Sentence examples for piste area from inspiring English sources

Capacity around the world has massively expanded since then: manmade snow production in Switzerland grew from less than 10% of piste area in 2000 to 36% in 2010, while Austria reached 62% at the end of the same period.

Geilo is a small town in a valley with two piste areas - Vestlia and Slaatta - on either side, making up the Geilolia Skisenter.

The Dr Homs Hotel and the Vestlia Hotel, at the foot of the two different piste areas, make a pleasant place to sit and relax after a punishing day on the slopes.

If either of the two piste areas begins to feel a little familiar, you can hop on a ski bus for the five-minute trip to the opposite mountain and a whole new range of slopes.

With four piste areas (the Dorfgastein-Grossarl area, the Schlossalm-Angertal-Stubnerkogel, the Graukogel and the Sportgastein) there are over 200km of ski runs to choose from here, plus 45 lifts, a funicular railway and a free ski bus linking it all up.

It's called Mizuno no Sawa, a controlled off-piste area more than 2km long, filled with deep gullies, rolling glades and the occasional cliff.

A reassuring beep as we passed through the gate announced that our transceivers had triggered the sensors which log skiers in and out of the off-piste area – another safety feature designed to ensure that everyone has the proper equipment.

Around 50 soldiers are believed to have been taking part in an exercise in an off-piste area at the time the avalanche struck at the ski resort of Valfrejus in Savoie near the Italian border.

They were part of a unit of 51 soldiers from the 2nd Foreign Engineer Regiment taking part in an all-day training exercise in an off-piste area near Valfréjus, close to the Italian border.

Daniel Maddox, who was 41 and from Clackmannanshire, was skiing in an off-piste area behind Glencoe Ski Centre when he was swept away.

While crossing an unsecured off-piste area between Piste Chamoix and Piste Maudit he fell and hit his head on a rock, sustaining a head injury despite wearing a ski helmet.