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Swindon snowdome could have 'electro-magnetic' operation
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Poster: A snowHead

A company called Urban Ski has approached Swindon Council in Wiltshire to build a 250ft snowdome with "bobsleigh run, ice rinks and other entertainment".

This report by James Wallin from Swindon Advertiser
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The slope itself would be powered by electro-magnets which would carry the user down and up the slopes without the use of a ski lift.

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The slope would be kept at room temperature but would pass through refrigerated fake mountains to keep the snow from melting.


It appears, from that report (which is not clear) that what is actually proposed is a rotating snow slope. A brief search for 'Urban Ski' found no trace of that business name. Ski Trac have planned huge rotating disc slopes, on an incline, but nothing appears to have been built to date (one was proposed for North Wales). BBC Tomorrow's World did screen (over 15 years ago) a working prototype of this type of rotating snow system in southern England on a small scale.

Anyone care to speculate? Anyone know anything about this project?
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Excuse me, I wonder if I'm in the right place. I've just discovered this wonderful sport called skiing. Does anyone here know of it?
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