Skiers have a vocabulary that non-skiers may find a little perplexing. This is the best vocabulary available to define any term you might come across on the slopes. Freshies - The word used to characterise soft, fresh snow. Every skier dreams of skiing in, this is the stuff.
Freshies refers to fresh snow and is what skiers fantasise of. Should the forecast predict for a freshie, powder is in the air.
Gnarly: rad, great, fierce. It can also show a ripper down a sharp or risky line with careless abandon (see shred the gnar). Also jib, when a skier or snowboarder strikes inanimate items on the mountain and transforms them into playgrounds.
A funicular is a ski lift moving people up and down a hill using railway rails and counterweights. Derived from the Latin funiculus, which means rope or cable, it is
Designed specifically for skiers or snowboarders, a kicker is a jumping platform for honing their abilities. For someone who can "lay trenches," it also makes a neat moniker. Laying trenches calls for vigorous carving.
Pillows are circular heaps of soft, fluffy snow that resemble Grandma's handmade mashed potatoes in appearance and ski-ability. Often found in ski films, this kind of snow falls somewhat below corn and above chunder.
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Piste: An artificially maintained ski run or route. Usually a resort would color-grade the pistes to show their degree of difficulty; blue for beginners, red for intermediate, black for expert.
Skiing off-piste means skying away from the designated paths. From a mogul field to backcountry skiing, this might mean anything. Watch closely! Skiing off-piste can involve potentially hazardous unplowed or ungroomed terrain.
Skiers and snowboarders constantly refer to powder snow, the phrase used in reference here. Skiers dream of this perfect snow since it offers a cushion-like surface for any collisions and is quite forgiving should you go over.
Slush, moist snow, comes next; then, not preferred by many skiers, ice is hard and treacherous.
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A ski resort is a collection of mountains or one mountain with ski lifts and paths or runs for snowboarding and skiing. It also describes a town surrounded or near to a ski area.
Gnarly: Great, fantastic, or cool. Badass used to define an amazing or terrifying run, terrain feature, or trick.
Skiing uphill in a zigzag pattern that leaves a clear herringbone mark in the snow will produce this effect.
A pizza being called pie makes many Italians shudder. They are not incorrect; a pizza is not a pie as it lacks the pastry bottom layer that defines cakes and tarts as well as savoury open pies.
Technically, only people who use the phrase in New York would find a slice of pizza to be a pie. Like labelling a burger as a sandwich.
