Sentence examples for its piste from inspiring English sources

On one score Borovets beats any other ski resort I have visited: the number of colours it uses on its piste map.

Don't be tempted to judge Portillo from its piste map, which is surprisingly devoid of pistes, with only a few blue and black squiggles marked on it.

When conditions are good it offers fantastic skiing, using its piste-bashers to maximum effect.

"Chamonix probably has less to worry about because many of its pistes are over 2,000m, but ski resorts at lower altitudes, from 1,500m downwards, do have to worry.

Its modest 24km of slopes overlook the picturesque Hjørundfjord, but its off-piste terrain, with 5km runs and 1,200m of vertical drop, is what makes Strandafjellet stand out.

It looks down on the pitched-roof sprawl of Verbier, the Swiss town famed for its off-piste skiing.

Lift passes include neighbouring Hochötz, linked by a free bus: its sheltered pistes can be a blessing if the weather turns nasty.

The thin snow layer prevented me from discovering just how much of its 420m of piste a skier could cover in a day but it was possible to get some idea.

At 3,303m, the skiing on Corvatsch is some of the Engadin's best: it's mostly north-facing, all its 120km of pistes are groomed nightly and there's a dedicated (and inexpensive) beginner's slope.

There's certainly plenty to take in around Cervinia, which opened its first slow-skiing piste last season.

Switzerland's famous St Moritz has increased the maximum steepness of its already petrifying Lagalb piste to a scarcely believable 41 degrees to the horizontal slope on average, in order to claim the crown as Europe's steepest black run.