:00: each participant is allocated 1–2 meters of wall in the town to paint.

      Winners will be determined and awarded at 12:00.

Другие Новости Екатеринбурга (ЕКБ166)

Police carried out a raid targeting migrants at the Yekaterinburg refrigeration plant. Police and National Guard officers discovered 81 migrants during a raid at a cold‑storage plant in Yekaterinburg; most of them were undocumented. Investigators are working to identify the organizer of the illegal migration at the food production facility. The husband who ordered an acid attack on his wife was identified as the leader of a Yekaterinburg organized crime group. Journalists in Yekaterinburg identified the man detained on Wednesday on suspicion of organizing an acid attack on his ex‑wife as Nikolai Ermakov, the leader of one of the organized crime groups. A minor will be tried by a military court in Yekaterinburg for preparing a terrorist attack on the Sverdlovsk Railway. The Ural Transport Prosecutor’s Office has referred to court a criminal case concerning the preparation to commit a terrorist act on the Sverdlovsk Railway, the press service of the supervisory authority reports. In the new season of the show "The Voice," Sverdlovsk residents will be able to "root for" Nizhny Tagil. In the new season of the show "The Voice," Sverdlovsk residents will be able to "root for" Nizhny Tagil. The new season of the vocal show "The Voice" will air on Channel One on January 23. There won't be any contestants from Yekaterinburg this season, but there are still people to root for. During the cold snap, the residents of Bogdanovich were left without heating. In Bogdanovich, due to a major utility failure, residents were left without heating in -35°C temperatures. Utility workers are currently dealing with the aftermath. This was reported by Mayor Oleg Neyfeld. Sverdlovsk residents were informed about a new way to book an appointment with a doctor. Now residents of Sverdlovsk Oblast will be able to book a doctor's appointment via the MAX messenger. This was announced by the Governor of Sverdlovsk Oblast, Denis Pasler. — The algorithm is simple: launch the "Appointment with a Doctor" app.

On Sunday the traditional winter festival "Ice Storm" will be held at the Plotinka.

The traditional annual winter festival "Ice Storm" will be held on January 18, 2026, the last Sunday that the ice town in Historical Square is open.