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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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When will someone build something along the South Coast... There is nothing within 2 hours of here... 
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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AlpineAddict, at least we have they dry ski slope near Matchams, which is a descent surface on it. However yes I do aGree with you.
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So Cardiff, Swindon, Weston Super Mare, plus the revamp of Gloucester, exactly HOW MANY sliding spots you the Brizzlers need within 45 minutes drive?
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Richard_Sideways, What is there at Swindon?
spud, Still only looks like a 160m slope.
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Richard_Sideways, just one would be nice. They're all hot air at the moment, which I guess is a bad thing for a fridge. 
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| AlpineAddict wrote: |
| When will someone build something along the South Coast... There is nothing within 2 hours of here... |
Bournemouth to Hemel Hempstead is about two hours drive I think?
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rob@rar, exactly... I was indicating that that is too far... No one wants 4 hours driving just to do 45 mins up and down a 160 mtr slope
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beequin, a snow slope is opening in 2014 in Swindon - permission / funding / etc. all in place - starting soon...
Alasdair
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AlpineAddict, with the summer deals at The Snow Centre in Hemel you can get a day pass and make it a big day out. 160m is plenty to practise on. Work on your technical skills, don't try to ski it for hours - that would become tedious.
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| akirk wrote: |
beequin, a snow slope is opening in 2014 in Swindon - permission / funding / etc. all in place - starting soon...
Alasdair |
Any details? Location, size, who will operate it.
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You know it makes sense.
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flowa,
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160m is plenty to practise on. Work on your technical skills, don't try to ski it for hours - that would become tedious.
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Agreed, but a facility like Landgraaf would do all that and more and town centre Swindon or dockside Cardiff sites are not going to provide it.
Don't we have any old mine or quarry sites anywhere suitable (and is Ipswich ever really going to happen).
[Though, as an aside, talking to the manager at Landgraaf we were told they did not have to contribute to infrastructure costs such as new roads /access and not just because it was a regeneration project].
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Poster: A snowHead
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beequin, Landgraaf was a dryslope before the indoor snow stuff was built on top.
Amneville is a more interesting model to me as it is just a shed on a hillside.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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rjs, Interesting point on Landgraaf, but both were presumably taking advantage of the slag heap from mining in the area.
Not been to Amneville, but it looks to be in a holiday park and all trading on the 'Thermes' - perhaps a new dome in Leamington Spa (can't see the National Parks allowing it in Buxton?). There were a lot of complaints about the snow quality there, but the website is claiming "une neige reconnue de haute qualité par les professionnels" - anyone know if it has improved.
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beequin, Amneville is a brownfield site, it is an old mining area too. I guess it isn't very different to Landgraaf.
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Amneville...... wow 600mtr slope, this would be a dream here.
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Amneville...... wow 600mtr slope, this would be a dream here.
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Hope they put in a prettier shed though.
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I would definitely be visitin this if it happens BUT given they don't have planning permission I can't help doubting both timescales and if we will get it at all.
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I doubt the Cardiff slope will get built. They'll build the new ice rink to replace the big blue plastic sheet covered one they have at the moment, but I cannot see a business case for a snowdome in South Wales.
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It does seem to be going ahead...
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16 May 2013
Revamped Oasis plans could give Swindon UK's longest indoor ski slope
BY Tom Anstey
Revamped Oasis plans could give Swindon UK's longest indoor ski slope
Swindon could become home to the longest ski slope in the UK as part of the revised plans for the multi million pound revamp of the Oasis Leisure centre.
In the new plans, the slope would exceed the current longest UK slope at Xscape Braehead in Scotland, which holds the record at 200 metres in length.
"This development will make Swindon the best indoor skiing venue in the country," said Keith Williams, Swindon Borough council's cabinet member for leisure and strategic transport. "Understandably there is a great deal of excitement surrounding the scheme and the leisure and employment benefits it will provide to Swindon."
The plans which would now include everything under one roof, feature the indoor ski slope, a 7,000-seater arena, leisure shops and facilities.
Later this month work will begin to refurbish the Oasis gym with 100 new pieces of equipment as part of a £2m refurbishment of the Dome.
On 1 April, Greenwich Leisure Limited took over the day-to-day management of the Oasis for the next 25 years. Prior to that the leisure centre was transferred from a Council-run facility to private ownership run by Moirai Capital Investments. |
from: http://www.leisuredesigners.com/detail1.cfm?pagetype=detail&subject=news&codeID=305449&site=LDE&dom=N less than a week ago...
http://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/news/10290972.New_plans_revealed_for_Oasis_site/
As I understand it - the legals are all done now - the pool is being refurbished, but not rebuilt - then they are building a ski slope / concert venue...
not heard anything to suggest that it won't happen - the council is behind it, so I suspect that planning won't be too tricky!
Alasdair
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akirk, don't get me wrong, I hope it does, I am just cynical.
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In the new plans, the slope would exceed the current longest UK slope at Xscape Braehead in Scotland, which holds the record at 200 metres in length.
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Creeping up! Another 10 domes and we may get to 300m
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| Timg60 wrote: |
| We need one in Cornwall. |
If only they had built a tundra dome at the Eden project with a monster big ski slope it might not be climbing up its patronising near bankrupt lefty backside right now.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Last edited by And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports. on Mon 25-04-16 22:13; edited 1 time in total
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About a third of Braehead is surely back up that massive counterslope/nursery slope on the other side? Race times from Braehead are consistently shorter than for Chill Factore/MK, which would suggest that the usable length of those is higher.
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You know it makes sense.
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rjs, Interesting point on Landgraaf, but both were presumably taking advantage of the slag heap from mining in the area.
Not been to Amneville, but it looks to be in a holiday park and all trading on the 'Thermes' - perhaps a new dome in Leamington Spa (can't see the National Parks allowing it in Buxton?). |
Not a huge number of natural hills (and definitely no slag heaps)to use as a starting point in Leamington though.
Amneville is actually quite interesting as a contrast to the slick and commercialised indoor centres here - all about the length of the slope, and little gloss, but prices more akin to what you'd pay here for dry slope time than UK snowdome prices.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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| Okanagan wrote: |
| Race times from Braehead are consistently shorter than for Chill Factore/MK, which would suggest that the usable length of those is higher. |
Or that people set more sensible courses at Braehead, the length there doesn't count the learner slope.
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Poster: A snowHead
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Okanagan, Agreed, and the longer slopes are not just good for training or technique, but also allow for park skiing /boarding and events, and can keep visitors for more than a few hours. Although Amneville Snowhall is not pretty, both it and Landgraaf seem pitched at the overnight stay market as well as day trippers (or evening customers from Brussels, etc.). Capacity of Landgraaf is 2,000 which it often reaches on 'party' evenings.
Current prices
Amneville
Forfait 8000 pts soit 11h en semaine ou 8h en week end (effectively two days unless you are masochistic, but 6-8.5 € per hour)
Adulte : 66.80€
Landgraaf
8 hours SPECIAL! € 29,95 inc. Barbecue (OK, it is a summer special), usually 2 hours €31.95
Snozone MK
£27.99 for 2 hours
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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AlpineAddict, if I lived on the south coast I'd be on the ferry every other weekend and down to the Alps. I've been to Hemel, Cas Vegas and Manchester about 15 times total and have stopped going. IMO they are a waste of time, too many people, too expensive, too much queuing, no height and poor quality snow.......and full of kids and/ or chavs (Cas).
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Markymark29, I know what you're saying dude... But it aint cheap to get across that tiny bit of water...  However, I do agree that if you went too much to the domes, they'd get pretty tidious... Unless you're a park rat...
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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| Markymark29 wrote: |
| AlpineAddict, if I lived on the south coast I'd be on the ferry every other weekend and down to the Alps. I've been to Hemel, Cas Vegas and Manchester about 15 times total and have stopped going. IMO they are a waste of time, too many people, too expensive, too much queuing, no height and poor quality snow.......and full of kids and/ or chavs (Cas). |
IMHO you need to go for technical training. I go once a month at Cas to ski moguls for an hour, no queues, and no kids on the moguls!
Just going to free ski get's very boring, very quickly. But have some drills you want to work on, and time flies by........
The moguls at Manchester look very worthy of a trip as well....
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A link to snow dome lengths - everything (or almost everything) in one place.
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Last edited by Then you can post your own questions or snow reports... on Mon 25-04-16 22:13; edited 1 time in total
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That's interesting. Do they ever make a strip of moguls at Hemel? I've never seen one.
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slikedges, undoubtably - they probably measure from back to front walls, not accounting for roped off areas and platform at the top.
I suppose it would be more relevant to state the length of the lift. Nevertheless, as we've said, they're still great for doing loads of stuff in and out of season - whatever the actual length.
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| Pedantica wrote: |
| That's interesting. Do they ever make a strip of moguls at Hemel? I've never seen one. |
Well I did the IO moguls course there... 
we sort of created our own - but not really, so the tuition was on the technique...
Alasdair
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