Fun Thought: The Infinite Run

[JO-ski]

I often daydream when I'm in the chairlift line... I'm also an architect. LOL. But wouldn't it be fun if someone invented an Infinite Ski Run where it's a huge loop that has a mechanical contraption below that allows the surface to slowly wave up and down to get you to ski around the loop? No chairlift lines!!! I know it's silly but it seems so awesome! Maybe they already have something like this in places like Japan where things like this are not so crazy?

 

[diymom]

Not quite the same, but the new artificial slope in Copenhagen will have an elevator, I think. No elimination of lift lines, but still an interesting slope from an architectural point of view.
https://www.curbed.com/2017/10/25/16542792/bjarke-ingels-group-ski-slope-power-plant-copenhagen

 

[Jilly]

Used to be one in Toronto. Alpine slopes, but it closed.

 

[GoingDownhillWeeeee!]

There are "magic carpet" indoor slopes, where the ground moves up and you stay stationary allowing you to ski until you're tired. But I've heard mixed reviews of how closely it resembles skiing on snow.

 

[Jilly]

Around here magic carpet is the conveyor belt lifts at the beginner areas. Rolling carpet is what Alpine slopes had. Water and plastic carpet.

But a "fridge" would be nice!

 

[Liquid Yellow]

We have Skiplex slopes in some places in the UK, a rolling carpet at an angle which can be tilted. I tried it once and it was terrible. Couldn't get out of a snowplough!

We need a piste like an MC Escher drawing..

https://media.giphy.com/media/w9yIu38Qa6Vnq/giphy.gif

 

[newboots]

We need a piste like an MC Escher drawing..

https://media.giphy.com/media/w9yIu38Qa6Vnq/giphy.gif

A skiing Mobius strip!

 

[JO-ski]

A skiing Mobius strip!

That is what I'm totally imagining!!