Chill FactorE indoor ski slope
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Chill FactorE is the largest indoor real snow ski slope in the UK a ndis located in Manchester near to the Trafford Center. The Chill FactorE is basically an indoor winter wonderland where you can ski, snowboard all year round, even if it’s sunny and 30 degrees outside!
Chill Factore
For anyone wanting to learn how to ski or snowboard before they go away then this is the ideal place to take your lessons. Unlike other ski slopes in the UK the Manchester Chill FactorE slopes are made with real snow and not an artificial mat. The difference it makes to learn on the real thing is huge. There are 2 slopes inside the huge building, one large slope that is 180m long and 40m wide and then a smaller 40m x 40m nursery slope that is great to practice and learn on.
Picture of Chill FactorE main slope from the BBC
The large slope can take up to 260 people at one time and takes around 20-30 seconds to ski or snowboard down it. To take skiers and snowboarders to the top of the slope there is 2 Poma lifts that drag you up, the same type of lifts that you find in ski resorts all over the world. Don’t worry if you are worried about balling over on the way up, there is safety mechanisms in place so that you don’t cause a pile up 
Also in between the 2 slopes there is a 60m luge that you can go for a slide down on specially designed mats. The slide is actually inspired in design by the Cresta Run in St. Moritz, Switzerland.
Chill FactorE is basically one large refrigerator that keeps the slope at -1C and each night 16 tonnes of real snow are created through the vast refrigeration equipment, so every night in Manchester it snows 
Click here to view a picture gallery of the Chill FactorE
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