Dry ski slopes have now been with us nearly 100 years, with special artificial surfaces designed especially for skiing on manufactured for the past 60 years. But many of the very longest slopes in the world have appeared in just the past few years, here’s the 24 longest on the planet at present. (1) 1,130m Veduchi, Russia This very long

The ski slope at Alford in Aberdeenshire, Scotland has had a major upgrade during the country’s second lockdown. Dry slope specialists MK Enterprises were sub-contracted to install a new Skitech surface.  It is the second time the two companies have worked together with MK Enterprises also recovering Ski Llandudno two years ago.  The all-new ski slope is approximately 120 metres

It’s usually fairly straight forward to find out how long a dry ski slope is, but getting a width stat so you can calculate slope area is more difficult. Along side the centres that grab the headlines for their long slopes, others opt for shorter but wider slopes which may have more space to turn. Still other centres have lots

A planning application has been submitted for a first dry ski slope complex for Cornwall.   The proposed Altitude Snow Park would have several dry ski slopes as well as a visitor centre with equipment rentals, restaurant and an outdoor play area. First announced back in 2018, the centre is proposed for a family-owned farm in the village of Par,

Sarah Lewis, the only woman presidential candidate for the upcoming election to become the new leader of the International Ski Federation (FIS), has credited the creation of dry slopes in areas without conventional snow slopes as a driver of China’s meteoric rise as a ski nation. In an interview with Chinese state media agency Xinhua, Lewis said, “By growing its

Artificial ski slope manufacturer Skitrax has reported a mini-boom in sales of mini-ski slopes for home use during the pandemic lockdown. “Many young people in Germany have decided to build a small fun park themselves. Dozens of kids have bought between 15-30 sqm of our Slopetrax mats and added their own obstacles to further increase the fun!” said Wolfgang Schmidt

A new indoor ski centre has opened in the Swiss town of Saillon. Locoski features a SkiWorld Pro machine from Dutch-company Alpine Engineering which can be adjusted in terms of speed and steepness according to skier need. The slope also features a recent additional innovation, with routes to follow projected on to the slope.  Again these can change according to

China is seeing a large number of dry ski slopes opening as well as indoor snow centre as skiing and snowboarding continue to gain in popularity as the country moves towards its target of 300 million people engaged in snow or ice sports ahead of the 2022 Olympics. These year-round ski centres address an issue China faces in that although

The Bilingual European School of Milan (BES) in Italy now offers skiing in the schoolyard with the installation of a new dry slope, 30 metres long and 10 metres wide with a safe gradient of 10%, by the Bergamo-based company Neveplast. The new slope was declared open by former Alpine skiing champion Giorgio Rocca while the Alpine skiing World Championships

The long awaited redevelopment of Sheffield Ski Village, one of Europe and the UK’s former leading dry ski centres, is still due to go ahead according to its developer. Alastair Gosling, of Extreme, told the Sheffield Star newspaper that the company now hoped to open the £25m project on the former Ski Village site in two years’ time in 2023.