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There are literally hundreds of ski resorts in North America. Flying in to any of the major ones will be no problem at all. Some of them have their own airports, and almost all will run shuttles from the nearest major airport. If you are used to skiing the best of the Alps then you will need to go to one of the really top resorts to get the same experience ...

There are a large number of ski resorts in the states, with varying degrees of notoriety, and almost all of the big ones are fairly easy to reach. Depending on where you're starting from, you may need to change planes once, but from most major European airports it shouldn't need twice. There are even charter flights to some of them! Nip into your nearest ...

In Switzerland, there are 2 ski resorts where it is possible to go skiing in summer. This is because of the glaciers there. The ski resorts are: Saas-Fee: Saas-Fee is not open year-round, but the summer season is between: 14.07.2012- 28.10.2012. For 2013 you can assume that more or less the same dates are available. Zermatt: Zermatt is open year-round. You ...

Although the other answers are OK, I will use the opportunity to advertise one peculiarity in the area where I live: midnight sun skiing.. Yes, you read that right. The ski resort of Riksgränsen, Sweden advertises with midnight daylight skiing, possible every year in May, and midnight sun skiing. Midnight Sun skiing is usually heli-skiing offered a few days ...

I know of a few options you can have in the Northern Hemisphere that may appeal: Timeberline Lodge in Oregon, USA - open twelve months a year. Whistler-Blackcomb, British Columbia, Canada. I was there 3 days ago :) Has a glacier you can ski on in summer! Italy has quite a bit of summer skiing at Cervinia Zermatt, Italy. The link is some photos showing ...

Summer skiing is definitely a thing. For Europe, I found an article that says many places used to offer it, but now it's pretty much just Les Deux Alpes, near Grenoble. But then this article disagrees and lists a bunch of others (and has pictures.) And according to this Globe and Mail article, if you head to Whistler you can be taken by bus up to a glacier ...

I don't think there is a lake that could freeze over. A few mountain regions in VIC, TAS NSW and even SA get snow during winter, but there aren't any lakes at this attitude. The coldest place in Australia I could find was Collinsvale, TAS (close to Hobart) with a minimum average temp of +7.5 degree C. This is still pretty far away from cold enough for lakes ...

Colorado native chiming in: There's all manner of ski resorts within easy reach of Europe in Colorado. There's a direct flight from Frankfurt to Denver International Airport, and if you're willing to accept a stop-over, a large number of flights that pass through Chicago. From there, you have options. You can hop another flight to some of the nicest ski ...

There are several groups of U.S. ski resorts worth considering, but I will mention two of them. The one nearest to Europe on the east coast is in Stowe, Vermont. To get there, you would fly into Boston (or New York City). The disadvantage is that you would need several hours of overland travel, because there are no international airports around Stowe. The ...

Norway also has summer skiing spots. On the tourism website for Norway, some of them are listed, claiming they're the largest : the Stryn Summer Ski Centre, at elevation 1600m the Galdhøpiggen Summer Ski Centre, at elevation 2600m, claiming some powder snow. the Folgefonna Summer Ski Centre, which is a glacier.

In the Tyrolean Zillertal Valley, you can ski all year round at the Hintertux Glacier. They claim to be the only resort in Austria where you can ski 365 days a year. In the French Alps, you can ski during Summer at the Glacier of Tignes.

I'll just chime in one additional piece of information on the subject. US has hosted Winter Olympic games 4 times in its history, so possibly starting with resorts with access to the trails used by Olympics: Lake Placid (1932, 1980) - You can go to Whiteface mountain Resort which is fairly easily accessible from Montreal, New York City, or Boston. Squaw ...