International Hair Freezing Contest — Actualité

News from the Whitehorse Jelly Hairdressing Contest: Festival TV's article and official news from Eclipse Nordic Hot Springs.

On Festival TV

Article Festival TV on the Jelly Hairdressing Contest

International Hair Freezing Contest: Whitehorse, Yukon's Jelly Hairdressing Competition

In the Yukon, the head is plunged into a hot spring at nearly 40°C, the polar cold is left to sculpt the hair, and the photo is posed: welcome to the most frosty contest in Canada.

Article Festival TV · The most unusual festivals in the world

Actualité officielle

Hot Spring Frozen Hair — © Eclipse Nordic Hot Springs

2025-2026 edition finished: winners announced

The official website of the contest publishes the winning hairstyles of the last winter edition, category by category — best female, male, group and most creative hairstyle — each awarded $2,000.

Official website hairfreezingcontest.com · Winter 2025-2026

Frozen hair creest — © Eclipse Nordic Hot Springs

World record: 288 ice-coated participants

In 2020, the competition entered the Guinness record with 288 frozen hair participants gathered on the same day at Whitehorse hot springs — the world's largest frozen hair contest.

Official website hairfreezingcontest.com · Record Guinness 2020