The Greater Manchester region changed from tier 2 to England’s highest tier 3 pandemic restrictions as of Friday (23rd October), but the region’s indoor real snow slope, Chill Factore, has confirmed it will remain open to skiers and boarders. The centre was awarded Visit England’s ‘We’re Good To Go’ accreditation when it re-opened back in August and since reopening, the

The Big SNOW indoor snow centre within the American dream Mall in New Jersey, USA, re-opened on September 1st, sending the first of its quad chairlifts up empty in honour, they say, of those who have died from COVID-19. “Yesterday was definitely a day of celebration. We are so happy to be able to share the snow with you all

Indoor snow centres have been providing off-season training facilities for decades now, but during the pandemic, with travel to glacier resorts and southern hemisphere ski camps difficult or impossible for many racers, they have been coming in to their own this summer, since they have been allowed to re-open in most countries. The International Ski Federation (FIS) recently ran a

The Mall of Oman, which is set to feature the third indoor snow centre from the Majid Al Futtaim group, has set a new opening date of September next year. The complex had been due to open next March but the group says its tenants need more time to prepare their facilities. Unlike Majid Al Futtaim two existing indoor snow

Ski Dubai have announced plans to stage what is being dubbed, “the world’s first summer snow-running competition.” The event, scheduled to take place on August 14, will see up to 300 runners compete at the indoor snow slope running three kilometres (just under two miles) in total, up and down the centre’s 400 metre long indoor snow slope. 300 slots

Japan has seen two new indoor snow centres open, in the cities of Shonan and Tokyo, the first new indoor snow facilities in the country for almost 20 years. Unlike the centres that opened their in the 1980s and 1990s however, as well as the world’s first that opened in the 1950s, the new centres, part of the Snowtown group,

The 2020 edition of the World Indoor Snow Centre Guide marks the completion of the third full decade of indoor snow centres existing. In that time 145 centres have been built in 35 countries on six continents. The past 12 months have been a big year for the world’s indoor snow centre as it has seen three of the five

What is regarded as the world’s oldest surviving indoor snow centre, Sayama in Japan, is closed this year for renovations, according to the SnowJapan.com website Sayama first opened in 1959 and has a 300 metre long slope with a roof on it.  However the slope has partially open sides, covered with hanging clear plastic to keep the cold in in