The Chairman of John Nike Leisure, John Nike OBE himself, has just emailed us. He says:

The position is that the intermediate slope will be laid with Perma-snow™ later this month for an official launch in early December. A weekend will be selected in this period to launch the product. The first day will be for ski slope operators and other interested trade persons, and the second day will be an open day for the skiing/snowboarding public.

We hope this helps to allay any confusion.

We'll be covering the launch if we're able to get along to it and we'll let you know what we think. It's already been tested by Chris Southwell, who says it's rather good.

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