The following World Cup sides are from countries well known for their skiing: Argentina, Chile, Japan, Italy, France, Spain, Switzerland, Germany, USA, Russia, South Korea
- Algeria, where skiers at Chrea are guarded by the military
- Australia - for example Thredbo and Perisher (where it has just snowed)
- Belgium, at Mont des Brumes, with a summit at 530m
- Brazil, perhaps the most marginal of all the countries here, but it looks like you can put skis on at Sao Jose dos Ausentes
- Bosnia - Sarajevo of course hosted the 1980 games. More on Jahorina here and on Balkan skiing here
- Colombia, where the access road to Nevado del Ruiz rises to, er, 4900m
- Croatia, where you can ski near Zagreb and Rijeka - guide here
- Ecuador, where the 6270m summit of Chimborazo is apparently the furthest point from the centre of the earth due to its "equatorial bulge"
- England - here's a video of Weardale, or you can ski at Raise near Helvellyn
- Greece, where the mountains are high, and there are quite a number of ski resorts
- Iran - as skied by Dom Joly a few years ago; more here
- Mexico, where Monterreal offers skiing in December and January
- Portugal, where Serra da Estrela offers 500m of descent
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| Chrea, Algeria. More on African skiing here |
As far as I can see, there is no skiing available in the following countries:
- Cameroon - although there are apparently occasional snowfalls on Mount Cameroon
- Costa Rica (although the water skiing looks good)
- Ghana
- Holland
- Honduras - apparently snow has never been seen here
- Ivory Coast
- Nigeria
- Uruguay
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