World's Only Sand Ski Resort

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Located in Hirschau, Bavaria, Germany, Monte Kaolino is a ski and snowboarding resort that operates on sand, not snow. Created as a by-product of kaolinite mining, 35,000,000 tonnes of sand were pulled from the mine which became the slopes for the resort. Kaolinite, named after the Kao-ling mountain in Jiangxi Province in China, has been mined in Germany since 1833 but in 1901 Amberger Kalinwerke started mining Kaolinite. In the process of separating the mineral they ended up with piles of quartz sand and the pile began. Year after year of piling up quartz sand resulted in a massive hill of this stuff by the 1950s so much sand had been piled up that people started experimenting skiing on it.
By 1956 a ski club was formed but the fact that this is a sand dune this ski hill operates on months opposite of a normal ski hill. Only in the summer months can own coast down the dune even though they receive snow in winter. Monte Kaolino offers multi ski runs as well as a terrain park.
In 2007 extensive renovations took place. Not only did the skill hill get an upgrade but also the trails, geopark, pool and surrounding camping facilities. That’s not all one can look forward to when visiting Monte Kaolino, a 656 foot or 200 meter long cable car bring people to the top in boat shaped cars as well as the Alpine Coaster, a roller coaster that rises to the top of the dune on one side then ventures down off to the side. This is a fun ride for the whole family as it buzzes just feet off the ground. If swimming is more your thing the Dune Pool at the base of a peak offers plenty of space to swim as well as a Flintstones like fort to play in.
Monte Kaolino is home to the world sandboarding championships which have many of the same events you’d see in the olympics. Boarders get some serious speed going down this hill with some clocking in at over 60 mph or almost 100 Km/h.

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