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’

In for a lesson at Chill Factore on Monday? Make sure you are not spooked out.

Witches and wizards have been spotted on their brooms at Chill Factore near Manchester ahead of Halloween on Monday.

Continue reading ‘Witches send the spooks into Chill Factore’

A contract dispute had lead to the Riverhead project being cancelled.

Ambitious plans for a major indoor ski facility at Calverton, Long Island, Riverhead have been cancelled by the town after a contract dispute over incoming payments. Continue reading ‘Dispute over $108-M development contract nixes plans for Riverhead indoor ski area’

Yet another effort is going into the ill fated Meadowlands Xanadu project.

Reports from media in New Jersey indicate that the latest push to rescue the Meadowlands complex at New Jersey with a view to opening the giant $2.3 billion facility by 2012, nine years after it was first envisioned back in 2003. Continue reading ‘Promoters make new stab at rescuing Xanadu Mall Project’

Sno!Zone which celebrates 10 years of operation in the UK, has served at the premier training facility for such athletes as the Snow Leopard.

SNO!zone, the UK’s only chain of indoor snow centres celebrates its 10^th birthday this year.  The company took over the operation of the snow slope in Milton Keynes in 2000 and went on to design and build SNO!zone Castleford in 2003 and SNO!zone Scotland in 2006 to keep up with the growing popularity of snowsports in the UK. Continue reading ‘Indoor snow centre operator SNO!zone enters ten years of operations’

A new indoor snow centre in the Baltic nation of Lithuania will be the world’s longest when it opens next winter.

A new indoor snow centre in the Baltic nation of Lithuania will be the world’s longest when it opens next winter. Continue reading ‘Indoor Snow Centre in Lithuania to feature outdoor ski slopes’

After the Snoworks clinics you’ll be bouncing off just like this skier.

An advanced skier clinic is taking place in October at the indoor ski facility of Snoworks ahead of the upcoming ski season. Continue reading ‘Indoor ski clinics for advanced skiers at Snoworks this fall’