Snowdome at Milton Keynes - Any good?

-westy- · 8 Feb 2006 at 19:46

hey,

As a treat to myself for my birthday, I thought i'd take a trip up to the Snowdome for the day.

Is it any good? I can snowboard already, so lessons isn't a problem. Is it expensive? And is the equipment any good?

Last of all, has it got a website?

cheers, Ben

branddaly · 8 Feb 2006 at 19:49

umm... google?

or http://www.xscape.co.uk for the lazy.

branddaly · 8 Feb 2006 at 19:51

On the is it any good front, I can't really help as I've only been to Tamworth myself, there is something about the roundabouts in MK that scare me.

Dinomania · 8 Feb 2006 at 19:53

It's not huge.

But me and a mate both bought 2 hour's worth of skiing there for £22 a few years ago, and we didn't get bored

yermum · 8 Feb 2006 at 19:55

IMHO it's better than Tamworth as it doesn't have that funny kind of dog leg. You can toboggan there apart from the usual stuff and the restaurants are really good - I can personallyrecommend the spanish one. I am not sure, but I think you have to show some sort of proficiency to be able to 'free' ski etc. Anyway, booking tends to get done quite well in advance, so book before you go. Oh yes, check out the free fall gizmo behind it too.

Norbert666 · 8 Feb 2006 at 20:00

We go at least once a week. I board and my mrs skis.

To be honest if your advanced, it gets a little boring after a while.

Fun every now and again though

Does get very busy at weekends.

-westy- · 8 Feb 2006 at 20:03

Norbert666 said:
We go at least once a week. I board and my mrs skis.

To be honest if your advanced, it gets a little boring after a while.

Fun every now and again though

Does get very busy at weekends.

I haven't boarded for a little while, and my girlfriend hasn't skied for a while either. Are we likely to face any problems 'free' skiing/boarding? ie. would we be ok to just use a small section to find our feet again?

stig · 8 Feb 2006 at 20:05

its absoloutely fantabuslous! i go 2 or 3 times a week usualy 2 hours each time , im not sure how much it costs as my mate gets in free as he works there but its very good fun, im not sure if all the slopes are open atm as one is specially for tabogening (if thats how you spell it) but it could be the time i go every week lol

great stuff have a good birthday mate

*S

Norbert666 · 8 Feb 2006 at 20:13

-westy- said:
I haven't boarded for a little while, and my girlfriend hasn't skied for a while either. Are we likely to face any problems 'free' skiing/boarding? ie. would we be ok to just use a small section to find our feet again?

As long as you can both reasonably link turns you'll be fine.

Absolute beginners arent allowed on the slope, although you do still get a few which is quite annoying. They tend to be chucked off quick quickly though.

They do do lessons there quite cheap if you need them...

MikeTimbers · 8 Feb 2006 at 21:37

Went the other week on a Friday and it was great. We had a corporate thingie there with tobogganing and skiing. But judging by the queues that were building around 5pm I'd hate to see what it's like on a weekend.

Mr_L · 8 Feb 2006 at 21:45

I've been in the building plenty of times, but that was to do serious man stuff like drinking and staring at girls.

Norbert666 · 8 Feb 2006 at 21:47

MikeTimbers said:
Went the other week on a Friday and it was great. We had a corporate thingie there with tobogganing and skiing. But judging by the queues that were building around 5pm I'd hate to see what it's like on a weekend.

Friday night is snowboarding only by the way.