 Poster: A snowHead
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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?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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I wish I had a shilling for every proposed indoor ski slope in the UK. I could afford to move to the alps! 
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I'd be delighted if that got built and had a half decent hockey team playing there, at the minute I can't watch any hockey without first embarking on a 3 hour 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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I much prefer the look of option 2! How can it be made to happen? Bristol needs a mountain (and a tropical lagoon)
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I wouldn't get your hopes up, I *think* this is now the 4th indoor slope which has been mooted for Bristol or the surrounding area.
Also this...
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| The Snozone at Milton Keynes is a very similar set-up to the one being proposed for Bristol. The dome at Cribbs Causeway will likely be much smaller though... |
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Wait - never mind, I spent some time digging and found the planning application. By the drawings it looks like a dry rolling carpet type deal - yawn! Will not be bothering with that.
On the other hand, the company that manafactures them appears to have gone into administration. So there is still hope!
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Over the last few years there has been indoor slope stories for Swindon, Bath, Bristol, Cardiff & Merthyr as well as large outdoor artificial slopes & outdoor activity resort in the Afan forest nr Port Talbot (4 zones - Trail, Forest, Xtreme & Alpine).
Not sure if there is the need/demand for so many. Cardiff one is supposed to be part of the new Ice Rink that was finished a while ago. Maybe once the Severn Bridge Tolls are abolished that one in either place will make it more accessible for either location.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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If the Brits do well at Pyeongchang, then there may be a bandwagon for the government to jump on... and provide some funding.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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@Mr.Egg, you forgot an indoor slope story for Weston-super-Mare seafront as well!
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| Pastorius wrote: |
Wait - never mind, I spent some time digging and found the planning application. By the drawings it looks like a dry rolling carpet type deal - yawn! Will not be bothering with that.
On the other hand, the company that manafactures them appears to have gone into administration. So there is still hope! |
Skiplex - who were the main UK operator folded over the summer, but I think Maxxtracks - the (Dutch?) manufacturer - are still going. There are still rolling slopes operating in Chiswick (reopened...) and Chelsea.
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You know it makes sense.
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| Mr.Egg wrote: |
Over the last few years there has been indoor slope stories for Swindon, Bath, Bristol, Cardiff & Merthyr as well as large outdoor artificial slopes & outdoor activity resort in the Afan forest nr Port Talbot (4 zones - Trail, Forest, Xtreme & Alpine).
Not sure if there is the need/demand for so many. Cardiff one is supposed to be part of the new Ice Rink that was finished a while ago. Maybe once the Severn Bridge Tolls are abolished that one in either place will make it more accessible for either location. |
Cardiff seems to be the only one with a chance of going ahead as they seem to be realistic - at the moment all I can find it that it should happen at some point in the future. The Bay area is getting developed all over the place so here's hoping.
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| @Mr.Egg, you forgot an indoor slope story for Weston-super-Mare seafront as well! |
Now this one seems truly dead in the water!
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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| Tubaski wrote: |
Skiplex - who were the main UK operator folded over the summer, but I think Maxxtracks - the (Dutch?) manufacturer - are still going. There are still rolling slopes operating in Chiswick (reopened...) and Chelsea. |
Just to correct myself, I learned yesterday that the old Skiplex site at Basingstoke has also reopened as 'Skizone', run by the same company that operate Snozone at Milton Keynes and Castleford. They've also reportedly added one of the Maxxtracks slopes (presumably from the old Skiplex assets) at Castleford.
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Poster: A snowHead
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Interesting. Can't say it appeals to me but at least they haven't completely folded in all aspects!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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nothing ever gets done in bristol, 2 new football grounds were planned but eventually never got planning permission, for the last 5 years they have been trying to get a new concert hall, but after spending 5 million on consultations they still dont know where to build it, so dont hold your breath on a snowdome, probably the most backward council in the land
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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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| compostcorner wrote: |
| nothing ever gets done in bristol, 2 new football grounds were planned but eventually never got planning permission, for the last 5 years they have been trying to get a new concert hall, but after spending 5 million on consultations they still dont know where to build it, so dont hold your breath on a snowdome, probably the most backward council in the land |
I thought the trendy new mayor was going to get things done? (Well according to his fan club on Points Worst, that is!)
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Another option now being considered for the concert arena is the Brabazon hangar at Filton...
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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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exactly, after 5 years we have another option, nobody can make a decision
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It's always been the same here in Bristol though - look how long it took to get Metrobust started.
And now the work is all done they can't get anyone to run it!
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Cribbs Causeway is in South Glos for a start...
Planning permission is there for the Arena by Temple Meads, whether Marvin wants to build it there when he can get his old buddy to finance and build it privately via Malaysian money in Filton is another question. It would be a travesty if it was to happen there.
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Lack of faith in your local council's ability to decide on projects? Well blow me we've something in common
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