Snow grooming
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Snow grooming is the process of manipulating snow for recreational uses with a tractor, snowmobile, piste caterpillar, truck or snowcat towing specialized equipment. The process is used to maintain ski hills, cross-country ski trails and snowmobile trails by grooming the snow on them. A variation of the technique is used to construct snow runways in Antarctica.
A snow groomer for alpine slopes with plow, a surface finishing attachment for ski slopes, and a cable winch for grooming steep slopes
A snow groomer for cross-country trails with snow plow and attachments for the skate and classical lanes.
A groomed alpine skiing piste or trail
A groomed cross-country trail, showing corduroy for skate-skiing and classic tracks (left)
Piste
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A piste is a marked ski run or path down a mountain for snow skiing, snowboarding, or other mountain sports.
A piste in Serfaus, Austria
Pistes on Bald Mountain, Idaho
Moguls on a slope in Les Arcs, France
A piste in Pohorje, Slovenia, created with artificial snowmaking