 Poster: A snowHead
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I went to the Chill Factore last night. What has happened to the snow? Id describe it as skiing on sand. I only did an hour to test some new skis and boots but left after about 40 minutes after paying £27 which also seems a bit ridiculous. I'm sure the snow quality didnt used to be that bad. Are they now using a cheaper way of creating snow or adding a chemical to make it last longer or something? You hit patches of the stuff and practically stop. I heard they had an event cancelled there not long ago (British skier cross) potentially due to poor snow?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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It does seem a bit hit and miss. I went a few weeks ago and the snow was fine. A week or so ago I went and there were just clumps everywhere and quite a few nasty patches of ice. I really didn't mind the clumps and bumps in the snow as it meant I could practice turning to avoid them etc. The problem is its sort of hard do do that sometimes when there's a lot of people skiing down incredibly slowly because of the ice and bumps.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Haven't been for a few weeks but I was told a while back that it's something to do with a chemical which they put in to stop the artifical snow forming in a not-snow-like ice/crystal structure/way (or maybe to make it form properly - not sure). Maybe a de-icer, glycol or similar?
They did the replacement 'scrape' a few months ago because of this problem but apparently immediately something went wrong again - too much got added, or there was an accidental spill or overdose or something - so straight away it went back to the poor structure/form of 'snow', like sugar, which very easily forms mounds etc. Presumably it's too costly or problematic at their busiest time to replace it again?
Plus it has got a lot busier since September/October so it is getting messed up easier.
Don't know what the ice pack is like underneath but it was getting pretty dangerous when I was there: mounds and soft bumps transitioning to very solid scraped-away ice underneath. Not quite sure which type of skis to use!
Good practice in one way, horrid in another: and not beginner/intermediate or snowboard friendly.
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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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What's the apres like?
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@homers double, like any dome, you have to take a ton of freinds otherwise erm poo-poo 
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Has the snow quality improved at all? Considering a trip in the next few weeks but won't both if it's still very poor
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@Northernhills, erm, I went a couple of weekends ago.
It seemed VERY sugary.
I guess you have to look at it a couple of vary.
If you want groomed flat pistes for a zoom around get there early and avoid weekends.
If you want crud practice go for lunchtime
If you want moguls and ice head there in the evening
Whilst it was a bit annoying at first, I just smiled, swapped my skis over (so sad I took 2 pairs with me!) and had fun in a different way.
My little lad was peed off though - he is used to the ice of Tamworth, rather than moguls taller than him
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Cheers, was only to get a tiny bit of practice in before I jet off abroad so will head up first thing in the morning one day.
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