For some one week in the mountains is enough every year, you get your annual snow fix and that is plenty.
There are several reasons why anything more than that is unrealistic, financial and holiday entitlement being two significant ones.
However for others you just can't get enough.
A small proportion of people can make a living out of being in the mountains and for them it is great, living the proverbial dream as it were.
For those not fortunate enough to do this you can usually squeeze a few trips out of each winter and this has to be enough to tide you over, or does it? Once May comes around the thought of skiing is long and distant, but does it have to be? Is there a way of getting your 'mountain fix' year round? The easy answer is, of course.
Resorts in the southern Hemisphere are gaining more and more publicity and popularity with extensive seasons in New Zealand, Australia and the Andes region of South America.
Many instructors migrate from the Alps south at the end of the European season and teach back to back winters year round.
Speaking from experience some of the scenery in Argentinean resorts is simply breathtaking and the snow incredible.
However these trips come with expensive airfares and long flights - definitely not the easy accessibility of European Alps that the British market find so convenient.
Anywhere closer to home? Sure, many of the higher European resorts have summer glacier skiing, Les Deux Alpes, Tignes and Zermatt are all big resorts that instantly spring to mind.
There are plenty other lesser known options as well, the Stubai Glacier in Austria is already reporting excellent snowfall in anticipation of their 'summer season'.
Skiing on the glacier in the summer is perhaps not best suited to the mile hungry enthusiast who is expecting to ski all day every day.
Rather an opportunity to get out the Alps at a different time, yes ski a couple of mornings (too slushy come the afternoon) but engage in some other activities, hiking, mountain biking, climbing to name just a couple.
For those keen on freestyle places like Les Deux Alpes and Tignes host freestyle camps, attracting some of the World's best coaches and riders - why not use the summer as an opportunity to try something new? So, we've looked at the international and European scene over the summer but what if you can't escape the UK's borders? Becoming increasingly popular are UK dry slopes and more particularly snow domes.
To be honest for people who have done more than a couple of weeks these can be a massive disappointment, but touching on a previous point they do encourage the development of freestyle.
UK freestyle skiing and boarding is taking off in a big way.
This is largely down to high profile skiers such as James Woods and Paddy Graham now winning at high profile events.
With the support of people such as Pat Sharples UK freestyle is launching itself with a massive impact.
You could use the summer to become a part of it.
You could spend the next 6 months staring out the window and dreaming of next winters powder tree runs and hot tub beers.
Or, you could do something a little different.
For those of you lucky enough to have the bank balance there are opportunities across the globe to ski and board, I highly recommend you seize them.
For those of us that don't there are prospects much closer to home and equally as rewarding that will sate the strongest of mountain desires during the long summer months.
There are several reasons why anything more than that is unrealistic, financial and holiday entitlement being two significant ones.
However for others you just can't get enough.
A small proportion of people can make a living out of being in the mountains and for them it is great, living the proverbial dream as it were.
For those not fortunate enough to do this you can usually squeeze a few trips out of each winter and this has to be enough to tide you over, or does it? Once May comes around the thought of skiing is long and distant, but does it have to be? Is there a way of getting your 'mountain fix' year round? The easy answer is, of course.
Resorts in the southern Hemisphere are gaining more and more publicity and popularity with extensive seasons in New Zealand, Australia and the Andes region of South America.
Many instructors migrate from the Alps south at the end of the European season and teach back to back winters year round.
Speaking from experience some of the scenery in Argentinean resorts is simply breathtaking and the snow incredible.
However these trips come with expensive airfares and long flights - definitely not the easy accessibility of European Alps that the British market find so convenient.
Anywhere closer to home? Sure, many of the higher European resorts have summer glacier skiing, Les Deux Alpes, Tignes and Zermatt are all big resorts that instantly spring to mind.
There are plenty other lesser known options as well, the Stubai Glacier in Austria is already reporting excellent snowfall in anticipation of their 'summer season'.
Skiing on the glacier in the summer is perhaps not best suited to the mile hungry enthusiast who is expecting to ski all day every day.
Rather an opportunity to get out the Alps at a different time, yes ski a couple of mornings (too slushy come the afternoon) but engage in some other activities, hiking, mountain biking, climbing to name just a couple.
For those keen on freestyle places like Les Deux Alpes and Tignes host freestyle camps, attracting some of the World's best coaches and riders - why not use the summer as an opportunity to try something new? So, we've looked at the international and European scene over the summer but what if you can't escape the UK's borders? Becoming increasingly popular are UK dry slopes and more particularly snow domes.
To be honest for people who have done more than a couple of weeks these can be a massive disappointment, but touching on a previous point they do encourage the development of freestyle.
UK freestyle skiing and boarding is taking off in a big way.
This is largely down to high profile skiers such as James Woods and Paddy Graham now winning at high profile events.
With the support of people such as Pat Sharples UK freestyle is launching itself with a massive impact.
You could use the summer to become a part of it.
You could spend the next 6 months staring out the window and dreaming of next winters powder tree runs and hot tub beers.
Or, you could do something a little different.
For those of you lucky enough to have the bank balance there are opportunities across the globe to ski and board, I highly recommend you seize them.
For those of us that don't there are prospects much closer to home and equally as rewarding that will sate the strongest of mountain desires during the long summer months.
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