Over the 30+ years that there have been indoor snow centres there has been a battle to have the country’s, continent’s or world’s longest indoor snow slope. Some say we shouldn’t be so obsessed with the slope’s length, they say as big, sometimes a bigger concern is the width of the slope, or whether there are several slopes. They argue

Plans for a major new indoor snow centre at Penrith in New South Wales, 50 kilometres west of Sydney have hit what its promoters describe as “a major setback”. The $300 million facility, first announced several years ago, is expected to have its planning proposal rejected by councillors when they vote on the project next week. “Whilst the proposal would

The long-established indoor snow centre experts Unlimited snow have created what is believed to be the first intellectual property designed especially for snow parks, Miko’s World. Miko’s World is themed on a fun family of marmots, with main character Miko, his sister Maya along with mother Mutti, father Max and plenty of friends. The snowpark can be operated at any

A proposed indoor snow centre, Fairfax Peak, planned for a site in Northern Virginia has been given the latest green light it requires to proceed from officials at the local Fairfax County authority. The project, first announced nearly two years ago in June 2019, envisages a 520 metre (1700 feet) long indoor snow slope built on a 489-acre county-owned former

An indoor snow centre in Belgium that has been closed to the public due to the coronavirus pandemic for the past four months is spending €30,000 a month on electricity to maintain its snow. Snow Valley indoor snow centre has made almost all staff redundant and is eating into its financial reserves to keep going.  It has now been shuttered

The British operator of England’s Castleford and Milton Keynes indoor snow centres, Snozone Holdings Ltd, has taken over the operation the Madrid Snowzone in Spain. Madrid’s Snowzone, located in the Xanadu mall, which opened around 20 years ago at a similar time to the Snozone in Milton Keynes, has an interesting history.  It was originally built by the then dominant

Plans for a first indoor snow centre in Wales, planned for a former quarry site near Merthyr Tydfil, first announced several years ago, remain ‘live’ with the announcement that the project’s developers intend to submit a detailed planning proposal early this summer. At around 500 metres in length the Rhydycar West development will feature by far the longest slope in

The giant Sunac Snow Park in Guangzhou, the capital city of south China’s Guangdong Province, has reported “nearly two million visitors” in the seven months since it opened in June 2020, despite the pandemic, according to its management. Interviewed by China Global Television Network (CGTN) one snowboarder said he had quite his job and moved home to be closer to