Vinings “Ski” Slope Was an Interesting Ride

In  the 1970s Atlanta had an actual ski slope, called the Vinings Ridge Ski Area, with no fresh powder to be found. It wasn’t snow. It wasn’t even cold. It was a hillside covered with synthetic turf and plastic pellets that rolled under the skis, giving the sensation of swooshing through small plastic pebbles on a synthetic ski slope.

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