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.

	Snow Machine Skiing in Karuizawa, Japan on artificially made snow Full story Alternate link November 2011, Karuizawa, Japan Skiing (Outdoor, Snow, Lifts)
	Slope Infinity Skiing in Hong Kong? An infinitely long ski slope? Skis that melt? Ski challenges indoors? Full story Alternate link November 2011, Slope Infinity, Hong Kong, Hong Kong Skiing (Indoor, Substance-Other)
	Speed Skiing in Germany How to ski in Germany and getting a speeding ticket for a souvenir. Full story Alternate link October 2011, Jever Fun Skihalle, Neuss, Germany Skiing (Indoor, Snow)
	Peer Review Skiing in Peer, Belgium Full story Alternate link September 2011, Snowworld, Peer, Belgium Skiing (Indoor, Snow)
	Indoors in Beijing Opening of the 2011-2012 season Full story Alternate link September 2011, Qiaobo, Beijing, China Skiing (Indoor, Snow)
	Africa. Snow. AK-47s. I'm glad to be back home in Finland. It was so damn cold in Africa! Full story Alternate link August 2011, Afriski, Lesotho Skiing (Outdoor, Snow, Lifts); Urban-Exploration (Ruins)
	One More Continent I am armed with skis, ice axes, cameras, and plenty of memory cards. And I'm on a British Airways flight, on my way to South Africa in search of snow. Full story Alternate link August 2011, Afriski, Lesotho Skiing (Outdoor, Snow, Lifts)
	Skiing the Highest Pass in South Africa Falling in the no-fall zone and other interesting stories. Summary of my 156 000 kilometer ski year. Full story Alternate link August 2011, Sani Pass, South Africa Skiing (Outdoor, Snow, Lifts)
	Horseback Skiing in the Himalayas No problem. I had never ridden a horse before, so practicing riding on steep, rocky paths at 3 to 4 kms while carrying ski gear and taking photos sounded like a fun thing to do. Full story Alternate link June 2011, Rohtang Pass, Himachal Pradesh, India Skiing (Outdoor, Snow, Lifts); Riding; Climbing (Mountain); Travel
	Half a Stryn of Skiing Midsummer. Skiing. Norway. Full story Alternate link June 2011, Stryn, Norway Skiing (Outdoor, Snow, Lifts)
	Skiing in the Rain You know that old story about pots of gold at the end of a rainbow? Well, I only found some wet sheep. Full story Alternate link June 2011, Galdhøpiggen, Norway Skiing (Outdoor, Snow, Lifts)
	Dog Finds Slovenia's Last Snow Dogs that climb. Dragging skis to top of mountains on our backs. Skiing Slovenia's last traces of snow. Meeting with the guy who skied down from the seven summits. Full story Alternate link May 2011, Ceska Koca hut, Kamnik-Savinja Alps, Slovenia Skiing (Outdoor, Snow, Lifts); Climbing (Mountain)
	Skiing Kauniainen at 3AM May 2011. Its 3AM and I'm about to ski on the local hill in Kauniainen. Full story Alternate link May 2011, Kauniainen ski hill, Kauniainen, Finland Skiing (Outdoor, Snow, Lifts)
	90 Minute Ski Trip to Haarlem This was supposed to be a two helmet ski trip, where I could do both skiing and biking. Instead, it is quickly turning into a dreaded zero helmet ski trip. Full story Alternate link May 2011, Snowplanet, Haarlem, Netherlands Skiing (Indoor, Snow)
	Poland Is Melting Away Fail. Noon, Saturday, somewhere in Poland mountains. Despite a 6am wakeup the weekend is quickly turning into a disaster. Full story Alternate link April 2011, Zakopane, Poland; Strbske Pleso, Slovakia Skiing (Outdoor, Snow, Lifts)
	Invasion of the Golfers This is the end. Snow is melting, snowmaking is over, the cliffs are no longer covered by snow -- not that it prevented me from skiing them -- and the bar has run out of Pepsi Max. And the golfers are invading Peuramaa. Full story Alternate link April 2011, Peuramaa, Kirkkonummi, Finland Skiing (Outdoor, Snow, Lifts)

This is the 23th 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, set 21, and set 22. The next set is 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: