Oh, but I beg to differ my friends! As many of us say in any given week, "Hey guys, I saw the coolest thing on the Discovery Channel last night." That is where I found this...
"Ski Dubai is a winter wonderland in the desert. Located in the sun-baked desert emirate of Dubai, the cavernous 32,290-square-foot indoor ski resort counts five downhill ski runs varying in difficulty (the longest is 1,312 feet with a 196.85 foot fall), a cross-country trail, a 295.2-foot quarter-pipe for snowboarders, and, of course, a chairlift.
Located next to the Mall of the Emirates, the $275 million winter wonderland also boasts the world's largest indoor snow park. At 9,842 square feet, it offers tobogganing hills, a twin track bobsled ride, a snowball throwing gallery, and a snow cavern.
While the exterior temperature in Dubai ranges from 60 to 135 degrees Fahrenheit, the ski area remains a constant 28 degrees. The entire structure is designed as a capacious cold box. The walls have several layers of insulation and 23 blast coolers. Two feet of snow pack lies underneath a layer of fresh powder that is replenished every night by mimicking mother nature: Chemical-free water is put into a specially designed chiller, sent through pipes into snow guns, and blown out into the freezing cold environment which crystallizes into snow."
Granted, as a Colorado season ski pass holder, it seems ridiculous to pack up my Burton gear and fly to a place whose average temp in June and July is 130 degrees (Yes - the temperature you smoke meat at) to strap on a board. And YES, my friends are laughing and pointing at me but I'm going!
I'm going and it's gonna be cool...cool like The Fonz, like things that glow in the dark, like BLUE FOOD...oh yeah, it's gonna be cool like that!
wanna see more? go to: http://www.skidubai.com/
4 comments:
I'll be eagerly waiting to hear how wiping out in the snow inside a building feels, after you've had the experience. Is a yard sale really the same when you're not gazing up at a blue sky?
Yeah, I doubt looking up at the blue dome will be the same. :-)
Where the hell is Dubais?
I'm laughing and pointing. You know I'm a purist . . . but hell, given the chance to do this, I'd do it too. Shhhhhh . . . don't tell anyone!!! Oh wait - I think I just told The Internet. Oh well . . . how many people can say they've done this - go for it! I'll be thinking of you, while I'm paddling around the lake in the kayak I told you was a stupid thing to buy in a landlocked state with no natural lakes. I'm a good friend like that ;-)
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