For a little extra you can do glacier skiing on the Zugspitze.

What is different about glacier skiing is the snow surface.

Alpe d'Huez has glacier skiing and a good snow record.

Between the summer and winter seasons, Alpine resorts all but close down (except where year-round glacier skiing is on offer).

The freeze-thaw cycle is what makes glacier skiing distinct.

Some have glacier skiing, which, for the uninitiated, deserves some explanation.

The glacier skiing at Grandview is what I'm really excited about today.

Blackcomb also has a beautiful wide valley of glacier skiing, unscarred by lifts (for the moment).

Most glacier skiing is easy to intermediate, but there are usually one or two difficult runs or a challenging slope of moguls for the experts.

The glacier offers year-round skiing, but, as in all glacier skiing, the weather is often unpredictable.