One of the UK’s largest and longest established dry ski slope centres, currently known as the Midlothian Snowsports Centre, has begun work to transform it into a multi-outdoor adventure centre. First established in the early 1960s as the Hillend ski slope, the announcement of a £13.8m transformation of the site to become Destination Hillend was first announced in 2019, with

Skitrax have created a special type of mat designed specifically for use under drag lifts. The company’s Lifttrax mats have been designed to provide a solution where snow cover below drag lifts melts due to exposure to strong sunlight, or high usage, or both. It is designed to work particularly well on steep slopes too, which often have issues holding

There are now more than 120 indoor snow centres in over 30 countries on six continents around the world. Unlike conventional outdoor ski areas these centres can be open 12-16 hours a day and see skiers and snowboarders using the sane small area over and over, so one of the issues they all race is rapid wear to the snow

A group of skiers and snowboarders have launched a crowd funder to try to raise at least $40,000 to install a dry ski slope at the Burning Man Festival in Nevada, USA. Naming the slope Lake Lahontan Ski Resort, the dry ski slope is intended to be “an interactive art installation that brings Radical Inclusion to snow sports!” say the

A dry ski centre that has battled through several periods when closure seemed to be on the cards, has made it through and is now celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. Ski Rossendale, located in Lancashire, north of Manchester, opened in September 1973, at the time it boasting the longest artificial ski slope and largest facility of its kind in

The SkiStar group, which runs Scandinavia’s largest ski resorts has announced the a ski slope made from sugar cane will be a new attraction this summer at their Sälen resort. Sugar cane can be used to produce a type of bioplastic called polylactic acid (PLA), which is a biodegradable and compostable material. The process involves converting the sugar from sugar

Neveplast has been one of the big success stories in dry slope skiing worldwide over the 25 years since it was established. Still a family run business based in Bergamo, it continues to ensure its products are made in Bergamo, but has an ever greater focus on sustainability. “A green soul has always been part of Neveplast’s DNA and over

The dry slope centre designer and manufacturer Neveplast have now been working for 25 years, making it possible to practice winter sports 365 days a year. Now they are stressing that in a changing world for winter sports resorts, they are there to help with “de-seasonalisation”.  In other words, providing the surfaces ski areas need to guarantee sliding fun when

A crowdfunding campaign has been launched to try to reach a £55,000 target to resurface the old Loch Insh dry slope located near Kingussie and the ski areas of Cairngorm and The Lecht in the Scottish Highlands. Loch Insh is a family-run business offering watersports and snowsports experiences in the heart of the Cairngorm National Park.  Established in 1969, for

The warmer than normal start to the season in the Alps exacerbated growing problems for low-altitude ski areas that have been growing over time anyway due to climate change. Germany’s ski areas were particularly hard hit with only about 10% of the hundreds of small areas there having enough snow to open for Christmas and New Year, even now after