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Piste

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A piste is a marked ski run or path down a mountain for snow skiing, snowboarding, or other mountain sports. [1]

35 relations: Backcountry skiing, Bogus Basin, Boise, Idaho, Cant (road/rail), Colorado, Couloir, Courchevel, French language, Grade (slope), Half-pipe, Idaho, Jiminy Peak (ski area), Massachusetts, Michigan, Mogul skiing, Mountain sport, Nagano Prefecture, Night skiing, Piste, Quebec, Scandinavia, Ski resort, Skiing, Slope, Snow, Snow grooming, Snowboarding, Snowcat, Snowmaking, Terrain park, United States Department of Agriculture, United States Forest Service, Verbier, Vermont, Zermatt.

Backcountry skiing

Backcountry skiing (US), also called off-piste (Europe) or out-of-area, is skiing in the backcountry on unmarked or unpatrolled areas either inside or outside a ski resort's boundaries.

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Bogus Basin

Bogus Basin Mountain Recreation Area is a ski area in the western United States, located in southwest Idaho in Boise County, north-northeast of the city of Boise.

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Boise, Idaho

Boise is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Idaho, and is the county seat of Ada County.

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Cant (road/rail)

The cant of a railway track or camber of a road (also referred to as superelevation, cross slope or cross fall) is the rate of change in elevation (height) between the two rails or edges.

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Colorado

Colorado is a state of the United States encompassing most of the southern Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains.

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Couloir

A couloir ("passage" or "corridor"), is a narrow gully with a steep gradient in a mountainous terrain.

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Courchevel

Courchevel is a French Alps ski resort.

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French language

French (le français or la langue française) is a Romance language of the Indo-European family.

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Grade (slope)

The grade (also called slope, incline, gradient, mainfall, pitch or rise) of a physical feature, landform or constructed line refers to the tangent of the angle of that surface to the horizontal.

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Half-pipe

A half-pipe is a structure used in gravity extreme sports such as snowboarding, skateboarding, skiing, freestyle BMX, skating and scooter riding.

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Idaho

Idaho is a state in the northwestern region of the United States.

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Jiminy Peak (ski area)

Jiminy Peak is a mid-sized ski resort in Hancock, Massachusetts in the Taconic Mountains.

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Massachusetts

Massachusetts, officially known as the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is the most populous state in the New England region of the northeastern United States.

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Michigan

Michigan is a state in the Great Lakes and Midwestern regions of the United States.

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Mogul skiing

Mogul skiing is a freestyle skiing competition consisting of one timed run of free skiing on a steep, heavily moguled course, stressing technical turns, aerial maneuvers and speed.

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Mountain sport

A mountain sport or Alpine sport is one of several types of sport that take place in hilly or mountainous terrain.

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Nagano Prefecture

is a landlocked prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region on the island of Honshu.

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Night skiing

Night skiing is the sport of skiing or snowboarding after sundown, offered at many ski resorts and mountains.

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Piste

A piste is a marked ski run or path down a mountain for snow skiing, snowboarding, or other mountain sports.

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Quebec

Quebec (Québec)According to the Canadian government, Québec (with the acute accent) is the official name in French and Quebec (without the accent) is the province's official name in English; the name is.

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Scandinavia

Scandinavia is a region in Northern Europe, with strong historical, cultural and linguistic ties.

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Ski resort

A ski resort is a resort developed for skiing, snowboarding, and other winter sports.

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Skiing

Skiing can be a means of transport, a recreational activity or a competitive winter sport in which the participant uses skis to glide on snow.

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Slope

In mathematics, the slope or gradient of a line is a number that describes both the direction and the steepness of the line.

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Snow

Snow refers to forms of ice crystals that precipitate from the atmosphere (usually from clouds) and undergo changes on the Earth's surface.

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Snow grooming

Snow grooming is the process of manipulating snow for recreational uses with a tractor, snowmobile, piste caterpillar, truck or snowcat towing specialized equipment.

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Snowboarding

Snowboarding is a recreational activity and Olympic and Paralympic sport that involves descending a snow-covered slope while standing on a snowboard attached to a rider's feet.

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Snowcat

A snowcat is an enclosed-cab, truck-sized, fully tracked vehicle designed to move on snow.

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Snowmaking

Snowmaking is the production of snow by forcing water and pressurized air through a "snow gun," also known as a "snow cannon", on ski slopes.

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Terrain park

A terrain park is an outdoor recreation area containing terrain that allows skiers, snowboarders and snowbikers to perform tricks.

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United States Department of Agriculture

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), also known as the Agriculture Department, is the U.S. federal executive department responsible for developing and executing federal laws related to farming, forestry, and food.

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United States Forest Service

The United States Forest Service (USFS) is an agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture that administers the nation's 154 national forests and 20 national grasslands, which encompass.

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Verbier

Verbier is a village located in south-western Switzerland in the canton of Valais.

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Vermont

Vermont is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States.

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Zermatt

Zermatt is a municipality in the district of Visp in the German-speaking section of the canton of Valais in Switzerland.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piste

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