We head to the Middle East to ski and snowboard in the Iranian ski resorts of Dizin and Shemshak and encounter the sweetness of the locals shining through the looming shadow of nuclear concern...

Largely overlooked by Western skiers and snowboarders, the mountains of the Middle East hold plenty of exotic allure for the snow traveller. Mitch Malli hits the ski slopes of "axis of evil" Iran, to find plenty of powder, snowboarding equipment from the 1980s, and a very eager Sun Burnt salesman...