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Hi I have been looking to ski the northernmost ski "resort" at some point, just for the experience. I used to understand that this was Riksgransen in Sweden. But now I believe the honours go to a tiny resort near Tromso in Norway. What do the snowheads think as the the true northernmost resort? BTW Southernmost is I think uncontested - Cerro Castor is Argentina. What other extremes can anyone think of?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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| BTW Southernmost is I think uncontested - Cerro Castor is Argentina. |
... if you are being pedantic the Glacier Martial chairlift (just behind city of Ushuia) is further south than the Cerro Castor resort, and offers left serviced skiing 
as for furthest north ? never been - but I think you are correct with Tromso
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Cerro Castor is definitely the farthest south. Been there several times. It's popular with ski teams during the summer. I saw the UK squad there a few years ago.
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Well Tromso is at 69 degrees North, and Riksgransen is at 68 degrees, so I'd say Riksgransen is still further north
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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there is definitely skiing available on Svalbard. take a gun though if you go back country unless you want to be polar bear dinner.
Longyearbyen is 78deg N
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If you are going south there is (or was) a drag lift at New Zealand's Scott Base. Way further south than either Glacier Martial chairlift (just behind city of Ushuia) or Cerro Castor
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Would you describe it as a "resort"?
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andy, do they do summer skiing? - we're off to Longyearbyen on 13th July...
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Thanks for the input. I guess lift serviced is probably a criteria! Svalbard sounds like it might be the extreme for north - and potentially a bit of a trip of a lifetime...but does it have a lift? I think Tromso has a couple of drags. I did see some muttering about a resort being built there, but that's probably some developer's pipe dream... however with global warming who knows! Scott base.. don't you have to be a scientist or something, I have an o-level in chemistry, will that count ? 
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