A huge dry ski slope has gone into operation near the western Ukranian city of Lviv. Work on the facility began last autumn and was completed in early summer, despite Russia’s invasion. The 19,000 m2 slope is part of a five-star resort, the Hotel Resort Emily, and has been designed so that it can also be used in winter when

In the long history of creating non-snow surfaces to ski on, one of the most ambitious projects was a centre known as Ski Villa created in California’s Carbon Canyon. Like many of these facilities throughout the 20th century, the project appears to have been ambitious, expensive, but ultimately short-lived because of key flaws in the plan meaning that the return

A year-round outdoor freestyle centre for skiers has opened in the Swiss resort of Leysin. ‘Le Bag’ features two dry ski ramps leading to two jumps, one 16 metres high aimed at less experienced jumpers, the other 22 metres high for the most experienced.   The jumps, covered in JF Dryski matting, take freestyle skiers and boarders into the air above

British Winter Olympics hero Eddie ‘the Eagle’ Edwards has officially opened the Tarka Leisure Centre in Barnstaple, which includes a skiing conveyor machine. Eddie cut the ribbon to declare the new facility open and headed straight to see the ‘endless’ ski slope, bringing the opportunity for everyone to try out skiing, snowboarding and tobogganing in North Devon. “The endless ski

The SkiMachine (by Alpine Engineering) company, based in The Netherlands, which supplies and installs conveyor snow machines around the world has announced a number of new locations. The company has now officially changed its name to SkiMachine (by Alpine Engineering) and has a new website. In Europe, the company’s latest machine is at the Hulo Center in Poland. A multi-activity

The ever-growing list of athletes around the world who either learned or perfected their skills on dry slopes has grown further with skier Lauren Harder and snowboarder Emory Orlando who train on  the Liberty Mountain Snowflex Centre in Virginia, USA, winning golds at the United States Collegiate Ski & Snowboard Association (USCSA) National Championships in Lake Placid, New York state

SkiStar, the operator of the largest ski areas in Norway and Sweden, says it plans to unveil a new dry ski slope at it urban ski hill of Hammarbybacken in the Swedish capital, Stockholm. The slope is part of a new activity centre, which SkiStar are promoting as, “a first in Sweden, offering modern summer skiing and a year-round investment

A major new dry ski centre has opened in the Chinese province of Hebei. The new Guantao JF Dry Ski Four Seasons Ski Resort features three dry slopes with a combined surface area of about 9,000 square metres. The runs include a challenging mogul slope, an intermediate slopes and a beginner run. “We just finished all the installation last week,

One of the world’s biggest dry slope ski areas has opened in Western Ukraine …and then been closed again because of the war. Work on the dry ski network at the Vynnyky ski resort was completed earlier this year, before the Russian invasion. The dry slope supplier was the German-based company Skitrax, who say they installed a total of 19,000

Two-time Olympian Jamie Nicholls has spoken in support of Halifax Ski Slope in England, where he trained as a youngster. British team members at Beijing 2022, Katie Ormerod and Katie Summerhayes, also trained at the facility. Speaking about funding for local snowsports facilities that are supported by funding from the National Lottery, Nicholls said, “They’re very important, and they are