An unusual year-round Nordic ski area has opened in Poland. The Transgraniczne Centrum Turystyki Aktywnej is a well-established winter cross country ski centre offering Nordic walking and roller-skiing in summer but has not previously been able to offer cross country skiing when there’s no snow. The new facility comprises four separate stretches of track, each about 100 metres long. Two
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Work on a new year-round ski jump facility for freestyle skiing and boarding is reported to be due to start imminently in Australia. The $6.5m project is being funded by the Olympic Winter Institute of Australia, state and federal governments and the Australian Olympic Committee. The project was first mooted about a decade ago and nearly went ahead in 2017
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The longest dry ski slope in Europe has officially opened at Kopaonik, the largest ski resort in Serbia. The 800 metre long slope with 116 metres of vertical drop is believed to be the longest ever built in Europe, with the surface material supplied by Italian manufacturer, Neveplast. “The ski slope is suitable for beginners as well as expert skiers
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A centre containing revolving dry ski slope machines proposed for a location in West Sussex has been given the go-ahead to the surprise of its backers. Planning staff at the local Horsham District Council had recommended that the application, from a start-up company called Moving Mountains, be refused, but council members of the planning committee voted in favour of the
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The Italy-based dry slope manufacturer Neveplast has moved into new offices. For the first time since the company’s foundation two decades ago their management, sales and administration and the warehouse are all housed in the same building. The building provides 2,600 square metres of space with the warehouse on the ground floor and on the first floor the management and
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Exeter City council have voted to close down and sell off a long-established ski slope in order to raise funds to invest in the city’s sports centres. The volunteer-run Exeter Ski Club has been established for more than 50 years and over the decades had taught tens of thousands of people to ski or board. It is a highly valued
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A new apartment complex will feature year-round skiing on its sloping roof as well as two ski machines indoors. The new Dux Development at the leading Georgian ski resort of Bakuriani is the latest of at least five similar projects that include a ski hotel in Switzerland, a power plant in Denmark and ski accommodation at the Finnish resort of
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A petition has been launched to try to ensure the future of the dry ski slope operated by Exeter Ski Club. The ski centre, which is one of the world’s longest established, celebrating 50 years in operation last year, was threatened with closure when the leisure centre next to it was closed by the council after the building was damaged
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Plans to rebuild the derelict Sheffield Ski Village with a state of the art outdoor sports centre complete with year-round dry ski slopes have taken a major step forward with the news that Sheffield City council have signed off a £4.8 million loan to the site’s preferred developers. The funding is however just for the first phase of the new
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