Chill Factore Progress    

Wed May 09 2007 - Chill Factor^e's progress is going outstandingly well at present. However, perhaps you have not yet heard of this masterpiece currently taking shape next to Manchester's Trafford Centre. It certainly has ambitious goals and is looking set to meet them quite substantially.

The centre is an entirely indoor real snow venue for skiing, snowboarding and much more. The complex plans to include a variety of extreme sports even including skateboarding for those who like to be able to mix on and off piste activities in one day!

As one of the opening events they have received a confirmed booking to hold the skiing part of the World Firefighter Games taking place in 2008. This will be the centre's first true test of holding a major tournament there and should be good to see how well it fares for the bigger events.

The company is currently seeking many new staff members and their website has full details of this if you fancy working in what will be UK's largest and longest indoor real snow slope. For those who live locally, and have memories of Rossendale when younger on school, college or university trips, this will be a blessing for all those who choose to learn before they go skiing.

Facts & Figures

"Chill Factor^e occupies a prime 4.3 hectare site in Greater Manchester. The iconic construction has a 25,000 square metre footprint housing the longest and the widest main ski slope in the country. 3000 tonnes of steel and over 1000 pre-cast concrete piles are being deployed during a 63 week build schedule."

"Chill Factor^e will be 44M high and the main ski slope will be 180M long with a width at the bottom of 100M. The depth of the snow is 400mm with a temperature within the ski box of minus 6 degrees C during snowmaking. The ski area combined with the restaurants and bars and the 16 outlet alpine street make this a very special building indeed." - Chill Factor^e Website

More Information

• The thread at Snowheads where I first saw this! Pictures and more information available there.
• The official Chill Factor^e website.