Sentence examples for to pistes from inspiring English sources
Unlike in North American mountains, signs rarely direct skiers and snowboarders to pistes appropriate to their abilities.
In the Alps Easter will start bright and sunny before rain moves in on Saturday to bring 30-50cm of new snow to pistes above 3000m.
The lifty working the absolutely deserted Schattberg Sprinter, which takes skiers over to pistes leading into Hinterglemm, kindly suggested I try one of the 40 mountain restaurants before proceeding any further.
For all my nostalgia for 1960s low-tech simplicity, I have to admit that it was a treat to whizz so seamlessly from piste to piste.
Because of all the partying, the resort attracts a lot of beginners and intermediates, and they tend to stick to the pistes, leaving ample fresh snow elsewhere for those who want it.
With a further 40cm of snow falling that night, our reluctance to commit to a piste-bound day was sealed.
Out and about After dreaming the night away in the magic forest bed and devouring a lavish breakfast, I clamber through snow to get to the piste.
Across the UK there are home-grown slopes to challenge every ability, from the stunning resorts of the Scottish Highlands to the pistes of England's Pennine folds.
My room had a balcony that allowed me to look straight on to a piste and you could ski straight out of the front door down to the nearest lift.
It has lodges in four resorts, and itsw Mont Blanc lodge in Vallandry, close to Les Arcs, sits right next to the piste.
Pint from £3.20, 85-87 Gwydir Street, 01223 471680, the-cambridgeblue.co.uk With the craft beer revolution being less well advanced in Cambridge than it is in the UK's cities, you occasionally have to veer off-piste to drink well.
