Louth ski slope ‘to open next year’

THE developers of Altitude Resort — a €430 million all-weather ski slope and nursery slopes development planned for the north-east — expect to have the first phase open by the end of next year.

Louth County Council has just granted permission for the project, which developers Innovative Leisure Systems Ltd (ILS) claim will be Europe’s largest snowflex ski slope facility. It is envisaged the main slope will be 210 metres long and 64 metres wide.

The ski training facility will be on the roof of the complex, which will also include water attractions and other family leisure facilities. The proposed greenfield site project is a few minutes from the M1 motorway.