# How many Countries have you been in snow? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 28, 2017, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-countries-have-you-been-in-snow/778393 "2017-01-28T14:59:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2017, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-countries-have-you-been-in-snow/778393/21 "2017-01-29T02:59:34Z")
Only my home country of Canada. I’ve been to other countries, but only in the spring or summer. ---
**Author:** ![Bear\_Nenno](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bear_nenno/32/3358_2.png) [@Bear\_Nenno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bear_Nenno)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2017, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-countries-have-you-been-in-snow/778393/22 "2017-01-29T03:07:27Z")
I don’t count having seen snow in a country unless I’ve seen snow in every city within that country. I’ve seen snow in 19 countries so far. ---
**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2017, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-countries-have-you-been-in-snow/778393/23 "2017-01-29T03:20:07Z")
> [@Bear\_Nenno](#): > > I don’t count having seen snow in a country unless I’ve seen snow in every city within that country. I’ve seen snow in 19 countries so far. You’ve been to every city in nineteen countries? ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2017, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-countries-have-you-been-in-snow/778393/24 "2017-01-29T03:28:35Z")
> [@RobDog](#): > > … Fiji, … Qatar, … Singapore, … > [@Chefguy](#): > > I call bullshit on this. I agree with **Chefguy** : some countries never have any snow, so **RobDog** ’s list includes some impossibilities. As for me, the list is Australia, Canada, England, West Germany and the United States. ---
**Author:** ![Ale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Ale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ale)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2017, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-countries-have-you-been-in-snow/778393/25 "2017-01-29T03:30:49Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > I call bullshit on this. You mean I should scratch snowboarding off the list of activities to do in the Seychelles? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Ale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ale)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2017, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-countries-have-you-been-in-snow/778393/26 "2017-01-29T03:34:16Z")
Oh, I forgot. Austria, Czech Republic, Germany, India, Japan, Korea and Nepal. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2017, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-countries-have-you-been-in-snow/778393/27 "2017-01-29T03:38:22Z")
U.S., Canada, Germany, Austria, Switzerland ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2017, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-countries-have-you-been-in-snow/778393/28 "2017-01-29T03:42:10Z")
> [@RobDog](#): > > Well OK. Maybe not Narnia. I’m pretty sure Samoa is right out as well. ---
**Author:** ![Bear\_Nenno](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bear_nenno/32/3358_2.png) [@Bear\_Nenno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bear_Nenno)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2017, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-countries-have-you-been-in-snow/778393/29 "2017-01-29T03:46:05Z")
> [@Personal](#): > > You’ve been to every city in nineteen countries? No, those are just the ones in which I’ve seen snow in every city. ---
**Author:** ![Tatterdemalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/43a26b/32.png) [@Tatterdemalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tatterdemalion)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2017, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-countries-have-you-been-in-snow/778393/30 "2017-01-29T04:00:31Z")
Just this week, I got to add Finland to my list, which also includes China, the US, England and Germany. It’s freaking cold in Finland in January. Sent from my Pixel C using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2017, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-countries-have-you-been-in-snow/778393/31 "2017-01-29T18:51:27Z")
In snow: USA. Seen from a distance: Canada, from across Niagara Falls three or four years ago. Many years ago I visited Niagara Falls, Ontario, in winter or early spring, but I don’t think there was snow on the ground. ---
**Author:** ![toast\_pakora](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3ec8ea/32.png) [@toast\_pakora](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toast_pakora)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2017, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-countries-have-you-been-in-snow/778393/32 "2017-01-30T16:16:49Z")
US, Canada, Germany, New Zealand, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Austria, Italy, England. After that, I stopped doing winter. ---
**Author:** ![Moonlitherial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@Moonlitherial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonlitherial)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2017, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-countries-have-you-been-in-snow/778393/33 "2017-01-30T19:03:51Z")
US and Canada. I get enough snow at home that I try and time my visits to other countries for times when snow is not an option. ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2017, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-countries-have-you-been-in-snow/778393/34 "2017-01-30T19:35:31Z")
USA ---
**Author:** ![Balthisar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/balthisar/32/2825_2.png) [@Balthisar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balthisar)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2017, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-countries-have-you-been-in-snow/778393/35 "2017-01-30T22:55:36Z")
I guess I could add New Zealand to my list. I forgot the visits to the glaciers, and there was snow at the top of those mountains. ---
**Author:** ![watchwolf49](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9c0ed/32.png) [@watchwolf49](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/watchwolf49)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2017, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-countries-have-you-been-in-snow/778393/36 "2017-01-31T01:03:28Z")
> [@Giles](#): > > I agree with **Chefguy** : some countries never have any snow, so **RobDog** ’s list includes some impossibilities. > > As for me, the list is Australia, Canada, England, West Germany and the United States. There’s snow in Panama … up on the highest mountains … though I never saw it when I was there … I didn’t see any snow in Canada or Mexico either … so just the USA and whatever you call that country east of the Sierra Nevadas … ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2017, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-countries-have-you-been-in-snow/778393/37 "2017-01-31T02:18:31Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > I call bullshit on this. Yeah, I’m kind of doubting the snow in Mauritius, the UAE and Marshall Islands, just to name a few really unlikely countries. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2017, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-countries-have-you-been-in-snow/778393/38 "2017-01-31T02:21:39Z")
> [@bump](#): > > Yeah, I’m kind of doubting the snow in Mauritius, the UAE and Marshall Islands, just to name a few really unlikely countries. I’m not sure: i’d tend to agree absent conflicting evidence. After all, by looking at other threads it appears that our illustrious OP has been to quite a few countries himself so I have no cause to doubt others have shared in his experience. ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2017, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-countries-have-you-been-in-snow/778393/39 "2017-01-31T04:09:23Z")
> [@Bear\_Nenno](#): > > I don’t count having seen snow in a country unless I’ve seen snow in every city within that country. I’ve seen snow in 19 countries so far. > [@Bear\_Nenno](#): > > No, those are just the ones in which I’ve seen snow in every city. This rule is completely nonsensical. By this rule, I haven’t seen snow in the United States because somehow I missed all the snow on my trips to Miami, Los Angeles, San Antonio,… ---
**Author:** ![Shamozzle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shamozzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shamozzle)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2017, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-countries-have-you-been-in-snow/778393/40 "2017-01-31T06:03:12Z")
One. Canada. One is enough, thank you very much. The Devil’s Dandruff, it is. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-countries-have-you-been-in-snow/778393.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-countries-have-you-been-in-snow/778393.md?page=3)