There's great natural terrain, a superb fun park and half pipe, and specialist snowboard schools offer excellent tuition.
If you love to swim, snorkel, kayak, ski, snowboard, or you are simply looking for a durable camera that can withstand a beating; Olympus' waterproof line should fit your needs.
Eventually get up the lovely cable car to a blizzard at the top of the mountain, and we meet our snowboard instructor Val.
The Solar panels can be unzipped and a snowboard attached via tension straps underneath.
Camel riding and sand surfing Dubai is one of the few places in the world where you can try sand surfing using a snowboard.