SNO!zone was recently sold and major investments are being planned by its new owner Jamie Smith.

The Ice Factor Mountaineering Centre at Kinlochleven, the home of the world’s largest indoor ice climbing wall, has acquired SNO!zone, Britain’s longest indoor ski slope at Xscape, Braehead. Continue reading ‘SNO!zone at Xscape, Braehead come under new ownership’

Boreal plans to open the third indoor training facility this month.

Construction is well underway on Woodward Tahoe, a new freeestyle indoor training centre at Boreal ski resort (www.rideboreal.com) in California which is scheduled to open next summer. Continue reading ‘World’s third indoor freestyle training centre on track to open in California this summer’

Manchester skiers break the Guinness World Record for the longest chain of skiers.

Manchester skiers can write their names in history as record breakers as they managed to break the Guinness World Record for the longest chain of skiers at Chill Factore (www.chillfactore.com) last fall. Continue reading ‘Indoor skiers set Guinness world record’

A skier trains takes a run at Snow World Landraaf.

The Dutch Snowworld indoor snow centre operators have announced plans to invest 40-50 million euros ($64m USD) to build two new facilities in France and Spain by 2014. Continue reading ‘SnowWorld plans major expansion to France and Spain’

Plans are in gear to build a new indoor snowdome facility in Western England

If plans to turn a former Royal Air Force base into the UK’s seventh and longest indoor snow centre are approved, then shovels may break the earth this year on the proposal.
Continue reading ‘West England snowdome to create 600 new jobs’

Saved: Hill End Ski resort is saved by the Scotish Government and SportsScotland

The iconic artificial ski slope in Scotland, Hillend has been saved from extinction after Sportsscotland and the Scottish Government have agreed to step in with to bail out the ailing ski operation.    Continue reading ‘UK’s longest artificial ski slope gets bailout’