Rather than Manchester, do you really wish that you lived in the French Alps in some wooden chalet and could just go skiing all the time? If you feel frustrated all the time by the fact that Manchester doesn't have any mountains and apart from this winter not enough snow, then Chill Factore is probably a bit of a godsend.
Chill Factore boasts a huge indoor ski slope with real snow and everything! True, it's not really like the real thing in that you're indoors but the snow is real as anything and it's a great place to come and keep your skiing skills up to scratch.