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Beginner's Guide: Learn The Lingo

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Graphic - piste The area of the mountain marked for skiing or snowboarding on.      
Graphic - gondola Literally "after skiing", this is what you get up to after you have finished on the mountain -
usually involving
heading to a bar!
Graphic - Aprés Ski
  This is a bubble lift
which quite often have seats inside. Skis & snowboards usually go in racks on the outside.
       
Graphic - powder   Graphic - piste basher Machines used to move snow around on the mountain and prepare the pistes for skiing and snowboarding.
Graphic - nursery slopes
Freshly fallen, soft
snow . . . but be careful
as it can cover up unseen
hazards like ice!
   
The slopes especially for beginners - nice and gentle to learn on, and marked green on
piste maps.
   
       
Graphic - freestyle A discipline combining skiing with acrobatics! The name for the attachment that connects your boot to your skis or snowboard. Graphic - binding
 
  Graphic - moguls    
       
  Mounds of snow, either
pushed there by skiers and
snowboarders as they use
the piste, or sometimes made
on challenging runs.