Course, piste, gelende, gelaende

[SKI 15]

Which is it?

 

The terms always confuse me.

That's why I try to keep off them.

[RobBright 35]

Buy a dictionary.

[SKI 15]

I was hoping for a fun discussion.

Anyway a dictionary doesn't tell me why people use different words all the time.

[RobBright 35]

Course - to me means a run.

piste - is a marked area for skiing or snowboarding, hence off piste being out of the marked area.

gelande - to me means the same as a piste.

[Tubby Beaver 209]

Back home I'd've said Piste, here I say gelende/gerende

[Metabo Oyaji 71]

On gelaende, or off-piste?

 

ゲレンデ is obviously prevalent around these parts. For spelling, I assumed it was from "Gelände," but because my keyboard lacks an umlaut, I cannot write "Gelände" and just write "gelaende."

 

Also, I, uh, have no Shift key, so cannot put a capital G at the beginning of the word...

Ok, so my excuses are getting kind of thin.

 

But hey, growing up they were just called "ski areas."

I blame society.

[Jynxx 4]

M-oyaji knows how to spell umlaut.

In Japan it was ゲレンデ 　

Do they use piste now?

[RobBright 35]

And umlaut in english means changed sound.

[stemik 14]

i think the word "trail" should be added as well.

[SKI 15]

Originally Posted By: Jynxx

Do they use piste now?

Not here, no.

コース　and ゲレンデ is what you see.

[jared 0]

To me piste means groomed. Off-piste just means somewhere that wasn't groomed. Course means route that has been marked on the map and may be groomed or not.