Snowboarding for beginners in the summer?

[BrotherLouie]

Hi, I am trying to organise my stag weekend for mid August time (yeah I know my best man should be doing it - he's useless!). I'd really love to go snowboarding with my mates, but am held up by (a) I've never even tried snowboarding before, and (b) I'm based in the UK - most of Europe is no doubt in our reach for the stag weekend, but where could we go during the summer?? All the European ski vacations I can see are (logically) winter only.

Does anyone have any suggestions or could point me in the right direction please?

[Buenchico]

Snow, as such, is hard to find in Europe in the summer months. Snowboarding is still possible but it should probably be renamed 'iceboarding'. That's because you need to find a suitable glacier. This company has a list of the main options on their website:
http://www.igluski.com/summer_boarding.cfm

Chris

[JK2]

Apart from what has been said above the other places where it is available in our summertime are much too far for a weekend & too expensive ie Mammoth Mountain in Oregon, Argentina & New Zealand.

Vancouver area of Canada has year round snowboarding and you can also get cheapish flights from the UK but again it's a long way to go for a weekend. If you want to read about it try here
http://www.abc-of-rockclimbing.com/north-ameri ca/canada/british-columbia/canadawestmountains chool.asp

[Miss Inquiry]

My boyfriend is going on a stag do to Lapland in June to ski, could this be an option? I was quite surprised but he tells me they always have a lot of snow when other places have none, might be worth a check.

[BrotherLouie]

Hi All,

Many thanks for your anwers. This is absolutely what I needed and gives me and my best man a few ideas to work on.

Much appreciated,
Cheers,
Chris.

[Gef]

Why not save on the flights and have a great time in the UK.

http://www.xscape.co.uk/

[Pedigreeskishops]

As such, snow is uncommon in Europe during the summer. Snowboarding is still an option, but it should be called "iceboarding." This is because you need to locate an appropriate glacier.