One of the UK’s largest and longest established dry ski slope centres, currently known as the Midlothian Snowsports Centre, has begun work to transform it into a multi-outdoor adventure centre. First established in the early 1960s as the Hillend ski slope, the announcement of a £13.8m transformation of the site to become Destination Hillend was first announced in 2019, with
Skitrax have created a special type of mat designed specifically for use under drag lifts. The company’s Lifttrax mats have been designed to provide a solution where snow cover below drag lifts melts due to exposure to strong sunlight, or high usage, or both. It is designed to work particularly well on steep slopes too, which often have issues holding
There are now more than 120 indoor snow centres in over 30 countries on six continents around the world. Unlike conventional outdoor ski areas these centres can be open 12-16 hours a day and see skiers and snowboarders using the sane small area over and over, so one of the issues they all race is rapid wear to the snow