50 Things To Do on Indoor Snow
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SNO!zone, Xscape
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SNO!zone, Xscape Castleford Camp out on the snow slope through the night when temperatures are brought down to minus 10 and snow is made for up to five hours. The Xscape complex has launched its ‘Arctic Challenge’ in partnership with Yorkshire mountaineer Alan Hinkes, the first British climber to successfully conqueror all 14 of the world's highest mountains over 8,000 metres. Richard Spencer, commercial manager at Xscape, told local media: " We think this will be particularly popular with businesses looking for a motivational or team-building experience. We have also had inquiries about the Arctic Challenge from groups who want to acclimatise prior to high-altitude expeditions."
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The Arctic Dressed up as an Inuit and be photographed against a backdrop of arctic Scenery. There’s also an Arctic motion theatre and a ‘Base Station’ where guests wear protective clothing will be part of the high tech area.
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SNO!zone, Milton Keynes There were also free avalanche safety talks, boot clinics, equipment servicing advice and demos, and movie premieres and shows.
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Moscow
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Fortum Ski Tunnel, Sweden Fortum Ski Tunnel opened in June 2006. The first stage has a length of 1,3 km and continues outdoors with a further 700m of ‘cool track’ – suitable for outdoor snow making. The tunnel is eight metres wide and four metres high with two tracks for classical skiing and two for skating. The tunnel follows the natural topography and projects halfway above the ground surface. Fortum Ski Tunnel Torsby also has an arena facility with the world’s only indoor biathlon shooting range. A centre for physiological testing and research will be established in connection to the tunnel.
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Snow World, Landgraaf, Netherlands British speed skier Kevin Alderton set an indoor world speed ski record of 90.7kph (56.36mph) at the ski centre at Landgraaf in Holland in November 2006. Kevin, who was left blinded by a vicious gang attack when he tried to aid a woman who was being threatened, also holds the world speed ski record for blind skiers of 169.4kph which he set at Les Arcs in France. “It wasn’t long after I set the record at Les Arcs before I decided I wanted to try again and this time do it on an indoor course. I was ecstatic when I discovered I had reached 90.7kph on the indoor track on November 15th.” said Kevin. In between training for the world records, Kevin has qualified as Britain’s first blind ski instructor.
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Moscow There will be a 5,000 sq. m. snow play area with a Snow Cavern at Freestyle Park, this is being designed by Thinkwell from Los Angeles USA, a company including former Universal Studios management which also worked on Ski Dubai and are involved in the Las Vegas Wet water and snowpark proposal. There will be a children’s’ snow area, mini bobsleigh track and skating rink.
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SNO!zone, Xscape Many charity fund raising events have been staghed within indoor snow centres. These have included the Dian Fossey mass gorilla ski (100s of people in gorilla costumes took to the snow of Xscape Castleford), and the Ski Everest Challenge at Xscape Braehead in 2006 which raised £15,000 for Cancer Research UK. The Ski Everest Challenge involves skiing or boarding down the SNO!zone slope more than 40 times over a period of approximately two to four hours in order to ski or board the equivalent to the near nine kilometre vertical height of Mount Everest.
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Tamworth Snowdome Tamworth Snowdome staged an indoor snow event Santa's Winter Wonderland, touted as "The All New Family Christmas Experience! Real snow, real reindeer, real fun!" It combines on snow fun, animals and a Christmas show. Children can take a sleigh ride, play in the snow, whizz down snow slides, be pulled along on snow sleds and throw snowballs. The show has proved very popular with families, particularly those with younger children.
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Chill Factore Increasingly corporations and organisations are looking for unique challenges, and indoor snow centres are happy to provie them. Chill Factore, the new indoor snow resort being built in Manchester, has been chosen as a venue for the next World Firefighter Games, being hosted by Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service in 2008. The World Firefighter Games is a biennial event that attracts more than 5,000 competitors from all over the world to take part in 60 sporting events from boxing, football and swimming to skiing, tug-of-war and dragon-boat racing. The last event, in 2006, was held in Hong Kong. Around a hundred firefighter skiers from Europe, USA the Far East and Australia will take to the piste on August 27th 2008 for practice sessions followed by the main competition for places in the final. The event will culminate in a medal ceremony and celebration dinner. “It is also important that the Games provide benefits to the whole North West region. Our partners, Greater Manchester Fire & Rescue Service, have made a significant contribution to the Games so I am delighted that one of the most exciting events will be staged in their area.” The £31m Chill Factore development – which will include the UK’s longest and widest real snow indoor ski slope (180m long and 100m wide) – opens to the public in November 2007.
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Snow World India Snow World, India's first Snow Theme Park, situated at Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, which has introduced some unique new variations on a snow theme – an ice hotel, snow dancing and snow sculpture. Snow Dancing is supported by 500 watts of music, in the glare of flashing lights with popular Indian Hindi music played, it’s a unique experience not previously imagined. “Dancing warms up the body to help guests stay in the park a little longer than their normal stay. Fun and frolic is the ultimate objective of the new attractions,” said Mr. M. Venkateswara Rao, Managing Director of Snow World. Of the total 17,000 square foot snow theme park area, 4000 square feet are being earmarked exclusively for Snow Dancing and an Ice Hotel.
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The Arctic Visitors to The Arctic, will be able to choose between a number of activities, including electric snowmobiling, digging up snow with electric diggers, bobsledding over bridges and tunnels, bumper cars on ice as well as dog sledding and cross country skiing.
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Tamworth Snowdome, UK Terminally ill two year old Thomas Archer of Rugby in England was treated to an early Christmas, which began when he awoke to find his garden covered in snow – thanks to the help of Tamworth Snowdome. Thomas, who is not expected to live to the usual Christmas in December due to a brain tumour, then had a visit from a present laden father Christmas. Family and neighbours who organised the early Christmas also decorated local homes with Christmas decorations.
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Shanghai The Shanghai indoor snow centre offers dog sledding as an option.
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Chill Factore, Manchester, England Snowsport fans at Chill Factore - the North West's first real snow, indoor Alpine Village, at Trafford, Manchester - have the unique opportunity to preview and try out the latest Salomon skis before they reach the shops. Salomon has signed an agreement to operate its first and only UK Test Centre there. Sonia Prior, General Manager of Salomon, said: "The opening of our first UK Test Centre is a very exciting new venture for Salomon - and also for the users of Chill Factore who will have the opportunity to try out the latest equipment, enabling consumers to test the product on snow, before they decide to buy."
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Ski Dubai Ski Dubai has teamed up with fitness solutions company Fitness O2 to give fitness enthusiasts a whole new exercise experience with the launch of its 'Snow Fit Boot Camp'. Designed by the Royal Australian Navy, the unique fitness program takes participants through a challenging workout in the snow, involving strength and endurance training, muscle-toning, and fat-burning exercises, along with snow-based exercises such as ski hill climbing and tobogganing. 'With temperatures outside soaring into the high 40's, Ski Dubai is delighted to offer its customers an alternative to exercising outdoors,' said Fuad Al-Najjar, General Manager of Ski Dubai. 'We are always looking for new and innovative ways for our customers to enjoy the experience of snow and the 'Snow Fit Boot Camp' takes that experience to a whole new level.' Commenting on the unique partnership, Fitness O2's Head Personal Trainer, Ziggy Darwish said, 'Snow Fit Boot Camps will keep you super fit over the hot summer period by burning an average of 500 calories per session! They are designed for all fitness levels and ages. Our trainers are world class, so participants can expect a great workout while meeting new people, having lots of fun and most importantly, getting serious results.' To accommodate all schedules, Ski Dubai is offering customers the choice of signing up for the month-long course, which begins 5th August. The classes are held at 6:30am, 7:30am, and 8:30am on Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday mornings. 'If you're tired of the sweltering outdoors and standard gym workouts then I urge you to come to Ski Dubai for what will be an unforgettable workout experience,' added Al-Najjar.
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Tamworth SnowDome The SnowDome in Tamworth, England, joined forces with Rome Snowboards to host the UK's most star studded freestyle snowboarding camps in August 2007. This was a rare opportunity to learn with top riders, including members of the British Olympic Squad such as Dom Harrington and Angus Leith. Aimed at confident recreational snowboarders, the camps worked on all aspects of freestyle and technical riding ability. Complete with Rome prize giveaways and mini competitions, the focus of each camp is about having a good time, making new friends and learning new tricks. Both dates will also feature a full ramp, rail and ¼ pipe set-up plus next seasons Rome hardware for you to demo. Freestyle coaches include Dom Harrington, the British Half Pipe / Big Air / Slopestyle Champion and in the British Olympic Squad, Angus Leith , the 2007 British Halfpipe Champion and also in the British Olympic Squad and Kieran Burchell, a former British Olympic Squad member and now a freestyle coach. No previous freestyle experience is required but all participants should be confident recreational snowboarders. All ages welcome.
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Switzerland The leading Swiss resort of Zermatt is reported to be leading a group of Swiss resorts considering funding an indoor snow centre in one of the country’s major metropolitan areas to try to boost the numbers of skiers and boarders entering the sport, reported to be declining at a rate of ten percent per year. Indoor snow centres are reported to be each introducing as many as 100,000 new skiers and boarders to wintersports each year. A budget of 70 million Swiss Francs has been proposed for the project, which envisages a 300m long slope. According to website Swissinfo, some critics have suggested that the money would be better spent promoting Swiss ski resorts in existing indoor snow centres in Germany and Holland. However supporters of the project, who recently toured German facilities, said that they particularly wanted to target the declining Swiss domestic market which typically makes up two thirds of visitors to Swiss resorts. They also noted that most existing halls were owned or heavily sponsored by Austrian ski resorts and regions.
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SnowFunPark, Germany The world’s longest indoor half pipe is 130m long, 20m wide with walls 4.5m high.
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Sliding people over ice.
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Unlimited Snow – The Arctic Here visitors are provided with, or can buy, an ice block and use the necessary tools and instructions to carve their own ice sculpture. A few examples are exhibited, and from time to time workshops can be organised. A jury may regularly view the creations and prices can be won. It’s lots of fun for a broad public and exciting to look at. Especially kids love this activity. Training of personnel can be provided.
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Xscape Castleford Castleford Xscape has ice climbing within a special separated climbing chamber.
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Snow World India Snow World has introduced the option of eating within their snow zone.
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Snowteam The Ice Asturias event at Oviedo in Spain in February 2007 was opened with the help of Dutch company Snowteam who provided 200 tons of snow. The Asturias event featured what is claimed to be the largest ice sculpture exhibition in the world. In addition to the snow, ten trailers brought 250 tons of ice to the venue in mid January for night time delivery. Interior temperatures have been maintained at minus 10 Celcius to preserve the ice quality. The ice blocks were 2m (seven feet) high and 1.2m (four feet) square. 60 international sculptors worked on their sculptures at the 3000 square metre facility for two weeks to form the first World Exhibition of Ice Sculptures of in Spain.
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The Arctic. The Arctic will include everything you already know plus an igloo village made of real snow where people can stay overnight. The igloos of between five (16ft) and eight (26ft) metres diameter made of real ice and covered with a layer of snow. The ice is constantly chilled, so it will not melt in an above freezing environment. A special advantage is that the inside remains cold and is therefore most suitable as a permanent snow play area.
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Snow World, Landgraaf, Netherlands The World Indoor Snowkayak Championships were staged at Holland’s Landgraff Indoor Ski Centre near The Hague, on March 31st and April 1st 2007 Boater X has a familiar format for those who follow boarder X or skier X events. Every heat has four participants battling to get to the next round. After the start signal all four go down the 520m long especially prepared slope as fast as they can. Everything is allowed during the descent except hitting each other with the paddles. The first two crossing the finishline will be racing again against the first two from a different heat. This will eventually lead to a winner, the world champion! The minimum age for participation is 14, helmets, a lifejacket or body protection must be worn and kayaks must be unmodified models up to a maximum length of three metres. Otherwise, anything goes. www.indoorsnowkayak.com
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SNO!Zone, Xscape Spend The Night In A Blizzard at –10, Indoors Camp out on the snow slope through the night when temperatures are brought down to minus 10 and snow is made for up to five hours. Richard Spencer, commercial manager at Xscape, told local media: " We think this will be particularly popular with businesses looking for a motivational or team-building experience. We had inquiries about the Arctic Challenge from the military for training purposes."
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SNO!zone - Xscape UK Participants in the indoor-ski-naked event at the SNO!zone in Xscape MUST wear warm gloves and sock, as well as ski or boarding boots, when they take to the slope at Braehead. The ‘Dare to Bare’ event for skiers and snowboarders was organised by the Anthony Nolan Trust which is a charity working to help bone marrow transplants to support leukemia victims. It is the latest in a line of naked ski events at the different SNO!zone indoor snow slopes in Xscape malls around the UK, but is believed to be the first at the newewst facility in Braehead, Scotland. The event, only open to over 18s, runs from 11.15pm to midnight, with those concerned about the affect temperatures as low as -5C, coupled with ‘wind chill’ of they pick up speed on the UK’s longest indoor slope might have on their delicate assets, permitted to bottle out and put on beach wear.
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Alpincenter, Germany The Alpincenter indoor snow centre in Germany has hosted potential members of the Canadian ladies ski team for slalom training. The centre offers good conditions for racers looking to fine tune their technical skills. “This facility allowed our team the possibility to train several times a day, anywhere from seven in the morning to 11 at night," explained Europa Cup Head Coach of the Women’s Development Team, Carlo Lötscher. “The athletes were back on the track within seven minutes because of the short turnaround of the lifts, making it possible to ski more than 1,000 slalom gates a day!” Alpine Canada Alpin Chief Athletics Officer, Max Gartner said that the greatest advantage for the Canadian development women was the ability to train on stable snow and in consistent weather conditions. “It’s good to know ahead of time that you will be guaranteed optimal training and be able to maximize each and every day of the camp with no worries of a bad weather day," said Gartner. “The air temperature is kept at 4 degrees (C), the artificial light is very good, and the 25-35 cm artificial snow base is hard packed and ideal for slalom training. The women’s development team is very fortunate to train here along side numerous alpine ski teams on the circuit, including those from Japan, Germany, USA, Italy, and Austria.”
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Snow Mountain, Georgia, USA Coca-Cola are sponsoring Snow Mountain, described as a “major new attraction” at Stone Mountain theme park in Georgia, the state’s most popular with four million visitors each year. The “family snow park” a 13,000 square foot play area with places to make the ultimate snow angels.
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Snow City, Singapore Snow City gives participants the chance to make snowballs in a country not famous for its snow.
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Unlimited Snow Snowballs – Snow Wars
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Snow World, India The Snow Theme Park which is called Cryozone already features Kids Snow Play Area, Snow Wars, Snow Mountaineering, Sleigh Slide, Merry Go Round and Snow Volley Ball and a Snow Fun Basket Ball Area. Aimed at all ages of holiday goers who include kids, teenager, youth and adults, the facility is planned in such a way that people of all ages and abilities can play a variety of snow games. A special area is created for playing with snow and creating snowman or an igloo. Within three years of its throwing its doors open, Snow World has become a must-visit destination holiday makers from all over India. Visitor numbers are currently 600,000 per annum, with half of those visits in the three hottest months of summer. Many foreign delegations, international visitors, trade delegates, Hindi film stars including Chiranjeevi, Kareena Kapoor, Indian National and State Ministers have experienced the snow fun. Open between 11am and 9pm daily, visitors are allowed in batches on an hourly basis, with advance booking usually required.
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Allrounder, Dusseldorf, Germany The Cross-Country Ski World Cup rolls in to the German city of Düsseldorf each October and the banks of the Rhine where 35,000 fans turned out to watch the opening event. The commitment made by the organisers in Düsseldorf to pull off a top class event is impressive considering that the city is not a hot spot for snowfall – particularly in early Autumn. The white stuff that lines the banks of the Rhine is artificial snow. Some of it is made up on the mountains but the majority comes from the nearby Allrounder indoor ski centre. 150 truck-loads are estimated to be used to form the track.
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Qua, Caesar's Palace, Las Vegas Some of the world’s most luxurious spas have been introducing snow and ice treatment rooms in recent years. Amongst them was the hotel host of the Berlin G8 meeting earlier this year and now the new luxury spa Qua at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas include an Arctic Ice Room where snowfalls indoors.
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Snow Mountain, Georgia, USA Coca-Cola are sponsoring Snow Mountain, described as a “major new attraction” at Stone Mountain theme park in Georgia, the state’s most popular with four million visitors each year. The “family snow park” includes a 13,000 square foot play area which will include places to make the ultimate snowmen and an area for younger kids.
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Tamworth SnowDome Tamworth SnowDome has a circuit where electric snowmobiles can be used.
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Snow World India Snow World, India's first Snow Theme Park, situated at Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, which has introduced some unique new variations on a snow theme – an ice hotel, snow dancing and snow sculpture. Cartoon themed Snow Sculpting will also be showcased to the delight of customers into the theme park. The themes keep on changing every fortnight.
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Ski Dubai Ski Dubai’s snowpark has a children’s snow slide.
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Snow World, India The Snow Theme Park which is called Cryozone already features Kids Snow Play Area, Snow Wars, Snow Mountaineering, Sleigh Slide, Merry Go Round and Snow Volley Ball and a Snow Fun Basket Ball Area. Aimed at all ages of holiday goers who include kids, teenager, youth and adults, the facility is planned in such a way that people of all ages and abilities can play a variety of snow games. A special area is created for playing with snow and creating snowman or an igloo. Within three years of its throwing its doors open, Snow World has become a must-visit destination holiday makers from all over India. Visitor numbers are currently 600,000 per annum, with half of those visits in the three hottest months of summer. Many foreign delegations, international visitors, trade delegates, Hindi film stars including Chiranjeevi, Kareena Kapoor, Indian National and State Ministers have experienced the snow fun. Open between 11am and 9pm daily, visitors are allowed in batches on an hourly basis, with advance booking usually required.
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The Arctic A special any temperature snow machine is themed as a giant (over three metres – 10ft high) whale spitting snow out of his mouth. The sound effect is very realistic. The snow capacity is approximately 50-60 cubic metres (1.750-2.100 cubic feet) per day. It is a fantastic all year outdoor attraction providing sufficient snow for various snow play activities.
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Snow World, Landgraaf, Netherlands Brit, Miller Reid from Scotland, set the world record for an able bodied skier, skiing at 103.05kph (64mph) in November 2006 at SnowWorld, Landgraf.
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Ski Dubai Ski Dubai achieved what’s believed to be another world first in June 2006 when the innovative centre in the United Arab Emirates laid out a specially constructed Astroturf surface at the base of its slope and invited top tennis players Lindsay Davenport (who won the Dubai Open in 2005) and Maria Sharapova to take time out from their preparations for the Dubai Open Tennis tournament and enjoy a practice session in the cool of the snow. Sharapova, then ranked number four in the world, said that the surroundings were akin to those of her young childhood in Siberia. "To tell you the truth, I'm not really used to it. Of course, I was born in Siberia, but I don't remember any of it. It's amazing to see snow in a dome. I barely see snow ever. But to see it in this kind of environment, it's surreal."
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SNO!Zones, Xscape, UK SNO!parks across Milton Keynes, Castleford, and Braehead can provide freestyle park features at all of the slopes, all of the time! Open from 11am daily each slope has a variety of rails and features available. Thursday and Friday park nights are the main freestyle sessions of the week, with more features added to make a full park, and Thursday evenings also see a dedicated rookie park on the nursery slope, exclusively for the use of those attending the SNO!academy. Newbies can learn all their tricks then take them to the main slopes where a multitude of toys will push their progression further, all with the helping hand of the SNO!academy freestyle coaches.
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Chill Factore, Manchester Chill Factore's snow experience - which features the world's widest real snow indoor ski slope (180m long and 100m wide) - includes three separate but inter-connected real snow slopes, catering for skiers and snowboarders of all abilities, plus a cresta-inspired toboggan run, and a separate children's snow-play world offering a unique year-round opportunity to experience snow and adventure play.
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Beijing, China The Beijing Indoor Snow Slope hosted part of the China National Ski Show in 2007. The organisers described Beijing as, “China's economic, winter sports, and tourism metropolis.” On March 16th, retailers, industry representatives, ski resort managers and the media got together to discuss the development of the Asian winter sports industry. Appropriate for the primary topic "Safety & Education" the conference was held at Beijing's indoor ski centre "Qiaobo Ice & Snow World."
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Snow Mountain, Georgia Coca-Cola are sponsoring Snow Mountain, described as a “major new attraction” at Stone Mountain theme park in Georgia, the state’s most popular with four million visitors each year. The “family snow park” includes a 125m (400 foot) tubing hill and a 13,000 square foot play area. The family snow park will include 10 tubing runs, places to make the ultimate snowmen and snow angels, a snowball making zone and an area for younger kids.
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Snow World, Landgraaf, Netherlands Snow World, Landgraaf, has hosted several FIS World Cup races.
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