xaphania

Has anyone ever been to any of the indoor skiing places? And if so, is it worth it?

How does it compare to the real thing? There's a snow dome not too far from where I live, and I was considering paying it a visit soon. Here's the link to the site:

THE SNOWDOME The UKs premier indoor real snow slope

Do you think it would be worth going?

www.ski-base.com

Indoor skiing is definately worth it especially if you are just starting out. The GB junior and childrens teams train out of Xscape in Milton Keynes and there are often races there.I read in a skiing mag not long ago that they are planning to build indoor ski slopes that are big enough to run a world cup race on. It's just like skiing outside except shorter.

xaphania

Excellent, thanks. I might have to check out the Tamworth snow dome. I have heard good things about it, but that it tends to get quite crowded. A friend of mine's brother had his birthday party there, so I'm worried it'd be full of young kids.

www.ski-base.com

I know these places can get really busy so I would try to avoid school holidays and late afternoon, but its summer now so if you can go early in the day you would probably find it nearly empty!

Gilipsie

This looks like it would be kind of neat! I wonder if they will build something like that in the US.

terry

Wow, now that is amazing. I have never heard of nor seen an indoor ski facility before now. I would love to have one here in Montreal.

Gilipsie

I actually got an email with photos purporting to be from an indoor ski slope built in Saudi Arabia. I don;t know it was real or not.