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“Visit to get our ski legs back”

written by on 07/12/2011

Visited the Chill Factor on Satuday, as an alternative to our usual indoor venue at Castleford. We liked the ticket system at the ski/boot desk for weighing and measuring. The toilets and changing area were clean, however the lighting in the changing area was poor. The slope itself was quiet (which we liked) The access to the button lift on the left as you look up the slope was bad, there was a step up to it and we (and everyone else) had to turn and side step up to the button. The slope itself was ok, however there were 3-4 foot wide areas on either side and a 2-3 foot area in the middle where the snow was rough and therefore everyone avoided them. The slope itself needs policing more, there were one or two people there who obviously didn`t know how to turn and were just snow ploughing straight down from top to bottom. The extra half hours ski on top of our 1 hour was good value for money. We enjoyed our lunch afterwards in the Trattoria upstairs where we were served politely and courteously with nice food in a clean restaurant.
We travelled from Sheffield, however we`ll continue to go up to Castleford for our indoor skiing (about half the distance) as the Chill Factor does not offer any more than Castleford does.