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

The long established Copper Peak ski jump in the US state of Michigan’s Upper Peninsular region is to be redeveloped into a spectacular year-round ski flying hill with an all-season surface, the only one of its kind in the world. The existing Copper Peak, constructed in 1969, was originally a ski jumping hill and has a 469-foot long ramp, but

A new indoor ski centre opened in Shanghai, China, on January 3rd, 2023 Known as the S.H.O.W Ski Center, the facility has two dry ski slopes, an 8m high, 39m long airbag slope with a 20° slope angle, as well a 10.5m high, 43.5m long beginner’s slope with a 14° slope angle. As for the airbag slope, slope manufacturer and

The summer of 2022 will be remembered, sadly, as the first when almost all summer ski glaciers in the Alps were forced to close for at least month in August-September, as the freezing point moved above 4,000 metres following a winter with below average snowfall. As a result, competitive skiers and snowboarders at all levels from World Cup teams to 

Olympic snowboarder Jamie Nicholls and Olympic cyclist Victoria Pendleton CBE – were present to judge the ‘Best Trick’ prize at Warmwell’s dry slope as young contestants performed adrenaline-pumping tricks in support of the charity #Willdoes. Deja Parker and Max Baxter-Fox were judged the winners at the annual Snowboard and Ski Jam, receiving a £200 voucher, donated by Thrudark clothing, for

A long-planned dry ski slope project at Par near St Austell in Cornwall has been given the green light by local councillors. The plans for the dry ski slope, to be called the Altitude Snow Park, were first announced in 2018, but the landowners since had to solves multiple planning issues before finally getting the go ahead to start construction.