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Skiing year round in Dubai?

Posted in Cool by Derek at 3:00 pm
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It’s true. Year round skiing in the middle of the desert.

Built on what was previously desert sand, the slopes will be covered with manufactured snow all year round.

The centre has green, blue, red and black runs, chairlifts and snow patrols, like any other ski resort.

The area under snow is the equivalent of three football pitches, with runs built inside a giant, slanting metal tube around 25 floors high.

Now if Dubai really wanted to wow everyone, they should have made the facility a year round skiing center with a retractable roof. Year round skiing in your trunks [in the middle of the desert].

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One Response to “Skiing year round in Dubai?”

  1. stephen says:

    i saw the end of the special on the discovery channel the other day, it was amazing!
    i want to go there, try it out, seems interesting!

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