Southampton Alpine Centre
Southampton's tree-lined dry ski slope
Southampton Alpine Centre is a dry ski slope set among trees at the city's Outdoor Sports Centre in Hampshire, offering year-round skiing, snowboarding and tubing on artificial matting.
- 42 m Base
- 66 m Top lift
- 24 m Vertical
- 2 Lifts
Best known for
Après & vibe
Part of a 150-acre outdoor sports centre, with a relaxed, family-and-groups atmosphere.
The snow centre
Southampton Alpine Centre is a dry ski slope tucked into the trees at the city's large Outdoor Sports Centre in Bassett, Hampshire. It runs on artificial matting rather than snow, with a main slope, a nursery area and a dedicated tubing run served by button lifts. The venue is built around lessons, family days out and casual sessions, with the steepest pitch working out roughly at an easy red grade, so it suits beginners and improvers far more than experts. Because the surface is artificial it operates year-round in almost any weather, making it a handy place to learn or stay in practice between mountain trips. Alongside skiing and snowboarding it offers donutting and sledging for groups and families. This is a training and recreation venue, not a snow resort.
The slope
A nursery slope and lessons make it a good place to start.
The main slope's easy-red pitch gives improvers something to work on.
Terrain is short and gentle, so advanced skiers will find it limited.
Not an expert venue.
Snowtubing runs
A dedicated tubing slope adds an easy, fun option for families and groups alongside skiing and snowboarding.
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 Southampton Alpine Centre
This is a day venue; visitors come locally from Southampton and across Hampshire.
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 Southampton Alpine Centre
Snow sessions, lessons and slope passes for Southampton Alpine Centre.
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How to get there
Southampton Airport is the nearest gateway, a short distance from the Outdoor Sports Centre in Bassett.
An easy drive within Southampton to the tree-lined sports centre.
Best time: Open year-round; the artificial slope runs through every season.
Nearby resorts
Other resorts within reach.
Guildford Ski Slope
- Vertical
- 7 m
- Pistes (mapped)
- 5
- Lifts
- 2
Gloucester Ski and Snowboard Centre
- Vertical
- 48 m
- Pistes (mapped)
- 2
- Lifts
- 4
Chill Factore
SnowWorld Antwerpen
- Vertical
- 2 m
- Lifts
- 2
Ski Club Of Ireland
- Vertical
- 37 m
- Pistes (mapped)
- 5
- Lifts
- 4
SnowWorld Zoetermeer
- Vertical
- 18 m
- Pistes (mapped)
- 1
- Lifts
- 2
Getting to Southampton Alpine Centre
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