Nevis Range gondola is under 5 miles from the sea at Inverlochy!
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North Shore Vancouver and Nevis Range spring to mind - there are also Canadian areas on the St Lawrence I believe but for pedants to discuss whether that's a river or a sea-way
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Proximity to the Med - maybe Corsica?
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There's a few near Sapporo easily within 21km. I'd have thought there must be some in Norway and Iceland too.
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You can see the Med from the top of the Sierra Nevada ski range (although it's a decent hour plus drive from the coast).
Mount Etna's small ski area must be reasonably close, too.
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In Aleskya the lifts start at the dockside...
(I exaggerate for effect)
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Isle of Wight, up from Alum Bay. Not even a few yards, it's in the sea! Off piste is a bit gnarly though.
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Sunderland. You can see the sea from the top of the lift
You know it makes sense.
You know it makes sense.
Bláfjöll Iceland
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@Pruman, Beat me to it! I saw the thread title and immediately thought Isle of Widget.
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Cyprus?
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
If its a lift that serves skiing, Surely t it has to be Nevis Range?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
laundryman wrote:
There's a few near Sapporo easily within 21km. I'd have thought there must be some in Norway and Iceland too.
Otaru Tenguyama is about 2km from the sea. The defunct Niseko Iwanai the same.
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Saltburn by the sea
Just a single black run when the snow is good, but definately close to the coast.
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Gilberts Fridge wrote:
Nuuk , Greenland. was there for work once, right next to the airport, another area that I didn't get to ski, always next year
Selling freezers to the Eskimos?
You know it makes sense.
You know it makes sense.
As stated, Vancouver, but one not yet mentioned is Helsinki - the notorious Mountains of Serena are a leisurely 18km from the sea.
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A bit closer to home, the view from the top of the lift at Raise, across the run 'outer mongolia', is of Skiddaw, the Solway firth and Criffel beyond. The sea is about 20 miles away.
Theoretically it is possible to see the sea on the Northumberland coast 40 miles from Yad Moss.
There are some ski lifts in Northern Iceland near Ólafsfjörður and Siglufjordur that can't be much more than a mile from the sea.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Ooh, I've skied at a fair few of the the places mentioned above - Narvik, Nevis, Etna. Must have a thing for coastal skiing!
One that I've not been to though which may be the closest - Le Massif in Canada, right next to the St Lawrence River.
Pretty certain it's tidal at that point which, technically makes it the sea ... possibly
@Neil Neige, good point. I would class a river which at that point is tidal, as the sea. The water is salt therefore it's the sea
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What about Troodos in Cyprus?
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After all it is free
Not quite as close as @Mike Pow's options maybe, but Sapporo Teine is pretty close to the sea too! Surf and ski on the same day if yer 'ard enuff:
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Ah, the ole geographer's question : what is the coastline?
Legally, in many places, it's what is below the Normal Tidal Limit or Head of Tide. This can be a long way from what most people describe as "the sea". For example, on the Thames, this is at Teddington Lock and, round here, the Mersey is tidal all the way up to a weir by Viccy Park in Warrington.
Apparently, the St Lawrence River is tidal beyond Quebec - hundreds of miles inland from the Atlantic.
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Beat me to it! I saw the thread title and immediately thought Isle of Widget.
