Outdoor skiing in the desert

[Smellytele]

Saudi Arabia to Build Outdoor Ski Area - The Whiteroom

Saudi Arabia have announced plans to build a ski-resort in the desert as part of the Kingdom’s Neom megacity project. The ski resort, named ‘Trojena’, will contain a “folded vertical village” and a three-kilometre man-made lake. “Trojena will redefine mountain tourism for the world by creating a...

www.snow-forecast.com

 

[urungus]

Elevated trail on the left with nothing supporting it and no fencing on the sides looks a little sketchy, LOL

 

[Edd]

Zero carbon? So many questions my brain hurts.

 

[ThatGuy]

Zero carbon? So many questions my brain hurts.

They probably planted a few trees…didn’t you know that equals out to zero emissions

 

[Kingslug20]

Um....i got nothing...

 

[Abominable]

I remember playing around on some dunes in California on our snowboards. Skiing was mediocre and just kind of not very fluid edge to edge, crashing was very uncomfortable.

 

[Zermatt]

I guess nobody here watched the alpine skiing in the Beijing Olympics.

Not all deserts are hot.

 

[urungus]

I guess nobody here watched the alpine skiing in the Beijing Olympics.

Not all deserts are hot.

Neom is in Tabuk, looks like a pretty challenging environment for outdoor snow.
From https://weatherspark.com/y/99581/Average-Weather-in-Tabuk-Saudi-Arabia-Year-Round

 

[ThatGuy]

I guess nobody here watched the alpine skiing in the Beijing Olympics.

Not all deserts are hot.

Fun fact Antarctica is the driest desert in the world and the Dry Valleys haven't had precipitation for millions of years.

McMurdo Dry Valleys - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

Ski resort in Antarctica anyone??

 

[jimmywilson69]

Sounds like a season of spring bumps, sign me up!