The charitable trust which operates the oldest ski slope in Wales, among other sports and leisure attractions, has been saved by a £1.3m bail out by the local council. Pontypool Ski Centre boasts was established in 1974 and is celebrating its 50th birthday this year. Torfaen Leisure Trust was established as a stand-alone charitable body by Torfaen Council in 2013
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A new ski centre is set to open in South Wiltshire next month. The South Wilts Ski Club has converted a former tractor workshop at Bapton, between Salisbury and Warminster and installed a conveyor ski slope. Local media reports that the conveyor ski slope machine supplied by Dutch company Maxxtracks has now been installed and a full-time ski instructor hired
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Long-standing plans for a new multi outdoor activity centre including a dry ski slope for Preston in Northwest England have been given the backing of Preston City Council planning officers ahead of a vote by councillors. The plans, christened Pheonix Park, are for a large new water sports park on a 10.6 hectare site transforming Preston Docks include the dry
Read moreThe largest restaurants in a ski area are usually located near to the key ski stations, but often the most famous huts that score most highly on Tripadvisor and resort reviews are in remote spots away from the crowds and often set off the main ski slopes. These will usually have a little access and exit slope of their own,
Read moreThe world’s former joint third largest ski area by area, at Nozawa Onsen in Japan, has announced that it’s expanding from 20,000 to 23,000 sqm this summer. It’s now the third largest without an equal. Like the largest, the 1.1km long 44,000 sqm summer dry slope at fellow Japanese ski area Kagura and the second largest, a 38,000 sqm, 800m
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2024 marks the 50th year of skiing in Kidsgrove, Staffordshire. The North Staffs Ski Club, originally boasting just 27 Members was formed on 3rd June 1974 shortly after the local council opened the ski lodge. Within three years the club race team won the West Midlands Regional Trophy in the ‘Sport for All’ series of events but by March, 1979,
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The BRC Snow Club, a global community and Burning Man theme camp that famously brought a dry ski slope to the huge week-long desert festival in Nevada, has announced plans to go even bigger this year and join forces with an ‘Alien Ski Resort’ themed camp! “The first year with the slope was a wild success, with hundreds of participants
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The long-established Mt. Aggie dry ski slope at Texas A&M University in America has been damaged in a windstorm, and the university is now fundraising for a new surface for the slope. Mt. Aggie, located on the university’s West Campus, was established more than five decades ago. Established in 1971, it is believed to be North America’s longest surviving dry
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In the second year of fundraising for Disability Snowsport UK (DSUK), a charity whose mission is to open snowsports to all, skiers and boarders booking their holidays through Igluski.com have donated almost ten times the sum raised in the previous, inaugural year of the partnership. At the time of booking, either online or via the Iglu Ski reservations team, those
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Ski touring, also known as ski mountaineering, has become increasingly popular in recent years and that’s set to increase further after the sport is included in the Winter Olympics for the first time at the 2026 games in Italy. Although the sport focuses on the ascent through pristine nature on your ascent, and then, ideally, a run down on fresh
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