The entrance to a new indoor winter sports centre in Lithuania that will boast both outdoor ski runs and one of the world’s five biggest indoor runs has been decorated with a huge snowflake formed from more than four hundred mountain pine trees.



The idea of decorating the downhill, which will divide the skiing slopes from the busy road, with a snowflake of mountain pines came to Andrius Stasiukynas, the General Director of the construction company Stamita employed in the construction of the complex, which is due to open in April.

More than 400 pines were needed to form the snowflake with a diameter of almost four hundred meters.
“We decided that the downhill, well seen to those passing it, should be given some winter accent which would remain there even during the hottest summer.” Said Mr Stasiukynas.

Later, on its other side, facing Druskininkai, we will create the logo of the centre – a skier using the same trees. We didn’t want to use any environment unfriendly materials.” He added.

Curious travellers now stop to see not only the rapidly emerging ski hall but the massive green snowflake as well.

www.snowarena.lt

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