Snow Abu Dhabi
The capital's giant indoor snow playground
Snow Abu Dhabi is the UAE capital's first indoor snow park, a vast real-snow playground inside Reem Mall packed with rides and slopes and kept well below freezing all year.
Best known for
The snow centre
Snow Abu Dhabi is a real-snow attraction built into Reem Mall, one of the largest indoor snow parks in the world. Rather than a single ski slope it leans towards a snow-themed adventure park, with sledging, tubing and more than twenty rides and attractions set among the drifts, all kept crisply below freezing. It is designed for families and casual visitors more than serious skiers, with warm gear provided so you can arrive straight off the street. Younger children are well catered for with gentle play areas and carousels. It makes an easy cold-weather escape from the Gulf heat.
It is a rare chance to spend an afternoon in real snow in the middle of the desert capital, with enough rides and play areas to keep a whole family entertained. Come for the novelty and the sub-zero break from the heat.
The slope
A guide to skiing and snowboarding at Snow Abu Dhabi is coming soon. Find it on the map below.
On the map
Legend
Run difficulty
- Novice
- Easy
- Intermediate
- Advanced / Expert
- Freeride / Extreme
- Unknown
Run types
- Downhill — groomed
- Downhill — ungroomed
- Downhill — gladed
- Nordic (groomed)
- Ski tour
- ☾Lit (night)
- △Not patrolled
- →One-way
- ❄Snowmaking
Lifts
- Operating
- Operating (private)
- Non-operating
- Lift station
Slope-gradient grading
Downhill / ski tour
- Flat<3°
- Easy3–14°
- Intermediate14–22°
- Advanced / Expert22–45°
- Freeride / Extreme>45°
Nordic
- Easy<6°
- Intermediate6–9°
- Advanced>9°
Aspect (sun exposure)
- N — least sun
- E — morning
- S — most sun
- W — afternoon
Legend after OpenSkiMap
Stay near Snow Abu Dhabi
Snow Abu Dhabi is a day-trip attraction, so stay in Abu Dhabi itself. Hotels on Reem Island and across the city centre are within a short drive, with the Corniche and the wider capital easily reached.
A base in town — the snow centre is a day trip, not a resort stay.
Self-catering flexibility for a family visit or a longer city break.
Handy if the centre is a stopover between flights.
Book access to Snow Abu Dhabi
Snow sessions, lessons and slope passes for Snow Abu Dhabi.
Online access tickets for Snow Abu Dhabi will be bookable here shortly. In the meantime, book direct on the venue's own site.
How to get there
The nearest gateway is Abu Dhabi (AUH). Snow Abu Dhabi sits inside Reem Mall, a large shopping centre on Reem Island that is simple to reach from anywhere in the city.
From central Abu Dhabi it is a short taxi ride across to Reem Island, with plenty of parking at the mall if you are driving.
Nearby resorts
Other resorts within reach.
Ski Dubai
Faces north-west © Alireza Javaheri / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 3.0) Khor
- Vertical
- 409 m
- Lifts
- 1
پیست اسکی شمشک, Shemshak Ski Resort
- Vertical
- 478 m
- Lifts
- 5
Getting to Snow Abu Dhabi
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Ski data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), via OpenSkiMap & Skimap.org. Basemap © OpenFreeMap / OpenMapTiles. Editorial: mynext.holiday. Accommodation via Stay22; transfers via Kiwitaxi; car hire via Travelpayouts.