BEST OF THE REST: ON-PISTE

+ Stay on a yacht cruising the Norwegian fjords and go skiing every day in the Lyngen Alps with Elemental Adventure. If you fancy cruising around in a chopper, try their Icelandic heli-skiing trip; eaheliskiing.com

+ If the French Alps are more your thing, your very own ski concierge at the Four Seasons Hotel Megève will find the best conditions around, prepare a customised itinerary and, if you’re feeling adventurous, transport you by helicopter; fourseasons.com/megeve

+ Riksgränsen is Sweden’s most northerly ski resort, some 200 kilometres north of the Arctic Circle, and offers the rare opportunity of skiing in the midnight sun as late in the season as June; riksgransen.se