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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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Just checked the O2 site: twin slopes, each 45m in length. That's seems quite short (though probably ok for lunch time shenanigans  )
How long are the slopes at MK?
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Not sure about MK, but Castleford is 175m.
45m seems very short.
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| Quote: |
| Both slopes are approximately 220ft high and in length are both 175m |
- in Milton Keynes. But the O2 is a lot closer! Definitely good for a ski fix I'd have thought!
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cathy, Check out the T&C's Gloves and Helmets provided! 
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those will be nice gloves !!!
all those cold dripping noses wiped... must be a health risk in that ! lol
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Hmmm... takes me 90 minutes (door-to-door) from zone 1 in London to MK. Comparitively, it takes 60 minutes to get to the O2. And most of that journey is underground.
I think it's worth travelling the extra 30 minutes for the longer - and ever so slightly more challenging - slope at MK
That said, the more slopes they build in and around London the better (although moving to the alps is another option...)
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are these going to be "real" snow? references are to them being artificial slopes
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Arno,
No, they're plastic. Also only temporary.
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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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beanie1, i am even less excited about it than i was before
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Got to say the mock up photo on the website makes it look less desirable than the slope at the ski show which itself is usually as desirable as ricketts.
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You know it makes sense.
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| Zero-G wrote: |
and ever so slightly more challenging - slope at MK
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Challenging and milton keynes in the same sentence... never though i'd see that !! lol
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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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Poster: A snowHead
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fatbob, i thought it looked quite festive
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Can't you just ski down the dome on the outside - that's already white!
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Libertine, considering I'm a novice....
Anyway, since the O2 slope is plastic according the folk above, it's no longer on my radar.
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Zero-G, lol, a stealth slope!
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| Boredsurfing wrote: |
Wow they have kept that quiet, how does 45m long compare to other indoor slopes  |
The snowdomes are all of the order of 160m. There is an indoor slope at Calshot (near Southampton) that's about 42m, and a slope here in Guildford also about 40m - but I've never been to either of those  . 45m allows you to get about 2 turns in (3 at a push). A "typical" dryslope is in the 100m+ region: Bromley 120m, Aldershot, Christchurch and Southampton all about 110m, as is Warmwell (Snowflex surface). Bowles is a bit shorter at 75m, Folkestone at 60m and I think Sandown's about the same. Welwyn is about 150m, Bassingbourne is 100m, Brentwood, Norwich and Ipswich are bit longer at 180m (but Brentwood's rather flat), and the Nike slopes (all now a Permasnow surface) at Bracknell, Chatham (and also Swadlincote) are about 160m. There are a few longer ones: Pontypool at 230 and Llandudno at 250m, Wycombe (if it ever gets going again) at 300m, and of course Hillend at 400m.
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| Boredsurfing wrote: |
| Wow they have kept that quiet |
Cos it's stealth, innit.
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GrahamN, Oh I know Calshot 
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