Tamwoth Snowdome

Tamworth Snowdome deserves a blog entry now that I have visited it a couple of times now.

http://www.snowdome.co.uk/

My first experience of snowboarding was here and after visiting a handful of centres, remains my favourite.

They offer a 'Learn to Snowboard in a day' for £85 off peak which includes all kit hire, lunch (tasty!) and various teas and coffees. All thats needed to take is gloves, waterproof(ish) clothing and a sense of balance. The morning consisted of strapping in, controlled sliding down the hill toe and heel side and a couple of turns. Afternoon consisted putting it together towards linked turns with those who were comfortable allowed to take it from the top. Very knackering, but cheeper (I think) and quicker than buying the lessons seperately.

The main slope (smaller practice slope available but not seen) is approximatley 170 metres in length, ~ 20 metres wide and covered in snow. How the snow is laid, I do not know...
A continuous rope loop is used to pull people half way up the left hand side, or there is a very handy escilator up the right hand side that goes right to the top. From the top, the slope goes down approximatley 30 metres before turning 90 degrees to the left before going straight to the bottom. Round the corner it is steeper and quicker the closer to the apex you are.

Visiting last Friday we got 3 hours on the slope for £25 including all kit hire and tea/biscuits afterwards, which isn't bad I reccon.

Also to note is that Friday and Saturday nights are the freestyle/slope style nights which I hear are excellent and sounds like could be worth a visit.

One thing to note is that the lockers take 20p 's though these are non refundable, so check you have enerything before locking up!