https://vegasja.vegagerdin.is/ 

(Bear in mind that most of the roads in the Westfjords region are closed throughout winter from October until about May)

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You could try Akureyri in northern Iceland. It's been quite snowy there this winter.
Or for a holiday in the Med you should experience some reliable snow in Sicily.
Mnt Etna to be precise where you can watch a volcano as well.

I love Akureyri. 
Would be fantastic to spend a winter season there. 

So many snow opportunities, whenever the wind is from a northerly quarter the town receives loads of snow showers, and so much frontal snow from Atlantic lows. 

The latest forecast says it all. https://en.vedur.is/weather/forecasts/areas/northeast/#group=15&station=422

Much more reliable snow than Reykjavik, although even here there are plenty of opportunities through the winter. 

Zonal winters tend to bring loads of snow to Iceland. It makes it even more appealing that the weather is quite variable, and it isn’t wall to wall snow and ice. It can be quite mild at times too. 

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I love Akureyri. 
Would be fantastic to spend a winter season there. 

You needn't rush to get there. We went to Akureyri as part of an Iceland holiday at the end of May ca 1990 (tip: prices shoot up from June 1st) with the idea that we'd fly over from Rejkavik and come back by bus. It was a case of 'fly back', too - the roads in the N were still blocked by snowdrifts! 

The carousel at Akureyri airport was a wooden turntable - to bring your luggage through from airside you gave it a push with your foot!

Swimming in an outdoor heated pool (geothermal, including scalding hot plunge pools) with piles of snow round the edge is also an interesting experience

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You needn't rush to get there. We went to Akureyri as part of an Iceland holiday at the end of May ca 1990 (tip: prices shoot up from June 1st) with the idea that we'd fly over from Rejkavik and come back by bus. It was a case of 'fly back', too - the roads in the N were still blocked by snowdrifts! 

The carousel at Akureyri airport was a wooden turntable - to bring your luggage through from airside you gave it a push with your foot!

The airport is a bit more modern these days. When I went in September we flew to Isafjordur, drove to Akureyri over a week and then flew back to a Reykjavik from there. The flight into Isafjordur is pretty spectacular too - there are some videos on YouTube giving a good idea. 

Tallinn in Estonia is also usually a good bet for snow - I’ve been in February before and it was about -10C. But I just checked the forecast and it’s raining this week with highs of around 7C. 

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But temps are well above freezing by day - making conditions very slushy and prone to avalanches!

 

Not from the Dolomite reports I've been reading. They've had excellent on piste conditions since end of November.

 

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Some very snowy picks from a village 650m asl in the island of Euboea, northeast of Athens.

Go to Washington DC as it looks snowy now - make sure you go soon before the temp soars to 70F (20c) by Saturday:

https://www.earthtv.com/en/webcam/washington-dc-capitol

 

 

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Greece again
https://electroverse.net/freak-greek-snowstorm-traps-families-in-their-homes-for-10-days/ 

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I love Akureyri. 
Would be fantastic to spend a winter season there. 

So many snow opportunities, whenever the wind is from a northerly quarter the town receives loads of snow showers, and so much frontal snow from Atlantic lows. 

The latest forecast says it all. https://en.vedur.is/weather/forecasts/areas/northeast/#group=15&station=422

Much more reliable snow than Reykjavik, although even here there are plenty of opportunities through the winter. 

Zonal winters tend to bring loads of snow to Iceland. It makes it even more appealing that the weather is quite variable, and it isn’t wall to wall snow and ice. It can be quite mild at times too. 

Iceland has done exceptionally well for snow and early snow too this winter - a friend of mine are currently visiting Þingvellir National Park. They have said there has been nothing but snowstorms every day and -5c. But nothing unusual but the amount of snow is even for the natives there - I have visited and it was an amazing place to visit. 

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Greece again
https://electroverse.net/freak-greek-snowstorm-traps-families-in-their-homes-for-10-days/

Looks like a rather dubious agenda-driven website, that. Certainly Greece has seen less snow than average this winter, not more.

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Saint Petersburg hasn't had one ice day this January same for Moscow: - Such a struggle to get down to freezing let alone below freezing!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/498817

Looking dire for Oslo too:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/3143244

 

Let's look across the Atlantic:

No joy in NYC, DC or Boston either - in fact maybe some record broken?

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/4140963

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This thread shows how much easier it is to travel vertically rather than horizontally to get snow, because it's so much more variable spatially than it is by altitude. So for example, you could travel all the way to St Petersburg and find yourselves snowless, and you might to travel a further several hundred km to find snow. But if you fly to Geneva or Turin, you know that come what may you will be in snow if you head high enough up the slopes.

That's why I'm very envious of people who live in places with large altitude ranges. For e.g. Provence, South East Spain, California, Greece. The classic ski in the morning, swim in the afternoon. It's so much harder to travel to snow when you live on a flat plain.

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Finland. For guaranteed snow, skiing (maybe not challenging enough for good skiiers, but great for beginners and families), cross-country skiing, snowmobiling, reindeer-drawn sleighs, husky rides, ice fishing and the Northern Lights.

We've been to Ruka twice, in 2016 and 2018, in February half term holidays, but in fact if you can get there before then, now that Christmas is dying down, the second half of this month will be very quiet, and relatively cheap. We stayed in RukaSuites both times, but there are many other options too.

https://www.ruka.fi/en/rukasuites

The accommodation is feet away from the ski lifts, and lots of restaurants and bars. There is also a great English-speaking ski school, ski hire, and all of that can be booked online independently.

The first time we went, we went on a Crystal Ski package, flying from Gatwick to the nearby airport at Kuusamo. Flights once a week from Gatwick and Manchester. The second time, we booked independently, and flew FinnAir to Kuusamo via Helsinki.

We're not going this year because we're off to the Caribbean at the end of March. I think we were spoilt with snow in each of the last two winters; I'm really missing my snow fix this winter!

They recently had some exceptionally mild weather in Finland, which caused the snow to fall off the trees, but it will come back. There's still 60cm of snow on the ground, though. Just before Christmas the place looked absolutely amazing!

https://www.vuosaariwebcam.com/ruka/archive-yr.php

 

Relatively cheap? ,well maybe to you,but looks expensive to me,had a look for 2 adults and a child in febuary,around 1500 euros that’s just the accommodation,flights,ski hire ,and lift would be extra I would think.

I've been up above the snowline today which is at 250m above Peebles. Freezing level about 500m. Same for the Lakes, northern Pennines and even the Pentlands above Edinburgh. Lovely in the sunshine 👍

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That's why I'm very envious of people who live in places with large altitude ranges. For e.g. Provence, South East Spain, California, Greece. The classic ski in the morning, swim in the afternoon. It's so much harder to travel to snow when you live on a flat plain.

Indeed and speaking of this, here are some photos from mountain Penteli at ~1000m and just a 45min drive from the centre of Athens.

Currently snowing in NYC: - Not a blizzard and don't know how long this will last for?

https://www.earthcam.com/cams/newyork/timessquare/?cam=tsstreet

But it was 19c ;less than a week ago...!?

 

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http://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/lwwebcamimages/3/2020-01-18-19-36-17.jpg 

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https://twitter.com/christinacrsp14/status/1218263567524339713?s=19 

Is this enough snow? ....

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https://twitter.com/christinacrsp14/status/1218263567524339713?s=19

Is this enough snow? ....

 

I'd give my left testicle for that to happen UK-wide every year or two.

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I'd give my left testicle for that to happen UK-wide every year or two.

That amount of snow here would probably send the UK into a recession greater than 2008. 

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