Isn’t it ironic, don’t you think (Picture: Facebook)

A ski centre has been forced to close because of the snow.

You would think today would be the ideal day to get to Chatham Ski and Snowboard Centre, given you could actually pretend you were in the Alps rather than on a bristly, fake piste.

Unfortunately you’ll have to wait until the snow melts, as it has closed ‘due to weather conditions’.

A post on the centre’s Facebook page shared an image of the slope covered in white (rubbing it in), with the message: ‘Centre currently closed as we have an inaccessible car park and we have to be able to have emergency vehicle access and staff are struggling to get to site.’


How very English (well, South-East) : 'Chatham Ski and Snowboard Centre in Gillingham, Kent, has been forced to close because of the heavy snow' — nick buchanan (@lemper) February 28, 2018

People weren’t too impressed with the explanation.



‘Ain’t that a contradiction in terms or wot, a ski slope closing BECAUSE of SNOW ???,’ Darren Bolton asked.

Centre manager Andy replied: ‘We are a dry ski slope.’

‘The slope doesn’t run well in this snow. It’s just not compacted so you ski on the matting. We don’t have piste grooming equipment.’

What a waste (Picture: Chatham Ski Centre)

It still didn’t convince people, with lots of comments asking if it was April 1 and one man writing: ‘Dry ski slope closed due to snow. Could only happen in the UK lol.’

Andy explained further: ‘Sorry that we had to close. It’s not something I do lightly as Centre Manager.

‘We did have someone unfortunately have a broken femur a few years back in similar conditions. It was just one of those things, as he fell awkwardly.

‘Getting an ambulance down Capstone road wouldn’t have been possible today as it’s really only 4×4’s that could get up and down the road, it was that bad.

‘Getting them then into the car park wouldn’t have been feasible. We would love to be open taking money… though snowy days from experience it’s not very much at all as very few venture out.’

It’s okay though – if you really want to ski, you could just do it on the street, like this man.

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