Shanghai L+SNOW Indoor Skiing Theme Resort, the world's largest indoor ski resort, has captivated visitors and ski lovers across the world with novelty experience since its opening in September this year.
Due to different weather conditions, China's winter sports used to take place in the northern part of the country where the weather is colder in winter. However, in recent years, the increase in ice-and-snow facilities in China's southern region has attracted more people there to fall in love with these sports.
Spanning about 350,000 square meters, the indoor ski resort in Shanghai incorporates dining, accommodation, entertainment, and shopping with a Nordic inspired design.
Its indoor ice-and-snow theme park alone covers more than 90,000 square meters, making it the world's largest indoor ski facility. The park features a vertical drop of nearly 60 meters indoors, which allows skiers to have an alpine skiing-like experience.
"It is probably the only indoor ski resort in China that features cable cars. When coming down, the speed of the cable car in the resort is faster than that of a regular cable chair, enabling quicker transport of skiers," said Huang Jianchen, a ski lover.
In addition to professional ski slopes for beginners, intermediate-level and advanced skiers, the park features over 20 snow-based entertainment programs for non-skiers, including China's first indoor snow train to take people on ice and snow journey. Snow gliders and ice bikes can offer loads of fun for visitors.
"My husband and I met through skiing, and we have one son and one daughter. In the past, it was difficult to take our children to outdoor ski resorts, but now we can enjoy skiing while they play in the children's entertainment area, which makes things much more convenient for us," said visitor Huang Jiani when she was on the snowfield train.
The park also boasts three hotels, with one of them allowing guests in 17 rooms to directly access to the slopes.
Since beginning construction in 2019, the resort has been hailed as a new landmark commercial complex in Shanghai and a popular tourist attraction for ski enthusiasts from home and abroad.
"Singaporeans actually travel (abroad) to go for the ski experience. It is pretty amazing. We've really enjoyed it. It's a very fun place for the kids and adults", said a tourist from Singapore.
World's largest indoor ski resort offers novelty experience for visitors
