Indoor ski slope
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"Snowdome" redirects here. For the water-filled toy with fake snow inside, see snow globe .
Indoor ski slopes are found in several countries, proving a climate controlled environment can be maintained in which snow can be manufactured using a snow cannon, enabling skiing to take place year-round.
The world's first indoor slope was Snowdome Adelaide, formerly known as Mt TheBarton, in Adelaide, Australia, which has since been removed due to running costs.
The world's largest indoor ski area are SnowWorld Landgraaf (opened 2001) and SnowWorld Zoetermeer (opened 1996) both in The Netherlands and each totalling 35.000 m² of snow. In 2003, the first indoor snowboard FIS WorldCup contest was held in SnowWorld Landgraaf.
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[edit] Indoor ski slope locations
An incomplete list of operating indoor ski slopes in the world:
| Country | City/Region | Facility |
|---|---|---|
| Belgium | Comines-Warneton, Hainaut | Ice mountain |
| Peer, Belgium | Snow Valley | |
| ? | 's Gravenwezel - Casablanca | |
| China | Shanghai | Yinqixing |
| Denmark | Rødovre | IndoorSki DK |
| United Arab Emirates | Dubai | Ski Dubai - Ski Dubai |
| Dubai | Dubailand Snowdome | |
| England | Castleford, Yorkshire | Xscape Castleford |
| Milton Keynes | Xscape Milton Keynes | |
| Tamworth | Snowdome | |
| France | Amnéville (Lorraine) | Ski-dome - Amnéville |
| Germany | Bottrop | Alpincenter Bottrop [1] |
| Neuss | Jever Skihalle | |
| Senftenberg | Snowtropolis | |
| Netherlands | Spaarnwoude | Snowplanet |
| Landgraaf | Snowworld | |
| Zoetermeer | Snowworld | |
| Den haag | Snowdome (uithof) | |
| Rucphen | Ski Dome | |
| New Zealand | Auckland | Snowplanet |
| Scotland | Braehead, Glasgow | Xscape Braehead |
| Spain | Madrid, Spain | Madrid Xanadu - SnowZone |
[edit] Under Construction
- Belgium, Lessen - Lessines - Snow games
[edit] Proposed
- USA, New Jersey - Meadowlands Xanadu
- Ski in the U.A.E. in Ras al-Khaimah a 2000m slope is under consideration
- Ipswich, Suffolk, UK - SnOasis - 500m slope with 100m drop.
- Perth, Western Australia - West Coast Snowpark [2]
- Finland, Helsinki; SuperLife Lab - indoor ski and surf center
- Seoul, Korea, Ski Trac.
- A list of all of the indoor slopes proposed for the UK is available at TheBoarder.co.uk (external link)
- SnowWorld Zoetermeer Fase 3. A fourth 500m slope with 50m drop is proposed. Construction starts end 2007. Also including an Ice-skating stadium.
[edit] Closed
- Australia, Adelaide - Snowdome Adelaide, formerly known as Mt TheBarton (Closed June 2005)
- Japan, Tokyo - SSAWS (Closed September 2002)
