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Texas plans $700 million artificial ski mountain - video report - using British technology
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[Thread heading revised 14.4.07]

It's not a part of the US known for its skiing - the climate takes care of that. But a group of entrepreneurs with Disney connections have put up a serious proposal for a massive year-round 250-ft 'ski mountain' on land above Fort Worth in Texas. The site is next to an airport. An estimated investment of $700 million is involved.

Interestingly, the report says "A technology will simulate snow ..." but does not specify what this means. There is a reference, in the video report, to views of Fort Worth, suggesting that a snowdome may not be the basis of it.

The logic is that Dallas Fort Worth accounts for a major input into the Colorado ski economy. Texans spend a great deal of money there, and the promoters of this report would like it spent closer to home.

This report (with linked video story) from CBS11TV

So, is this a snowdome, or some other revolution in ski-surface technology? Anyone know?
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More news on this. The planned surface is Snowflex, the artificial ski surface developed in the UK by Briton Engineering. Further reports:

Dallas Morning News
Commercial Property News
Snowflex US site

That surface has advantages and disadvantages in skiing terms. One of the advantages would be low energy consumption, on a big scale, compared to a snowdome.

Has anyone skied relatively large scale installations of this material? Any observations on the water-misting and friction aspects of the skiing, edge control etc.? I guess the water evaporation and usage rate would be huge, in the Texas climate.
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