China is believed to have passed the milestone of having 50 indoor snow centres operational across the country with at least seven new facilities opening in 2023, many of them in the final months of last year. Taihu Longemont Snow World in Huzhou City, Zhejiang Province (pictured above), is one of the latest to open, in the final months of

An indoor snow centre in Germany has become fully self-sufficient in green energy by building a vast field of solar panels covering the ground on two sides of the huge building. The Neuss Alpine Park has covered an area of ​​30,000 m² generating enough solar power to cover the entire energy needs not just of its indoor snow hall but

In 2022, Prinoth launched the world’s first electric snow groomer. It is emission-free and can help ski resorts reduce their ecological footprint and its starting to be bought by ski areas around the world. The Husyk E-Motion has been on the market since 2022 and has been bought by ski resorts and cross-country centres in Norway, Sweden, France, Italy and

Fosun, the Chinese company that bought Club Med in 2015, has opened an indoor ski resort near Shanghai. Taicang Alps Resort is around the 50th indoor snow centre in China where, according to 2022-2023 China Ski Industry White Book , by Benny Wu (Wu Bin), almost 20% of skiers and riders there now practice winter sport indoors rather than out.

A long planned indoor snow centre for Swindon definitely won’t happen, it has been confirmed, after a decade of “will it, won’t it be built?” uncertainty. At the project’s most optimistic stage, prior to the pandemic, the leading architects Faulkner Browns had drawn up plans for it and the successful Hemel Hampstead facility, The Snow Centre, lined up to operate

An American man who has managed to ski at least once every month for 41 years decided to ski indoors in September and October to keep his achievement going. 74 year old Gordon Garlock who lives in Portland, Oregon, travelled from the US West to east coasts in order to ski at the only indoor snow centre in North America,

The Majid Al Futtaim which now runs four indoor snow centres says it is prioritising long-term sustainable growth aligned to science-based targets and validated by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) in an effort to cut its impact on the environment. The Mall of the Emirates, which is home to Ski Dubai, was presented with a LEED Platinum Award for

A long planned indoor snow centre in Wales, which would be more than twice as long as any of the five existing centres in England, has won praise from local politicians in the region where its due to be built. The £300m Rhydycar West project near Merthyr Tydfil is currently having its planning application  considered, with local council leader Cllr

Scotland’s only indoor snow centre will not reopen and the building which housed it will be redeveloped into a “…new and thrilling attraction with a broad appeal,” the operators the larger XSite at Braehead near Glasgow have announced. Known in recent years as Snow Factor, the indoor snow centre was originally developed by the group that at the time ran

Surprisingly perhaps, Saudi Arabia is becoming a developing nation for snow sports. Despite the lack of reliable natural snowfall, its government recently announced the creation of an outdoor snow ski area, Trojena, which has been awarded the 2029 Asian Winter Games even before construction of the ski area has begun. The Saudi government has also advertised seeking to find snow-savvy