 Poster: A snowHead
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I'll start this off - feel free to add (sensible) translations
Crud Aparently (according to ssh) in Colorado this means cut up powder! Hence the strange Bode Miller video. When we say crud we mean really crappy and difficult snow, probably crusty in places.
Snowplough in Europe is a wedge in the states.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Jour = Have a nice day 
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Nursery slope = Bunny slope
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Europe - piste
US - trail
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Spyderjon: Braquage
US: Pivot Slip
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Muppet: George W. Bush
Twins: when referring to the Klimaszewski sisters, "twins" is a five-letter word for "Heaven"
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Europe: Lift Queue
US: Lift Line (although it's not a common phrase)
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Europe: Cable Car
US: Tram
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Braquage is used all over europe, fox 
d'oh - all over french-speaking parts of europe, that is!
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easiski, the crud thing is fairly similar if you go for the more general meaning of "not good snow"
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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nbt, apologies - the only time I've heard it has been from spyderjon - I think he picked it up from Warren Mitchell or someone like that... 
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Wear The Fox Hat,
Didn't realise Alf Garnett was a keen skier
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You know it makes sense.
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| Wear The Fox Hat wrote: |
Europe: Lift Queue
US: Lift Line (although it's not a common phrase) |
Sorry, WTFH need to correct that one:
US: Lift line
Austria / Switzerland: Lift queue
France / Italy: Lift free-for-all
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Europe: Intermediate
N. America: Advanced
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Poster: A snowHead
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marc gledhill, 
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Europe: St Moritz
US: The Canyons
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Europe: Apple Strudel
US: Denny's Applie Pie
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Wear The Fox Hat, Mmmmm, to both
BTW, how's Stephanie?
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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spyderjon, she's good.
Europe: spyderjon is large
US: spyderjon is anorexic
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Europe: Button/T-Bar
US: Magic Carpet (in the beginner area), otherwise, they don't exist.
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Europe: Bottom, behind, buttocks
US: Fanny
(Hope this clears it up for you who thought a "fanny pack" was some sort of women's cod piece)
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Europe: Football - a game played with the feet.
US: Rugby played with helmets and big shoulder pads.
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| easiski wrote: |
Snowplough in Europe is a wedge in the states. |
Or a pizza (in Canada, at any rate).
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England - Quite pleasant.
US - Awesome dude.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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richmond, that's now made it to Europe too. Our kids were told in Les Arc last year to turn with pizza and traverse(  ) with chips.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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| Kramer wrote: |
England - Quite pleasant.
US - Awesome dude. |
You're talking about me again, Kramer, aren't you?
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Wear The Fox Hat, I think Kramer means 'US' as in the Royal 'we' 
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You know it makes sense.
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Europe - Piste Map
North America - Trail Map
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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UK; Mildly stimulating
USA; Sick
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Poster: A snowHead
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| easiski wrote: |
| ... feel free to add (sensible) translations. |
Oh well.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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WTFH - US advanced
WTFH - European expert
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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OK, let's not have the whole piste colour argument, but...
Europe: Red
US: Blue/black
(i.e. the colour of the run between a blue and a black)
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marc gledhill, yep our kids are busy making pizza turns and chip traverses - funnily enough I always seem to end up with that for lunch as well!
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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| Wear The Fox Hat wrote: |
OK, let's not have the whole piste colour argument, but...
Europe: Red
US: Blue/black
(i.e. the colour of the run between a blue and a black) |
Just for you, Breckenridge has blue/black runs.
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richmond, thanks - most US resorts have "blue/black", where Euro resorts would use red.
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Beginner: chuff me, that blue run must be at least 45 degrees and like sheet ice
Intermediate: it was alright I suppose, it was funny when you fell over
expert: yawn
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| Wear The Fox Hat wrote: |
| richmond, thanks - most US resorts have "blue/black", where Euro resorts would use red. |
Oh, I thought blue/blacks were unique to Breckenridge (I don't think Mammoth or Aspen has them, and Canada doesn't seem to) and therefore of enormous interest. Never mind.
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Euro: Trees
US: Glades
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