After earlier reports from Australia indicated there were expectations that the proposed $300-million indoor Winter Sports World at Penrith near Sydney would be rejected by councillors as it weas far higher than buildings normally allowed in the location where it is proposed to be built, Penrith Council have given the project the initial green light. First proposed in 2018 the

Alpine-X, the company behind the planned $225m Fairfax Peak indoor snow centre due to be built in Virginia, say they intend it to be one of many indoor snow centres they plan to build across North America over the coming years. When the Fairfax Peak proposals were first announced several years ago the company said they were planning at least

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