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Ski areas with large white balls. There are at least two of them. [TOP SECRET]
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Just in case this comes up in a pub quiz ...

1. Mt Ashland Ski Area Ashland, Oregon (Pacific Northwest, USA)
Information: www.mtashland.com

Photo (news) with large white ball: http://www.oregonlive.com/travel/index.ssf/2015/03/mt_ashland_ski_area_keeps_sout.html

2. Lowther Hills Ski Club "South of Scotland's only snowsports centre" between Carlisle and Glasgow, off the M74 motorway
Information: http://www.skiclub.lowtherhills.com/

Photo (video) with large white ball:
http://youtube.com/v/10eQy8HVzM4?t=42s


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And although not really inside it's fairly limited ski area, there is yet another large white ball a little bit higher up the mountain in Mt. Olympus, Cyprus.
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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?

La Dole in the Jura overlooking Lake Geneva does too

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Found a piccy for you. I think the RAF still operate this facility - whatever it is? I could tell you but I'd have to kill you.
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They usually house a radar of some sort
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Chalmazel with its top secret out of bounds military radar



Pic du Midi

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Nice picture of Fylingdales Moor....







Shocked


Oops
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Nice pic of Echelon listening post in Bedfordshire




Toofy Grin
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here's a pic I took of Margot Rozies but it is only half a white ball

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They are monitoring the number of snowboarders on the mountain, too many and it becomes un-skiable so they release some invisible drones to take them out... it's the only way I can explain the number of snowboarders you see sitting down on the piste, they just seem to magically fall over Toofy Grin Twisted Evil
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@Little Martin, I infer from your post, that you have never tried standing still on a snowboard. I see quite a lot of skiers standing on the piste - not infrequently in the middle.
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Dubaian wrote:


Found a piccy for you. I think the RAF still operate this facility - whatever it is? I could tell you but I'd have to kill you.



That is Mount Troodos in Cyprus
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stanton wrote:
Dubaian wrote:


Found a piccy for you. I think the RAF still operate this facility - whatever it is? I could tell you but I'd have to kill you.



That is Mount Troodos in Cyprus


Damn - beat me to it. (except it is Mount Olympus.....)

Cyprus is an excellent place to keep any eye on loads of countries. (over the horizon radar)


I learnt to ski under the shadow of that 'golf-ball' !!
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You know it makes sense.

boredsurfin wrote:
Nice pic of Echelon listening post in Bedfordshire




Toofy Grin


I ride my mountain bike around Chicksands. I know there's an intelligence agency centre there now, but I'm not sure there's too much listening going on any more (I could be wrong though!)
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 Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:

Sierra Nevada in Spain also has these
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Great Fun Fell too. Highest road in the UK at 2782 feet. There are the emains of a ski tow just under its eastern side.
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@stanton, according to Wiki
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Olympus, or Chionistra, at 1,952 metres, is the highest point in Cyprus. It is located in the Troodos Mountains of Cyprus


That's the hill which has both the small ski resort and the Dome. I know it's known informally as Mt Troodos - but that's not the correct name.
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Never mind the semantics - but RAF Mount Troodos had the only 'mile high' Officers' Mess in the RAF wink
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I am from Cyprus as it happens ...

Troodos is in fact the name of the whole mountain range (1 of 2 in Cyprus, the other one being in the Turkish occupied northern part of the island) - range extends from the Paphos coast on the west all the way to the mid-plains on the outskirts of Nicosia.

Mount Olympus is the highest peak at 1,952M - Chonistra (which incidentally means "snowy lady") is just an informal / local name for the peak.

I remember when I was growing up on the island (I only moved to the UK in 1991) snow depths of 2M-3M at the end of February were not unheard of.

Anyway back to more pressing matters - need to go and pack for Zermatt. Toofy Grin
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franga, thanks for the insider info - and have a good one in Switzerland.
chocksaway, isn't sH a mine of useless info? wink snowHead wink

Off topic - there is a super Nature Trail which winds all the way round near the top of the mountain. Easy car park access.
I've done most of it on a mountain bike - but a couple of bits were 'get off and push territory' - not because of gradients - didn't fancy biking on top of what was basically a dry stone dyke with a huge drop-off on on side. snowHead Cool A great walk with super views.
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@Dubaian, Very Happy .
But if I had started talking about the capabilities of the Radar (I've been in) I would probably have the black sedans pulling up outside Chez Chocks within the hour.
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