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I've been doing a ton of research on various dry slope materials. Here is a link to a forum that was helpful and pretty hilarious. It's a snowboarder forum, but they pretty much broke down the pros and cons of most of the dryslope types.
Check out Powder Pak on the following link:
http://snow365.com/who-makes-dryslopes
Here's the link to Powder Pak:
Keep in mind that with rare exception, dryslopes have to be wetted regularly. They all have irrigation systems built into them. The only one that I have been able to find that can be run dry is Neveplast. Powderpak is a US company so it should be less expensive than having it shipped from Europe, although maybe not.
Bottom line is that this stuff will still be way too expensive and tough to get for a small set up. If you want to do something bigger, you should research all of them like i have to see which one would be the best for what you want to do.
Backyard setups can be done with just about any type of carpet material wetted with bio soap, or you could throw on some www.snowgel.com . There are tons of ways to get skis to slide without snow.
Starting this thread with an alias is kind of weak, but the topic's pretty good so wtf. There is a lot of interest in creating quality 4 seasons jib parks in the US.
just haul a bunch of turf up there. not so great for your bases though.
