Piste Piste A piste () is a marked ski run or path down a mountain for snow skiing, snowboarding, or other mountain sports. This European term is French ("trail", "track") and synonymous with 'trail', 'slope', or 'groomed run' in North America. The word is pronounced using a long "e" sound (e.g. rhymes with "beast"). Increasingly, North Americans employ its common European antonym, 'off piste', to describe backcountry skiing, especially when referring to skiing outside officially approved areas of a ski resort. Pistes are usually maintained using tracked vehicles known as snowcats to compact or "groom" the snow to even out trail
Snow Dome, Bispingen Snow Dome, Bispingen The Snow Dome is an indoor ski slope at Bispingen in the German state of Lower Saxony. It was opened on 21 October 2006. The piste has a length of about , height about , and a width of up to . On the snow area of about , in addition to the downhill piste is a "Funpark", a toboggan run ("Rodelbahn") and a beginner's slope. The incline varies between 20% at the top and 9% at the bottom. There are 2 ski lifts in the hall: a button lift with a capacity of 1,600 passengers/hour and