Volvo at Jingyuetan National Forest Park — Volvo Winter Driving Class Season 3 (2018)

A frozen lake inside a Changchun forest park hosted a multi-day Volvo winter driving programme for XC90 owners.

The venue

Jingyuetan is a forest park and lake district in the south-east of Changchun, Jilin. Its centrepiece is a broad lake ringed by wooded hills, shoreline paths and access roads. In winter the water freezes into a flat, featureless sheet that the park opens for skating, sledding and vehicle activity, while the surrounding forest roads stay in use through the season.

How the space was used

The programme ran across three days: arrival and hotel check-in, a middle day of ice and road driving with a dinner, then departure. On the frozen lake surface, six named modules organised driving exercises in sequence, from drifting and speed work to a forest section and a snow-art component. Road driving took place on the park's surrounding routes.

Why it works here

A frozen lake gives a consistently low-grip, obstacle-free surface that no built track in the region can match in January, and the adjoining forest roads allow road-driving sessions within the same site. The park's scale lets separate exercise areas and participant groups operate without overlapping.