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.

	Serena at the quiet hour Today's outing was in Serena, a small commercial ski hill in northern Espoo. Serena combines skiing with summer activities from downhill cars to tree climbing routes, and one of the largest spas in Finland. It has been very popular... the Corona times have hit it as well, however. Nevertheless, skiing was great. Full story Alternate link March 2021, Serena, Espoo, Finland Skiing (Outdoor, Snow, Lifts)
	Be the ski lift Today’s exercise was to be the ski lift for sister’s twins as they tried out skiing for the first time on a small hill (not visiting a ski resort yet, this was a more relaxed setting). They made lot of progress, snowplough, turns, how to fall, etc. Fun day! Full story Alternate link February 2021, Tuusulan urheilukeskuksen pulkkamäki, Hyrylä, Tuusula, Finland Skiing (Snow, Outdoor, Hiking, Training)
	Espoonkartano tree skiing Covid. Lines everywhere. Commercial skiing... maybe not for us this year. Fortunately, Jarmo knew a place where we could get some forest skiing in. And even the sun was shining! Full story Alternate link January 2021, Mynttilän kukkulat, Espoonkartano, Espoo, Finland Skiing (Snow, Outdoor, Hiking)
	Colors of Switzer...Hyvinkää These are some of the first official runs of the season, in Hyvinkää's Sveitsin Hiihtokeskus. Very nice, I loved the evening colors in snow-falling weather. Well done! Full story Alternate link December 2020, Hyvinkään Sveitsin hiihtokeskus, Hyvinkää, Finland Skiing (Outdoor, Snow, Lifts)
	Maintenance! I've been putting this moment off for some reason. But now they are there: both of my main skis are in maintenance and repair holiday at the Ski Service. Lets see how shiny they come out! Full story Alternate link November 2020, Ski Service, Pitäjänmäki, Helsinki, Finland Skiing (Equipment)
	Not broken It isn't broken. It just needs more duct tape. Full story Alternate link October 2020, Ruka, Kuusamo, Finland Skiing (Outdoor, Snow, Lifts)
	Birthday skitrip This month's skiing was a bit of a challenge. Travel is difficult, unlike in August. Many of things that one could do were already done. Full story Alternate link September 2020, Kauniainen ski hill, Kauniainen, Finland Skiing (Outdoor, Grass, Snow)
	First trip to the alps after the pandemic - summer skiing in Hintertux Summer 2020. This was the first flight after the pandemic. Even to the birthplace of the initial spreading of the disease: the Austrian alps. But no crowded after-ski this time... just masks, solitary skiing ... but how wonderful was that skiing! Hintertux is a long-time favorite and the skiing is just superb. Also pretty much the only place to ski in the summer in Europe, either here or in Zermatt. Full story Alternate link August 2020, Hintertux, Zillertal, Austria Skiing (Outdoor, Snow, Lifts)
	Turns All Year Well, it is a turn. And I was desperate. Full story Alternate link July 2020, Kauniaisten jäähalli, Kauniainen, Finland Skiing (Outdoor, Snow, Hiking)
	Parking practice Parking practice between tightly parked cardboard boxes. Front, back, parallel. Oh and the Volvo has been running nicely for ALMOST THREE DAYS by now. Full story Alternate link June 2020, Jorvas, Kirkkonummi, Finland Skiing (Outdoor, Snow, Lifts)
	A different Ylläs 24 I decided to do my own Ylläs 24 event, to replace the one cancelled in April. It is already June, not a lot of snow remains. But some, and what a wonderful sunshine for the entire 24 hours - midnight sun was shining, as Ylläs is far above the arctic circle. Full story Alternate link June 2020, Ylläs, Finland Skiing (Outdoor, Snow, Lifts)
	Skiing Tahko on May 30th What a wonderful experience, hiking up the 200 meters high ski hill in deserted Tahko, in sunshine. And taking a sunset ski run back to the lake, almost all of it on still preserved snow. Full story Alternate link May 2020, Tahko, Finland; Tahkolahden ranta, Tahko, Finland Skiing (Outdoor, Snow, Lifts); Swimming (Outdoor)
	A tour of three closed ski areas Wow. Three closed ski areas on one day. 500 kilometers of driving, though, on this avoid-contact-with-others trip. Full story Alternate link May 2020, Himos, Jämsä, Finland; Kasurila, Siilinjärvi, Finland; Tahko, Finland Skiing (Outdoor, Snow, Lifts)
	Summer has been CANCELLED I was sure that the season is over. Then... it started snowing. Full story Alternate link May 2020, Kauniainen ski hill, Kauniainen, Finland Skiing (Outdoor, Snow, Lifts)
	Voitelu kunnossa. Summer waxing. Skiing in the summer takes waxing skill. But, this time I think I managed it. Full story Alternate link May 2020, Vihti ski, Vihti, Finland Skiing (Outdoor, Snow, Lifts)
	Patchy skiing in Vihti Tero and I went to Vihti to see if we could still ski it. Vihti is the best, much snow left! A few parts not covered in snow, but one can ski through them! Full story Alternate link May 2020, Vihti ski, Vihti, Finland Skiing (Snow, Grass)

This is the 8th set of articles. The previous sets were set 1, set 2, set 3, set 4, set 5, set 6, and set 7. The next sets are 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, set 22, 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: