Skiing the Planet

"Mongolia is kind of close, right?" Story about an attempt to ski everywhere in the world where there's snow. And in some places where there isn't. On and off-piste skiing on all continents, skiing into craters of live volcanoes, climbing, photography, and travel.

The blog about skiing around the world. The most recent blog articles can be found in Blogspot. This page lists all the skiing-related articles from this blog series.

	Desperately Seeking After-Ski I was depressed, alone and ready to hit the bed, walking towards my hotel when I saw the Ambiente Cafe. Full story Alternate link February 2012, Les Arcs, France Skiing (Outdoor, Snow, Lifts); Sauna (Normal)
	Snails for Speed Skiers Escargots de Bourgogne dans un cafe de piste de ski ... j'approuve Full story Alternate link February 2012, Les Arcs, France Skiing (Outdoor, Snow, Lifts); Food
	Two More Countries I'm heading out today for a two day trip to collect Spain and Andorra. But many countries left. It still feels like the planet has an unending supply of unexplored ski destinations. Full story Alternate link February 2012, La Molina, Catalonia, Spain; Vallnord, Andorra Skiing (Outdoor, Snow, Lifts)
	Cisco's For all my good friends at Cisco, the networking company: did you know that Cisco's is the best after ski bar in Andorra? Full story Alternate link February 2012, Vallnord, Andorra Skiing (Outdoor, Snow, Lifts); Afterski
	Hirvensalo Abo Hors Piste! Off-piste skiing in Turku, in the small but wonderful Hirvensalo ski area. Full story Alternate link February 2012, Hirvensalo, Turku, Finland Skiing (Outdoor, Snow, Lifts)
	Fun in the Alps A few pictures from Les 3 Vallees, and a link to a great (not!) video from Mikko Alatalo on the topic of fun in the alps Full story Alternate link January 2012, Les Menuires, France Skiing (Outdoor, Snow, Lifts); Music
	Fortress Islands Saturday evening's exercise. Full story Alternate link January 2012, Suomenlinna, Helsinki, Finland Skiing (Outdoor, Snow, Lifts); Urban-Exploration (Castles)
	Seasons Pass! At 3.5 Euros, "Cafe Alpenhutte's Goulash index competes well with most western ski areas. Zillertal may boast a 1600m vertical against 50m in Kauniainen, but hey, their soup still costs 1 Euro more. Add pinaattilätyt and you know this is the destination for the gourmet skier Full story Alternate link January 2012, Kauniainen ski hill, Kauniainen, Finland Skiing (Outdoor, Snow, Lifts)
	Russian Ski Stars I climbed a mountain, and found a ski movie actress from Russia on the top! Full story Alternate link January 2012, Courchevel, France Skiing (Outdoor, Snow, Lifts); Climbing (Mountain)
	Magnifique Apres-Ski! The best after-ski in the world? Could be. Who would have thought we'd find this in France? Full story Alternate link January 2012, Val Thorens, France Skiing (Outdoor, Snow, Lifts); Afterski
	Skiing the Garbage Hill The top of Helsinki is not that impressive, but we skied it anyway Full story Alternate link December 2011, Malminkartano, Helsinki, Finland Skiing (Outdoor, Snow, Lifts)
	Bono, Have You Been to Africa? "And there won't be any snow in Africa this Christmas time" Dude, there is no snow in Africa because you have the wrong time of the year. And its a damn warm place anyway. Full story Alternate link December 2011, Afriski, Lesotho Skiing (Outdoor, Snow, Lifts)
	Frost is Enough First and Last and Always is not just an album from Sisters of Mercy, but also my approach to skiing on the local hill. In May, I was the last person to ski there. Now I am about to be the first one to ski it this winter. Full story Alternate link December 2011, Kauniainen ski hill, Kauniainen, Finland Skiing (Outdoor, Snow, Lifts)
	Snowtube This is not a word play on youtube. The snow in this ski area came from a tube. Video blog from Japan. Full story Alternate link November 2011, Karuizawa, Japan Skiing (Outdoor, Snow, Lifts)
	Opening Tour Plans for skiing on the opening day in Alaska and Japan, and at an infinitely long slope in Hong Kong. Oh, and a few meetings along the way, too. Full story Alternate link November 2011, Slope Infinity, Hong Kong, Hong Kong; Karuizawa, Japan; Alyeska, Alaska, USA Skiing (Outdoor, Snow, Lifts)
	Chasing Bears and Powder in Alaska From my perspective, Alaska is close by if I'm already stopping in California. But as I was sitting for sixth hour in the Alaska Airlines plane bound for Anchorage it started to dawn on my that Alaska is far away. Full story Alternate link November 2011, Alyeska, Alaska, USA Skiing (Outdoor, Snow, Lifts)

This is the 22th set of articles. The previous sets were set 1, set 2, set 3, set 4, set 5, set 6, set 7, set 8, set 9, set 10, set 11, set 12, set 13, set 14, set 15, set 16, set 17, set 18, set 19, set 20, and set 21. The next sets are set 23, and set 24.

See also the Planetskier blog articles about caving, urban exploration, climbing, cycling, flying, swimming, and saunas. There is also a full list of all articles regardless of topic, a list of services "approved by the Planetskier, and a world map of all skiing related destinations from the blog series: