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I have translated many brochures and websites for tourism associations and hotels in Austria and have compiled the following glossary of terms relating to alpine resorts and winter sports. There's some lovely long German words, such as Pferdeschlittenfahrten, to enjoy, as well as my favourite Pistenflitzer which means someone who's really good at skiing.
Alm alp (high mountain, mountain meadow) or a hill farm
Alp alp (high mountain, mountain meadow) or (serviced) alpine
hut/restaurant
alpine Skirennen alpine/downhill ski races/events
blaue Pisten blue runs
Bretteln dialect for skis
Buckelpisten moguls (series of bumps on a piste formed by other skiers)
Carvinghänge mogul slopes/runs
Einkehr pit-stop, place to stop off for refreshments
Eisstockschießen curling
Fackelwanderung torch-lit hike
FIS (Fédération Internationale de Ski) International Ski Federation
Flutlichtskifahren night skiing/floodlit skiing
Freeskien freesking or new school skiing is a specific type of alpine
skiing, which involves tricks, jumps, and terrain park features, such
as rails, boxes, jibs, or other obstacles
Gondel gondola or cable car
Höhenmeter elevation gain
Hundeschlitten dog sledding
Hüttengaudi alpine hut party
Jause snack
Kletterweg via ferrata, a mountain route equipped with fixed ladders, cables,
and bridges
Kletterwald high ropes course
Langlaufen cross-country skiing
Langlaufloipen cross-country skiing trails
Lawinenkunde avalanche awareness
Liftanlagen ski lifts
Loipen cross-country skiing trails
LVS-Gerät avalanche transceiver
Parallelschwung parallel skiing
Pferdeschlittenfahrten horse-drawn sleigh rides
Pistenflitzer ski fiends, ace skiers
Powderhänge powder slopes/runs
Präparierten Pisten groomed pistes
Rodelbahn toboggan track
rodeln tobogganing
Schlepplift tow lift
Schlittenfahren tobogganing
Schneeschuhwandern snowshoe hiking
schneesicher guaranteed snow cover
schwarze Pisten black runs
Sesselbahn chair lift
Skigebiet ski resort (or ski area – context dependent)
Skitouren ski touring, backcountry skiing, off-piste skiing
Stricklift tow lift (type of practice lift)
Stubenmusik traditional folk music performed in a local inn or bar
Tiefschneeabfahrt deep snow descent
Tourenskigehen ski touring
Übungshänge practice slopes
Wellenbahn wave track
Wiedereinsteiger people who haven’t skied for a while
Zauberteppich conveyor ski lift for younger/novice skiers
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