Other useful vocabulary

Nouns

blue/red/black run [)blu:/)red/)bläk (rvn] , blaue/rote/schwarze Abfahrt cable car [(keib&l ka:] Seilbahn, Kabinenlift , crevasse [kre(väs] Gletscherspalte , deep-snow skiing [)di:p sneu (ski:in] Tiefschneefahren , glacier [(gläsie] Gletscher , ski hut/lodge/cabin [(ski: hvt/lqdz/)käbin] Skihütte , ski resort [(ski: ri)zo:t] Skiort , snowcat [(sneukät], snow groomer [(sneu )gru:me], piste caterpillar [(pi:st )kätepile] Pistenraupe , snowplough [(sneuplau] UK Schneepflug , winter hiking trail [)winte (haikin trei&l] Winterwanderweg ,

Verb phrases

clear a mountain road [)klier E )mauntin (reud] eine Bergstraße räumen , go skiing [)GEU (ski:in] , Ski laufen prepare the piste / ski slope [pri)pee DE (pi:st / (ski: sleup] , die Piste / den Skihang präparieren prepare the (cross-country ski) trail [pri)pee DE ()krqs )kvntri ski:) (trei&l] die Loipe spuren , use/ride a chairlift [)ju:z/)raid E (tseelift] Sessellift fahren , wax the skis [)wäks DE (ski:z] , die Skier wachsen

Kinds of snow

avalanche [(Ävela:nts] Schneelawine , corn snow [(ko:n sneu] Sulzschnee , deep snow [)di:p (sneu], deep powder snow [)di:p (paude sneu] Tiefschnee ,

firn [f§:n] , Firn

icy slope / ski run [)aisi (sleup / (ski rvn] vereiste Piste , new/fresh snow [)nju:/)fres (sneu] Neuschnee , powder(y) snow [(paude(ri) sneu] , Pulverschnee slush [slvs] , Schneematsch snow crust [(sneu krvst], hard/frozen snow [)ha:d/ )freuz&n (sneu] , Harsch snowflake [(sneufleik] Schneeflocke , snow flurry [(sneu )flvri] Schneetreiben , snowstorm [(sneusto:m], blizzard [(blized] Schneesturm ,

Skiing competitions

alpine skiing world championship [)Älpain )ski:in )w§:ld (tsämpiensip] , alpine Skiweltmeisterschaft biathlon [bai(ätlen] Biathlon , giant slalom [)dzaient (sla:lem] , Riesenslalom Nordic combined [)no:dik kem(baind] Nordische Kombination , ski jumping [(ski: DZVMPIN] Skispringen , super-g [(su:pe dzi:] Super-g , Winter Olympics [)winter E(limpiks], Winter Olympic Games [)winter E)limpik (geimz] , Winterolympiade, Olympische Winterspiele