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dry slope

British  

noun

  1. Also called: dry-ski slope.  an artificial ski slope used for tuition and practice

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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He dabbled in every sport going but it wasn't until he was eight that he first clipped into skis, not in the mountains, but on the dry slope of Pendle Ski Club.

From BBC Feb. 16, 2026

His first experience of skiing came as a six-year-old on a plastic dry slope in Pendle, Lancashire, while he did little training on snow until he was 13.

From BBC Jun. 11, 2025

“You need to get used to it,” he says of the dry slope.

From The Guardian Feb. 13, 2019

A dry slope is seen near the Shiyang river on the outskirts of Wuwei, Gansu province Sept.

From Slate Sep. 27, 2013

The dry slope was dotted with rabbits—some nibbling at the thin grass near their holes, others pushing further down to look for dandelions or perhaps a cowslip that the rest had missed.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams

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