And to re-hijack my own thread, my g/f and I are planning our next epic adventure that will take us to Europe, Middle East and Africa. Potentially 30 countries, but in 2014.
I don't what you have in mind, but consider Iceland. Dubai/Abu Dhabi is also visit worth, although it's more of a WTF, in the desert? kinda thing.
Iceland is a definite after I saw Blue Lagoon, Gulfoss and that giant church in Reykjavik. We're going to do Dubai if we get a mandatory stop over with Emirates. But that is so far away we're just in planning stages. Unfortunately we won't be able to do Scandinavia, which I am disappointed about but also we are going through Summer so I won't see snow anyway (well I don't think).
You're still able to ski somewhere in the Aples during the summer. Glaciers above 3000m most likely has snow all year. There's one in Zell Am Zee in Austria, called Kaprun. I haven't tried it in summertime though.
I have a pending UAE trip this year. Not sure if I'm excited about that or not. I do wanna see that giant aquarium though....