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Alpine Enigma: Technical Ski Season Lexicon
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Across
- 1. Competitive ski mountaineering demanding endurance and climbing
- 2. Sudden release of snowmass, a mountaineer's hazard
- 3. Sliding down a slope, often used to descend quickly
- 5. Portmanteau describing frozen nasal passages after cold exposure
- 6. Tissue damage caused by prolonged exposure to subzero conditions
- 8. Ideal fresh snow conditions coveted by off-piste enthusiasts
- 9. Tracked vehicle grooming pistes or transporting skiers
- 11. Famed French resort famed for extreme alpine exploits
- 15. Rigid footwear interface transferring energy to skis
Down
- 4. Machine or trail ensuring smooth ski surface preparation
- 7. Permanently frozen ground found in high mountains
- 10. Accumulation layer crucial for avalanche evaluations
- 12. Ski profile emphasizing upward arch underfoot for control
- 13. Advanced edge technique producing clean turns on slopes
- 14. Steep, stacked ice formation challenging to climbers
- 16. Dense Andean alpine plant indicative of harsh altitudes
- 17. Area beneath cable cars often marked by packed snow
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