FIVE NEW PLACES FOR A SNOW HIT

Morocco Oukaimeden is a tiny ski resort 40 minutes from Marrakech, so you can ski, swim and haggle for Berber rugs in the same day. Riadstar.com

Japan Niseko has vast amounts of great snow each year, night skiing and natural hot springs (onsens) to soak your bones in after. Niseko-village.com

Sicily Because why wouldn’t you want to snowboard on an active volcano? Mount Etna’s Nicolosi resort has 14 pistes. Visitsicily.info/en/mount-etna

Cyprus If you’re lying on a lounger in Limassol in March and get the urge to ski, you can! The Troodos mountain resort is less than an hour away. Cyprusski.com

Dubai There’s an entire resort of man-made slopes at Ski Dubai, a giant dome in Mall Of The Emirates. Also: they have penguins. Skidubai.com