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Ski Dubai

Posted by Ian Brown, Thursday, 23rd October 2008

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Visitors to Dubai who suffer in the summer temperatures over 45°C can cool off at Ski Dubai.

The resort offers the full winter experience, from building snowmen to taking ski lessons. There is even the ‘cozy mountain lodge’ where you can sit by the fireplace and enjoy some apres ski … though of course your glass of mulled wine would have to be non-alcoholic.

This however is not the largest indoor ski slope in the world  - that honour goes to SnowWorld in Landgraaf, the Netherlands, while AlpinCenter in Bottrop, Germany claims the longest indoor run.

Still, Ski Dubai doubtless has the largest energy bill as a result of maintaining a temperature around -1°C in the desert!

More information and lots of images at the official sites of: Ski Dubai, SnowWorld and AlpinCenter, and Wikipedia has a full list of indoor ski centres.

Thanks to Roy, Jack Langdon and David Thornton.

Countries: Germany, Netherlands, United Arab Emirates

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4 Responses to 'Ski Dubai'

  1. 1. antonio says: October 23rd, 2008 at 6:48 pm

    Not far to the south, there are some cool tower shadows, and the sand dunes have begun to swallow the road.

    Placemark: Google Maps / Google Earth

  2. 2. Peter says: October 24th, 2008 at 4:22 am

    Dubai’s quite a place. It’s amazing what unlimited oil wealth and unlimited cheap labor can accomplish.

  3. 3. shady says: October 26th, 2008 at 12:51 pm

    I’m not sure which “Apres Ski” you are talking about. But if it’s the same one that over looks Ski Dubai, then you are mistaken about drinks being non-alcoholic.

  4. Google Sightseeing Admin
    4. Ian says: October 26th, 2008 at 6:51 pm

    shady - apologies, I saw the ‘non-alcoholic mulled wine’ on the Ski Dubai website and assumed that alcohol was not available at all.

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