SnoPark | England

Whilst working in both Canada and the UK I have built this huge passion for the white blanket of trust known as snow.

Although I love the snow, here in England only see about a weeks worth of the stuff every year and when it comes people in the masses find excuses not to go into work to have fantastic snow fun!

I have formed this blog in hope that other snow entusiasts from the UK could help this dream become a reality.

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How?

By bringing the IDE SnowMaker to the Uk it means that we could supply local ski hills with snow all year round. The snow is produced at a small enviromentally friendly production site at the top of one of the planned sites and pushed, moved and formed into pistes.
If you watch the featured YouTube videos above you can see the production and how it has worked in current European Resorts to ensure long seasons and mines in Africa.
The cost of the IDE Snowmaker is 10x cheaper than the cost of building another snowdome but can produce upto 920 Tons of snow chemical free per day which means the hill will always be topped up.
The snow keeps for a week so eventually a method of delivering the snow to other hills will be possible.
We've formed this blog to get help and support...

Tuesday 17 May 2011

Albury Landfill Site


The Problems of building on a landfill site....
Albury Landfill is one of the tallest hills insite as you drive down the A25 from Newlands Corner...what if this eyesaw could be trasformed by that white blanket of trust and provide us with a hill big enough for a SnoPark.

There are some issues using landfill sites though as higlighted in the link above which would have to be overcome.
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Ewhurst Brickyard

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Ewhurst Brickyard, a set on Flickr.

This site in Walliswood, Nr Dorking is the kind of site that would be awesome...enough space for a lake and still be able to cover the banks in snow...wakeboarding and snow sports!!!

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Wednesday 11 May 2011

May 2011

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May 2011, a set on Flickr.

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Tuesday 10 May 2011

North Downs | Surrey


With abit of time on my hands I've started putting together a wee bit of a portfolio...just so we can start to get general impressions of what we could actually produce here in England with the IDE SnowMachine.
Many of the hills in the North and South Downs excced 200m in height which matches the height of Calgary Olympic Park, Canada. With the 920 Tons of snow produced everyday from the Snow Maker any weather the possiblity of a Snow Park in South East England this is what we could see.....
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Monday 9 May 2011

Calgary Olympic Park

 
Calgary Olymipic Park is based on just a hill side no bigger than the hills found in England. The South and North Downs, South East England have hills that exceed 200m which is larger than the Olymipic park in Calgary, Canada.
With the IDE Snow Maker producing 680-920 tons of snow a day a hill like this would bring jobs for lifties park shapers, instructors and more.
Not to mention the all year round access to snow sports.
http://www.winsportcanada.ca/cop/index_cop.cfm


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Current Venue Possibilities


RAISE SKI CLUB, LAKE DISTRICT
Could this be a place to raise money for? Or could we find something similar? This Ski lift in the Lake District, England is a perfect example of how amazing the hills and locations are here....With the IDE snowmachine we could ensure full seasons worth of snow ensuring more snow users...to raise funds for lifts and offer great possiblities to the local area.
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