What Are Ski Resorts?
A Ski Resort Is a resort developed for skiing, snowboarding, and other winter sports. In Europe, most ski resorts are towns or villages in or adjacent to a ski area – a mountainous area with pistes (ski trails) and a ski lift system. In North America, it is more common for ski areas to exist well away from towns, so ski resorts usually are destination resorts, often purpose-built and self-contained, where skiing is the main activity.
How Many Ski Resorts In South Africa?
In South Africa, you can look forward to 4.4 kilometers of slopes: the ski resorts are served by 8 ski lifts.
Tiffindell Ski Resort is a year-round alpine resort, the only ski resort in South Africa and one of the two ski resorts in Southern Africa. It was established in 1993 in the Southern Drakensberg, Tiffindell is rated number 19 on CNN’s “Top 100 Ski Runs of the World”.
Location
Tiffindell is located at 2,720 m (8,920 ft) on the south-facing slope of Ben Macdhui, the highest mountain in the Eastern Cape with an elevation of 3,001 m (9,846 ft). It is situated 24 km (15 mi) above the hamlet of Rhodes and about 212 km (132 mi) east of Aliwal North, a major town.
Skiing And Snowboarding
Tiffindell uses snowmaking and grooming machines to maintain the ski areas. Snowmaking currently covers in excess of 1,000 meters (3,300 ft) of ski runs for about 3 months of the year (June–August) during an average winter. It offers a snow-fun park with rails and jumps, equipment rentals, and friendly instructors.
Why Are Ski Resorts Important?
Ski resorts in B.C. play a vital role in the economic recovery of the province by generating revenue and employment throughout the winter months, and year-round local tourism economies in cases like Whistler.
What Are The Features Of Ski Resorts?
Some of these include hotels and lodges, efficient and high-speed lifts, ski schools, and convenient means of conveyance. For snow lovers, it’s the snow that counts. Snow resorts also invest in snow-making and snow grooming infrastructure to ensure uninterrupted fun on the slopes.
Why Do People Like Ski Resorts?
Skiing is a social experience
There’s nothing better than to explore the terrain with some good friends or your family. You can take in the views together, laugh at each other when you fall (which you will), and help each other get back up on your skis again. It’s also nice to have someone to enjoy lunch with.