Snow Dome, Bispingen

Outside view of the Snow Dome

Piste

Beginner's slope with travelator

The Snow Dome is an indoor ski slope at Bispingen in the German state of Lower Saxony. It was opened on 21 October 2006.

The piste has a length of about 300 m (984 ft), height about 78 m (256 ft), and a width of up to 100 m (328 ft). On the snow area of about 23,000 m² (27,508 sq yd), in addition to the downhill piste is a Funpark, a toboggan run (Rodelbahn) and a beginner's slope. The incline varies between 20% at the top and 9% at the bottom.

There are 2 ski lifts in the hall: a button lift with a capacity of 1,600 passengers/hour and a chair lift with a capacity of 3,000 passengers/hour. There is also a Magic carpet (ski lift) for the nursery slope.

The interior temperature of the hall, which is open all year round, is kept at a constant −2 to −4 °C (28.4 to 24.8 °F).

The Snow Dome was closed on 31 March 2013 and employees were given their notice.^[1] It reopened in November 2013 after lots of redevelopment work.

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External links

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Coordinates: 53°06′09″N 9°58′47″E / 53.10250°N 9.97972°E / 53.10250; 9.97972