Dual-Host Olympic Cities

What cities could host both the Summer and Winter Olympics?

In the U.S., Denver springs to mind, as it tends to be sunny, yet have quite a bit of snow as well. They support all 4 major U.S. sports, so there would be a minimal amount of new buildup of stadiums and the like as well.

Any others?
 
Beijing, Munich, and Barcelona are planning to host the 2022 Winter Olympics.

Montreal would be a nice place, but the last one isn't remembered fondly.
 
Beijing, Munich, and Barcelona are planning to host the 2022 Winter Olympics.

Montreal would be a nice place, but the last one isn't remembered fondly.

Beijing would be a terrible host for the Winter Olympics. Although it's bitingly cold in the city and surrounding environs, it doesn't have much in the way of snow.

Harbin on the other hand...
 
You need a big city close to mountains in temperate climate. Preferably in fairly large country.

Vancouver
Seattle
Montreal
Denver
Salt Lake City
Barcelona
Lyon
Munich
Oslo
Vienna
Geneva
Bern
Zurich
Vienna
Prague
Krakow
Bucharest
probably several cities in South Korea or Japan
 
Boston could probably pull off having both of the Olympics if they based some of the stuff for the winter games out of Manchester.
 
I went and thought of several more cities.
Los Angeles
Seattle
Mexico city
Dubai (I think they actually bid for 2018)
 
Practically any major Canadian city could dual-host, with Vancouver and Calgary of course being the best-placed to do this because of the nearby mountains. Most western US cities also could do this, with the best for this IMO being Denver, Seattle (both in the Rockies), Boston, New York and Atlanta (all near the Appalachians). Los Angeles is too hot and not many ski areas nearby (San Francisco also has this problem) and Salt Lake City and Portland are too small. Toronto hasn't got any huge mountains near by, but there are several excellent ski areas in Ontario's Muskoka region, so its not impossible. Ottawa or Montreal has Mont-Tremblant to the north for this.

Most major cities in Central Europe could also do this, with Lyon, Munich, Venice, Milan, Berne, Vienna and Belgrade being the best possibilities. Pretty much any major city in Scandinavia could also do it, of course. Barcelona and Zaragoza could pull it off with the help of Pyrenees Mountains. In the British Isles, one could see Edinburgh or Glasgow as possibilities, but not easy ones.

In the Middle East, really the only city I can see making it work is Tehran, because its the only one with major mountains nearby. North Africa and Arabian Peninsula cities of course have no real chance. Most of India is too warm climate for the winter games. There are a number of major cities in China which could do it, as well as ones in Japan and Korea. Several major cities in Latin America also qualify.
 
Morroco has 15,000 foot high Atlas mountans. They could be developed for sking. If you want winter and summer olympics at the same time, I would suggest Heraklion-Xania. Xania is quite warm, and has the snow capped lefkoro nearby.
But the best bet for simultaneous olympics would be Santiago Chile
 
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