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Post subject: Real snow slope in South East
 Posted: Apr 17, 2006 - 08:12 PM
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First post: Jan 09, 2006
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| After breaking my arm on a dryslope last week as i can only seem to be able to ride real snow properly it seems i have decided that dryslope is not for me and think that it would be good if they would build a indoor real snow slope in the south east as the rest all seem to be in the midlands or higher but am not sure how to get a campaign or something that might get one built started. I think that a good place for one would be the quarry next to bluewater or the millenium dome. |
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Posted: Apr 17, 2006 - 08:30 PM
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I'm sure the quarry next to bluewater was supposed to be one. And there was talk about the dome becoming one too.
Becton was supposed to get one too.
If Wycombe gets it's way it'll be snow, and heard rumors of Hemel going that way too.
There are a load of padded surfaces going down too(snowflex, permasnow, etc) with Bracknell, Knockhatch, Bowels, Chatham all having such sirfaces down or going down. |
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Posted: Apr 17, 2006 - 08:38 PM
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The one you speak of in the quarry is the proposed 'SnOasis' development and is planning to boast a 400m long indoor slope.
As far as I'm aware it will form part of a larger redevelopment of the area.
Stick 'snoasis' into google and you should get some more info, or hit the slope directory on here... |
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Posted: Apr 17, 2006 - 09:15 PM
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Tom16, look at the indoor snow map to see the various proposals for the SE, although we are missing those current dryslopes that intend to go indoors from that map - so Hemel, Wycome and Sheffield.
http://www.snowboardclub.co.uk/slopes.p ... r_snow_all
The quarry is defunct and isn't the SnOasis one, that's a different one. What got me started with this site 8 years ago was a model of an indoor slope proposed for Dartford that was in the reception at Tamworth SnowDome. That's still a possibility.
There was also an indoor slope very briefly at the dockyards in Chatham, but it only survived for two winters and was never very good. |
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Posted: Apr 17, 2006 - 09:16 PM
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| i thought that snoasis was supposed to be near ipswich i was talking about the quarry next to bluewater shopping centre i thought that ipswich was quite a long way away from london and was near milton keynes |
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Posted: Apr 17, 2006 - 09:32 PM
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Posted: Apr 17, 2006 - 09:33 PM
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Hey Dunx,
Any idea how much, say, MK snow dome cost to run a month? Or how much it cost to build? |
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Posted: Apr 17, 2006 - 09:39 PM
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| oh yeah forgot the dartford one, and the one in the ssub slip at the dockyard in Chatham. Is also an outdoor one at Diggerland in Stoud, but is very small, better off hitting MK in my oppinion. |
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Posted: Apr 17, 2006 - 09:59 PM
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| Guy - a Snowflex sales rep told me that a dome costs between £100 - £150 million, depending on various factors. Not cheap. |
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Posted: Apr 17, 2006 - 10:09 PM
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I was thinking (whilst sitting on one of the chair lifts at Nevis) of how much it would cost to make a few more of the UK's mountains into resorts, compared to building any more domes? There were plenty more snow filled mountains that I could see. I know that domes are within sensible driving distance for most and are open all year, but wouldn't it be lovely to develop natural Scotland some more? And it'd be a fraction of the cost of a dome.
More of a nice thought than a serious suggestion, really |
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Posted: Apr 17, 2006 - 11:40 PM
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| for us in the south east it's easie to get to france and ride, is a shame really |
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Posted: Apr 17, 2006 - 11:54 PM
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| the snow isnt reliable enough in scotland either |
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Posted: Apr 18, 2006 - 12:02 AM
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adam_2005 wrote:
Guy - a Snowflex sales rep told me that a dome costs between £100 - £150 million, depending on various factors. Not cheap.
Maybe he wanted to sell you Snowflex  |
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Posted: Apr 18, 2006 - 02:16 AM
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too hard to get planning permission in scotland because ski resorts ruin the landscape and eco systems apparently
and it is difficult to find a large number of staff who can work for a few weeks with only a couple of days notice |
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Posted: Apr 18, 2006 - 10:05 AM
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The Scottish slopes they have are rarely filled to capacity and as I've read from reports this year, they've only had snow for less than two months. I wouldn't put my money into it.
I've added the Sheffield, Hemel and Wycombe indoor slope proposals to the indoor slope map now BTW, but yet to flesh out the microsites.
Indoor slopes do cost a lot to build and run. If I won the lottery I'd build a SnowFlex slope like the one that's almost finished in France:
http://www.snowboardclub.co.uk/tb.php?/ ... 049,17348,
I've only ridden SnowFlex at Warmwell once, but for consistent kickers it really does win out over indoor snow on many fronts; especially the build cost and cost to use. Although indoor snow is nice of course, it's also nice to be able to board outside. Swings and roundabouts really. |
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