10 Most Unusual Ski Resorts in the World | Part 1
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 22 พ.ค. 2024
- There are ski resorts in many unusual parts of our world. When planning a ski trip, there are a large number of resorts to choose from. When thinking of ski resorts, most immediately imagine the Alps in Europe or the majestic mountains in Canada and USA. However, there are many places in the world where you can ski which few people have heard of. These include exotic places like Africa, Greenland and Hawaii, so if you're getting bored of mainstream ski resorts and need inspiration, here are the 10 most unusual places to ski in the world.
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00:00 Intro
00:27 Afriski, Lesotho
01:08 Mauna Kea, Hawaii
01:54 Gulmarg, India
02:41 Solbakken, Greenland
03:16 Troodos, Cyprus
03:48 CopenHill, Denmark
04:41 Tasmania, Australia
05:22 Oukaïmeden, Morocco
06:02 Mount Olympus, Greece
06:42 Ski Dubai Centre, Dubai
Another one: mount Etna, Sicily. Literally skiing on a vulcano :)
Wow that sounds awesome!
The northern resort on Etna was open when I lived there (however, stay on-piste or you might do a face-plant due to the very shallow snow covering lava pumice). The southern area (Refugio Sapienza?) was being damaged by active lava flows (2001).
I have to check this one on TH-cam. Tgank you for the info
Same with Flagstaff, AZ
An active volcano, one of the Decade
So you missed Mount Hermon, a bunch in Iran, some more in Lebanon, a couple in Iraq, and Algeria for sure. I once many years ago as a naive teenager had the idea to ski in every country with a ski lift for natural snow. Then I discovered how many countries that was, and there was no way in hell I was visiting some of them.
Sounds like you were an adventurous kid! Did you manage to visit some unusual places with a ski lift?
As an Iraqi Canadian I didnt even know there were ski resorts in Iraq.
It's a 7 minute video. He's gonna miss a couple.
Hey there, fellow snowboarding enthusiasts!
I just wanted to share my amazing experience of staying in Gulmarg for 2 months in 2011, and shredding some of the most breathtaking slopes I've ever encountered.
The beauty of Gulmarg is unparalleled, with its snow-covered peaks and untouched wilderness. As a snowboarder, there's nothing quite like carving through the fresh powder and feeling the adrenaline rush through your veins.
But beyond the incredible terrain and stunning scenery, what really made my time in Gulmarg special was the people. I met some of the most welcoming, hospitable locals who showed me the true essence of Kashmiri culture.
It was humbling to experience firsthand their resilience and strength in the face of adversity, and I left with a newfound appreciation for the importance of community and connection.
So to anyone considering a snowboarding trip to Gulmarg, I cannot recommend it enough. Not only will you have the time of your life on the slopes, but you'll also come away with a deeper understanding of the world and the incredible people who inhabit it.
Also, if any of the friends I made during my time there happen to see this comment, please don't hesitate to reach out! I would love to catch up and reminisce about our amazing experiences in Gulmarg. Keep shredding, my friends!
Thank you for sharing! Amazing story and what life is all about. Where did you stay in Gulmarg?
@@mountain_sight at Raja Hotel & Restaurant 🙌🫶
Bro mispronounced every single location 😭
No he didn’t
@@Da_Bunny Not all of them, but the first one was so bad it just makes you shake your head. It’s pronounced Leh-Sue-Too.
Bro mispronounced every location but got 400k views, this video is great! Thanks for your feedback
He pronounced Tasmania correctly 😂
It’s artificially generated speech, it’s not a real person
You showed videos of mt Olympus in New Zealand when talking about Greece. Mt Olympus and all the club fields in NZ are worth talking about in another video
"From December to February, this place reaches 2000m in altitude" So wait, in the summer the mountain shrinks ? XDD
Could be a glacier
@@roboticfuzzball179 I don’t think it works like that 😂
no, it grows in the summer
Yes, this is the famous inflatable mount cyprus, which acts during summer as not less known cyprus hill, where great concerts of old school rap are held.
Was looking for this comment
@3:30 "from December to February this area reaches almost 2000m in altitude".
Mate, the altitude is the same the whole year! 🤣
I think maybe he ran a punctuation stop sign between "February" and "this".
Great informative and original video!!!
The lodge shown on Greek MT Olympus is actually the ski hut at the Olympus ski field in New Zealand!!!
some of the footage is clearly reused from one place to another !
Hahaha!
@@fToo the snow too!
Nice video and stoked to learn about these places. Watch out though you have a clip showing Whistler Blackcomb speaking about European resorts! hehe but I might be the only one who noticed and it doesn't really affect on how rad the video is. Great work for the travellers!
The most interesting resort that I have been to is probably Malcesine/Monte Baldo at Lake Garda in Italy 🇮🇹
Malcesine is a Picturesque village with a beach, but on the town square you can take a gondola 🚠 to 1.450m above sea level.
When you’re up you’ll find yourself at the base station of a ”large” ski resort.
Probably the best place to own a home. You can swim for 4-5 month and ski for 3-4. Probably can enjoy the food and view the 3-4 month in between 😎
Sounds picture perfect! Amazing
I've been there years ago! You can see Lake Garda while climbing up with the skilift or descending a slope. Amazing!
I like that you included some Telemark footage :) Telemark looks so awesome!
Agree!
I’ve skiied in 2 of these places they’re both great and I’ve actually been skiing in Lesotho quite a few times
Cool! Which one have you visited?
Is tifindel still operating?
@@mountain_sight in Lesotho and in Dubai
Tank you for this great videos
Thank you for watching!
There is a ski lift on Tenerife up to mount Teide. There is barley any snow there ever, but when the conditions are right it's skiable 😇
Wow that’s really unique! Have you been there?
@@mountain_sight i did take the lift up there around 10 years ago, around new years. The only snow they had then was old icy snow.
@@Br0nkeN not a ski lift, just a tourist (trap) cable car. Ski in Teide volcano is tricky, very rocky, and not all areas are allowed. You'll be risking a fine.
very proffesional video, good work!
Thanks! Appreciate your support
Nice vid
Another exotic skiresort is Tochal in Teheran Iran. It goes up to 3850m
That sounds quite exotic! People don’t think of Iraq as a place with ski resorts. Thank you!
North Korea as well
That’s an interesting one as well. Guess not many people have been there
Iran*
Pakistan afaik as well
Interesting. At one time you could also ski in the tropics in both Bolivia and Taiwan but those areas disappeared many years ago.
Is there a ski resort in Taiwan??
@@jeksixten5751 I believe there was a tiny ski area back in the 1970s but it’s long gone
Gulmarg has 14 m of snow which is a tonne and the terrain looks good as well. Cheers
It’s amazing!
Mate, i can tell you that whilst i love skiing up Ben Lomond, you dont often get 3 months of season. Its cool when its on though.
Also they way you said "Tasmania" and "Lomond" made me chuckle, so thanks for that!
Cool video, never would have thought you could ski north Africa! I am curious though whether the footage shown was accurate for all the resorts? It looked like decent powder in India if so!
Footage is accurate - Gulmarg in India is almost 3000 meters above sea level, which means tons of snow despite its location in India
I skiied in Gulmarg 3 years ago and there were days when the powder was too deep to ski. Seriously.
I worked at Afriski in Lesotho for 2 winters, and can confirm that the footage is correct. However the offpiste footage is very rarely that good. It only snows that much every now and then. Having said that, it is a blast and I highly recommend anyone with the opportunity to go there, to give it a shot. It is truly a unique place
you could ski even your bunk over your blankets ))))))
Snow skiing in Hawaii never knew they had that it's awesome.
1/28/23 Yet another new winter storm is slamming into the Aloha State, bringing another round of heavy snow to the Big Island of Hawaii. Due to the heavy snow, the National Weather Service in Honolulu has issued a Winter Storm Warning for portions of Hawaii Island.
Just one storm in January 2020 dropped 2-3 feet of snow on Hawaii Island and created snow drifts that were far deeper. Another storm in January 2021 brought snowboarders and skiers out to the mountain by the dozens. A blizzard hit the Big Island last December, guaranteeing a White Christmas there for 2022 just weeks ago.
My buddy and his wife did a run there on vaca about 25 years ago. Don't remember the particulars but they said it fun....being in hawaii and all!
Ski Dubai is a blast! It was on my bucket list.
The first runs seem soooo unreal. It's 90 degrees outside and I am skiing!?! But then it was just a nice day of easy skiing - it's a green/blue run. It's just steep enough at the top to get up some speed and make some nice turns. What's really great is that it's open until 11 PM. So, you can have a full day at the beach or ride camels in the desert, have dinner, and then ski for a couple of hours. Not s bad day!
It's located in the Mall of the Emirates, a huge Dubai mall. You walk past Vuitton and Gucci stores and then go inside Ski Dubai. It suddenly feels like the base lodge of a small area. People are "clomping" around in ski boots. You can rent all the gear - skis, boots, ski suit and gloves. You go through two sets of sliding glass doors....and suddenly it's freezing cold! There is a toboggan run and penguin area. There is a big 4 passenger chair and a small poma on the side. The chairlift runs very slowly, so it takes a lot longer to go up than go down. The snow, as you would expect, is perfect packed powder.
I saw a bunch of hot-shot kids running gates - it's steep enough for that. The coach said the kids's parents live there, but go to the Alps in the winter. You can also see the windows of the Kempinski hotel that overlooks the slopes. They have "chalet suites" decked out with fireplaces and look like a sleek Swiss ski hotel - quite bizarre.
Anyway, I recommend it highly. It's not challenging - obviously. But then there is no fear of blizzards or avalanches!
Great information, thank you for sharing!
Can’t believe you mentioned tassie, barely anyone knows we exist
I'm Australian and I wasn't 100% sure you exist ;)
excellent.
Thank you, appreciate your feedback
@3:31
Good to know that Cyprus reaches 2000m of altutude between December and February
Are you telling me that the Troodos resort in Cyprus changes height after February...? How does it do that? :D
Fun fact, 6:35 is Mt Olympus in New Zealand, didn’t make the list but is pretty sweet!
Look out! VAIL is going to buy it!
Well it live w20 km away from the first ski resort in Greece and most beautiful, and less than an hour away from another 3 and Olympus also. Try visit em and you gonna love em.
Sounds amazing!
Gambarie in South Italy you can ski watching the highest volcano of europe, two seas and the eolian islands
I'm actually going to Lesotho sometime this autumn, kinda bummed its only open from june to august.
I definitely want to shred Olympus now
Agree!
You should also add Riksgränsen in Sweden, the worlds most northern ski resort and also one of the coldest ones
Good one as well. Riksgränsen is actually featured in our video about best ski resorts in Sweden
Yeaaaah! :D
You missed out on Timberline Lodge, Mt Hood, Oregon. They’re open from November to September. 11 months out of the year!
The ski resort in Lesotho looks like the snow cover in most American resorts after February
Wow so does it get lower in Winter?
Learnt to ski at Troodos, Cyprus in 1978. My bindings were too loose one morning so dropped into the cafe and asked for a screwdriver. Ended up with a vodka orange!
yoo i just did a season snow making at the resort in tasmania didn't expect the mention
I think they have only just started snow making up there very recently too.🤔
So how does Cyprus grow and shrink throughout the year? From December to January it reaches almost 2000m! That must cause a lot of problems with earthquakes and what not.
Serra da Estrela in Portugal has a long history of skiing.
The Copen Hill might be good for skiing, but if you were to fall you will definitely get a lot of pain and possibly break something! The terrain is just millions of plastic straws!
Yellowstone Club...private mountain next to Big Sky
shhhhhh! ;)
Where do you leave mount Etna?
Well,I live in sunny Cyprus and I went snowboarding yesterday 😀
Wow sounds cool! Would love to try that
@@mountain_sight right now we have around 80cm of snow and the rental place is down for renovation so only people with their own equipment. Best times 😀😀
That's almost too good to be true 🤩 Great timing with the weekend as well!
@@mountain_sight no no,never the weekend 😀 whole Cyprus comes just to fuck with the snow and use the lift for fun 😀 weekdays are empty and in the winter we don't really work so plenty of time.
Hi there I spotted my content here (Gulmarg). The least you could do is to credit all of the footage being used.
Good video but next time include Tenerife too
Definitely an unusual ski resort as well
Hay you got O_leeps on there 🎉
I've been to the one in Africa!!
Cool! How was it?
It is Sisimiut. And it is not the only place to go skiing in greenland.
great video Lesotho is pronounced like leh-soo-too
Dudes pronunciation is all over the place, I can't tell if it's a real human or an Text to Speech app with a weird accent 🤣
Who cares
Thumbnail pic is not in the video...
Have y’all skied at Bog Sky MT?
I'm surprised you mentioned Ski Dubai but not Big Snow in New Jersey - just outside of New York City, it is North America's only indoor ski facility.
Big snow new jersey
You could have included the Riksgränsen resort, Sweden. There is nothing special with skiing in Sweden, is there? Well, at this particular place you can ski under the midnight sun and THAT is unusual! The resort usually closes in late May and they get the midnight sun from around the 22nd of May.
Good one as well. We actually included Riksgränsen in our video about ski resorts in Sweden - amazing place
Been there, done that, it was fun! 😊
How is it unusual when EVERY ski resort in the Arctic Circle, and there are many which can claim the same?
@@sandersson2813 I wouldn't call it _many_, but sure: There are some more. I know Riksgränsen normally stays open as a ski resort after the midnight sun appears, that is why I mentioned it. By all means, there are some places in Finland. I don't know of any along the Brroks range...
@@christopherx7428 Narvik, Levi, Yllas,, Jackvik, Bjorkliden and several more
My friend Jimmy Petterson has written two giant-sized coffee table books called “Skiing Around the World” Vol 1 & Vol 2.
Awesome books.
He has skied more countries than anyone in the World:
75 Countries, all 7 Continents.
I’m at 50 countries, all 7 Continents myself. Stoked on Skiing forever, both of us.
Woaw that’s really impressive! Would love to read that book
Lesotho is pronounced lasutu. Afriski is not the only resort in Africa as there is a resort in South Africa called Tiffendale
Tiff hasn't operated in a good while. Id write it off completely.
What the video states is that Afriski resort has one of the only “snow-sports park” in Africa, which is an area with small kickers, rails and boxes. We know there are plenty of ski resorts in Africa. Sorry, if we weren’t specific enough in the video.
@@mountain_sight actually I think you did name them all. Afriski and oukameidan. Algeria used to have a small ski area but I don’t think it operates anymore.
Australia ski season is from June to October
Good point, i missed that!
Only Tasmania in Australia? We have a few in Victoria, Falls Creek, Mt Buller, Mt Hotham and the best here, is Perisher, in New South Wales Australia, I think. I hate the cold, I’ve been to the snow once in Victoria Australia, and froze lol. 🥶
5:57 Morocco is not in subtropical Africa.
I have skied / snowboarded in Mauna Kea. If you time it right, you can do that and surf in the same day!
Wow sounds amazing!
yeah, but I bet the snow is not very good, looks like straight ice barely snow with the sun shining on it and thin layer
@@menacenameddrako2227 - true, but sometimes the snow is actually pretty good. It ain't Aspen. It just gives you bragging rights. How many people can say they skied / snowboarded in Hawaii?
@@AuroraBoarder1 that is true, not much people can
Europe's southernmost ski resort is not in Cyprus but in Spain (Sierra Nevada)
Sierra Nevada is 2 degrees more northerly than Troodos Cyprus. So cyprus is actually more southern
@@Die4dutch2 On the other hand, I would say that Cyprus is in Asia. Politically, it is of course part of Europe, but not geographically.
The most southerly ski resort in Europe is not Mt Troodos but Sierra Nevada in Spain!
The lodge clip is Mt Olympus in NZ lol not in Greece haha or is there a portal between them wtf !!!!
Try Pamporovo Bulgaria!!!!
Will check it out for sure, thanks!
There is also skiing in Iran. It's really the only place in the country where men and women interact freely.
Hey hey hey!! Mzaar, Lebanon!!!??!? The biggest ski resort in the Middle East!! Hor could you not mention it? 🇱🇧
I knew people who went skiing in Turkey. In fact there were locals who would put your chains on for you for $10 (at the time). I'm a klutz with tire chains and would gladly pay for a service like that.
How about honorable mention Mount Baldy in Southern California 10,064 above sea level on the edge of the desert literally looking down to the Pacific Ocean and millions of people in Los Angeles... super steep runs we skied from mid-December until mid-may this year
Never knew about that one! Great input, thanks.
@@mountain_sight you wouldn't believe it when it's good it's the best most people don't believe us when we tell them the website is Mount Baldy Resort
Add Scotland to the list and it will be complete!
Good idea!
Was looking for a Scotland mention 😁
You left out mentone Alabama
would it hurt if footage actually matched the discussed location?
i thought this channel has like 500k subscribers, anyways i´ll leave a sub here to be og.
Thanks a lot! Will give you a shout out if we ever reach 500k subs
@@mountain_sight Haha, thanks. It isnt going to take long
Indian one is OG , people are skiing there from ancient times
Mt. Hermon Israel.
Interesting! Thanks you mentioning!
"from december to february this ski resort reaches 2700 meters". so after february if just collapses down to sea level?
Bruh I learnt to ski in Afriski Lesotho 😅
You showed the same clips from multiple areas. You showed clips not from the areas you were talking about. B.S.
What the...? Now you're telling me the wombats are WIRED?!!! (5:13) Have they been up all night because of the skiers? Haha. Maybe you meant 'weird'...?
Haha the speaker actually says “wild” and not “wired” or “weird”
So, what is the run in your thumbnail? Clickbait?
It’s a picture of Afriski resort in Lesotho
That's afriski. Worked there a season myself as part of the snowmaking, park and instructing crews. Cool experience if you ever have a few days to kill in Southern Africa.
Australia has better ski resorts in new south wales in the snowy mountains region.perisher is in that region and is the largest ski resort in Australia
Too bad that the video doesn't appear to actually show all the places being described.
There are other ski areas in Africa beyond Lesotho... you mention this later in your own video??
Skiing on Mauna Kea is not a resort. Sometimes you just get lucky and it snows there.
What the video states is that Afriski resort has one of the only “snow-sports park” in Africa, which is an area with small kickers, rails and boxes. We know there are plenty of ski resorts in Africa. Sorry, if we weren’t specific enough in the video.
@@mountain_sight Perhaps that's a more European way of phrasing - never heard that term distinguished differently in NA!
comment for engagement.
Thank you
Not only have I heard of Lesotho, I can pronounce it properly
You have forgotten Gdansk in Poland!
Interesting one as well!
You can't take a rental car up Mauna Kea. Many people say screw it and do it anyway. But if you damage your car up there (eg. burn up the brakes while going downhill) or get stranded and the rental car agency finds out you were up there, you will be solely responsible for all of the damage and costs and not your credit card CDW or personal auto policy since you violated your rental agreement. Do you feel lucky?
Hm, your information is false regarding Mt. Olympus. There is only a tiny military ski center on Mt. Olympus, mainly accessed by military personnel. Definitely not the most famous in Greece. However there is a larger ski resort 30 minutes away (Pieria mountains) and you can ski having great views to Olympus and the whole valley (on good days you can even see the sea!). The footage is from another resort though.
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Leostho is pronounced more like Le-so-TO or Le-sue-TO. The h is somewhat aspirated.
@2:00 I'm pretty sure that's not how you pronounce Kashmir !
ski dubai will give you 2 mins ride ? haha
Someone teach this man how to use OBS
The films they are showing is not if the skiing they are talking about.
I'm sorry Tasmania is definitely not known for its surfing and sandy beaches and the ski resort is lucky to be open for a few weeks a year
It’s definitely known for its sandy beaches. Some of the best beaches in Australia are there! Tasmania also has the best big wave surfing in Australia 😉
Tasmania is definitely NOT known for surfing and sandy beaches .
Tasmania is known for Apples , Tasmanian Devils , Thylacines , inbreeding and Russell Robertson and Jeremy Howe .
Muriel-Your so bad.
Don't forget golf!!
You can ski also on Etna active volcano in sicily