Ski Karakol
Pros: Decent downhill, but only one two lifts.

Pros: Decent downhill, but only one two lifts.

Pros: French alpine ambience, big mountain, close to Beirut, excellent hotel and food
Cons: Don't count on getting decent rental or demo equipment. the lifts close too early
“its worth coming to Kyrgyz for the heli ski, it is apparently amazing (but I haven't done it!). Karakol ski is a small ski area with decent coverage. I was there early season (October) and there was a decent coverage. ” --budgiesmuggler
“This is not Whistler or Alta, but it is the best skiing in Lebanon, probably in the Middle East, and it beats the socks off most areas in the Eastern US. I've been there only once, during Easter 2002. I was working in Amman, Jordan, it had been raining hard all over the Eastern Mediterranean for over a week, with snow at higher elevations, and I wanted to get out of town and do something...” --Oldfart
Waiting for winter as anyone and never expected? Skate every weekend, all holidays and even a little? It is easy to ride to the mountain for snow hundreds of miles? Hate queues, crowds and plowed the slopes? Not amassed a million for heli-skiing and Backcountry initially was not for you? Welcome to the Priiskovy* and snowcatskiing**! Our winter is 10 months of the year from October to...