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NorthernLad May 7th 2013 12:44 am
Re: You couldnt make it up
 
Originally Posted by Ethos83 (Post 10695958)
Wasn't one of the cancelled projects for a large indoor ski arena with multiple slopes and a 'winter village' complex, which would be surrounded by apartments on the exterior? It was supposed to be out in Dubailand somewhere, probably next to the proposed Mall of Arabia and the proposed Universal Studios theme park that never got built.

I remember the apartments being sold off plan and a British buyer may have even posted on here asking about what happened to his investment.
I think that was the revolving mountain (not joking).

Millhouse May 7th 2013 12:58 am
Re: You couldnt make it up
 
Originally Posted by NorthernLad (Post 10696008)
I think that was the revolving mountain (not joking).
Ah, my favorite megaproject that never was. The Dubai Sunny Mountain Snowdome. There was a thing once on TV of some old British couple who lost everything in this project. They only wanted to live in a mountain ski-resort in the desert... such innocence.

http://img389.imageshack.us/img389/5...a55ab5454a.jpg

Bahtatboy May 7th 2013 4:55 am
Re: You couldnt make it up
 
Originally Posted by Millhouse (Post 10696034)
Ah, my favorite megaproject that never was. The Dubai Sunny Mountain Snowdome. There was a thing once on TV of some old British couple who lost everything in this project. They only wanted to live in a mountain ski-resort in the desert... such innocence.

http://img389.imageshack.us/img389/5...a55ab5454a.jpg
That's as preposterous as 32G gazonkas. Can anyone assist?

Randy Bender May 7th 2013 5:41 am
Re: You couldnt make it up
 
Pre-boiling the sea for water, a Saudi prince seriously suggested towing an iceberg from the Arctic.

The Dean May 7th 2013 5:58 am
Re: You couldnt make it up
 
True story from the Lake Placid (USA) Winter Olympics a few years ago.......

Worried that there might not be enough real snow for the ski events (downhill, slalom, etc), they created millions of tons of the artificial stuff and started pumping it onto the mountain.

It worked (admittedly it is a winter resort anyway) - to the extent that an official was quoted as saying the slopes were 'perfect' and he hoped there would be no real snow, which would be 'a real nuisance'........... :huh:

jam25mack May 7th 2013 6:40 am
Re: You couldnt make it up
 
Originally Posted by The Dean (Post 10696612)
True story from the Lake Placid (USA) Winter Olympics a few years ago.......

Worried that there might not be enough real snow for the ski events (downhill, slalom, etc), they created millions of tons of the artificial stuff and started pumping it onto the mountain.

It worked (admittedly it is a winter resort anyway) - to the extent that an official was quoted as saying the slopes were 'perfect' and he hoped there would be no real snow, which would be 'a real nuisance'........... :huh:
Most ski resorts in the US and Europe have snow cannons which they whack on for weeks at the start of the season so they can get a decent base developed. They also use them late on in the season when bare patches start to appear. This is now 'the norm'. What is a bit more rare is cloud seeding which quite a few of the US resorts do. They eject silver iodide out of planes to act as condensation nuclei. Its a bit hit and miss tho. In the ski resort I worked at in Colorado, every time they tried it the wind changed and blew the clouds off course and it ended up snowing on the competition.


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