A new gondola lift on the Ochsenkopf in Germany’s Fichtelgebirge went into operation just before Christmas, replacing a lift that had been operating for 32 years. The new lift features a wide dry slope surface using Lifttrax SP glide mats from Skitrax at the exits of the lift, to enable sit-skiers to glide quickly onto the piste with their sit

Leading tech company Huawei have opened a new Health Lab in Helsinki, Finland. The state-of-the-art facility is meant to redefine the landscape of health and fitness research, equipped with advanced testing equipment and dedicated to propelling Huawei’s innovations in the health and fitness sector. As part of the new Health Lab, Huawei has installed a highly advanced Treadmill SkiMachine in

The next generation snowsports surface Proslope has unveiled a number of new enhancements for 2024, alongside new slope installations. The improvement include a new installation system making it even quicker for a ski centre to switch its surface to Proslope, an enhanced misting system and a re-engineering of the polymers in the Proslope base material to make it even more

A new indoor dry slope centre has opened in Xi’an City, Shaanxi Province. The new SNOWG Ski Centre is located in the cities Southern Business District and is currently the largest indoor dry ski resort in the northwest. The centre has a total area of about 1300 square metres and is equipped with two ski simulators, a three-meter airbag jump,

A farm in Wiltshire has won planning permission to install a 5.5m high ski simulator machine in its barn, alongside a new climbing wall. Bapton Manor Farm, located in the Wylye Valley, approximately 10 miles outside Warminster, plans to use the disused barn to provide the indoor mountain activities to locals and visitors alike and provide jobs, according to its