Snowdome

If you want to get into snowboarding but don’t want to spend the money on a holiday and lose most of it learning how to carve up the slopes, then the Snowdome is the place to go! Real snow, full equipment and great instructors.
Solsteerin decided to try it out.

We pre-booked the places which cost us £95 per person for a whole days' snowboarding lesson where they teach you everything you need to know in a day. This is the price for May to September but in the winter the price can almost double.

 
So we set off to Tamworth wondering if we would come back able to call ourselves “Snowboarders”.

 
We got to the Snowdome, which was sign posted from the motorway. We were right on time to check in at the desk (9:00am). We were then told to go and collect our equipment. Normally hire equipment isn’t the best but, at Snowdome, the boards, boots, bindings and helmets were all top quality and really well maintained.

We got our free tea or coffee in the bar where we met our instructors for an introduction to snowboarding and the equipment.

 
By 10:00am we were on the slope; a massive indoor, real snow slope. Amazing! It's -4 in the dome so bring warm clothes and gloves with you. We first learnt how to stop front-side and back-side which, after some really good guidance from the instructors, we mastered by the 12:15pm lunch break. This 2 course meal is included in the price and would satisfy any hungry, budding snowboarder. While you eat your meal, the slope is prepared for the afternoon session.

When you get back on the snow at 2:00pm, a fresh slope awaits you.
During the first part of the afternoon, we learnt how to turn so we could start to carve up the slopes. After learning the basics we all started to progress quite quickly and after the tea, coffee and pastries break at 3:30pm (also included in the price), we were carving up the slopes in the latter part of the afternoon. If the instructors feel that you are snowboarding well, the slopes are yours for the rest of the day until around 4:45pm.

To sum the whole day up, we at Solsteerin think Snowdome is great! We are quite confident about booking a snowboarding holiday and will only need a small refresher course before to really enjoy a holiday on some real slopes.

The good thing about learning in a day is that you will learn faster in the six hours of boarding that you get at Snowdome than six separate one hour lessons elsewhere.
We all had a great time and want to thank Snowdome and their instructors for an awesome day!

www.snowdome.co.uk