Indoor Skiing

The Nordic countries are, of course, nutty for skiing. Proof of this admirable quality comes in the form of the new trend of underground or indoor skiing facilities, like the cross-country ski tunnels at Torsby, Sweden, and Vuokatti, Finland. And now good old Suomi is planning an indoor ski-jumping facility: a sort of enclosed ultra-wide tunnel with three jumps on which jumpers can practice and compete year-round (or at least when it's too warm to jump outside). As planned, it'll cost €30 million (about $42 million) - a small down payment on preventing global warming from ruining skiing.

Forecast: Significant blowing and drifting, with the possibility of heavy accumulation in rural areas.