![]() If you have your own ski gear (think: clothing, gloves, a helmet and skis), all you need to do is buy a two-hour lift ticket online in advance - tickets are not sold on site - for $39.99 or $49.99. ![]() Preparing to ski in a mall is pretty easy. (Photo by Scott Mayerowitz/The Points Guy) Booking Big Snow skiing at American Dream The Big Snow ski slope at American Dream in New Jersey. With a grand reopening on May 27, skiers can once again enjoy year-round winter fun in New Jersey. Now, all of that is hopefully in the past. (Photo by Scott Mayerowitz/The Points Guy) Later, there was an electrical fire that damaged the ski facility. The ski slope, known as Big Snow, opened in December of that year. The project had many names - Meadowlands Mills, then Xanadu - before finally opening as American Dream in October 2019. ♬ April (No Vocals) – The Young Ebenezersįor more TPG news delivered each morning to your inbox, sign up for our daily newsletter.įor decades, developers dreamed of a megamall in the Meadowlands Sports Complex near what was then Giants Stadium. So when I heard that a long-delayed indoor ski slope within sight of New York City was open for business, I grabbed my skis and headed across the Hudson you know you can go skiing at the height of summer?! #skiing #snowboard #newjersey #newyork It was a short trail, with a slow chairlift and way too many people to let loose, but it was still tons of fun. I managed my way through the crowd of novice skiers - many of whom had never seen snow before, let alone snow that was human-made - to the slope. Then one day in 2012, I had a few spare hours in Dubai and decided to escape the heat by skiing inside a giant shopping mall. ![]() I’ve hiked the Grand Canyon, gone mountain biking in Patagonia and had the most amazing snow crab in a remote fishing village in South Korea. Throughout my years of travel, I’ve seen and done some pretty amazing things. Less than 30 minutes later, I arrived at the slope - yes, a single slope. New Yorkers were struggling with extreme heat, and here I was lugging skis, poles and boots around. It was 92 degrees out as I left my home in shorts and a T-shirt with my skis over my shoulder.
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