piste

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The snowshoe leg of the event will take place on off-piste, single-track with the bike and ski portions on groomed Nordic track.

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  1. noun A ski trail densely packed with snow.
  2. noun An unpaved trail or path, especially in mountainous terrain.

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  • The experienced Italian had skated off-piste after hitting debris from the Sebastian Vettel / Robert Kubica accident, enabling Hamilton to pass him for third place, but claimed the Briton subsequently slowed dramatically - as if he had a problem - leaving him no choice but to re-take the position. —  Crash.Net Motorsports Newsfeed
  • The skiing suits strong intermediate skiers and there's off-piste for more advanced skiers on the Kreuzkogel. —  Independent.ie - Frontpage RSS Feed
  • Yes, we were taking the piste (that's the narrow strip you duel on) and while the epee, sabre and foil might looks like noble pursuits - they have garnered precisely
  • It appears that while these skiers and snowboarders went off piste, none of them carried any sort of radio or satellite personal locator beacons, like the moderately priced —  Gizmodo
  • It appears that while these skiers and snowboarders went off piste, none of them carried any sort of radio or satellite personal locator beacons, like the moderately priced SPOT. —  PalmAddicts
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  1. French, from Italian pista, from obsolete pistare, to trample down, variant of pestare; see piston.
 

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