 Poster: A snowHead
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The resurfacing of the 'fave pistes' thread reminds me of a gripe I have with Austria
(or the Ski Amade area anyway)
None of the pistes have names, theres something a little unromantic about cruising 21a. Thought the French were a little cautious with there names (Marmot etc) until I came to Austria. Not been to USA/Canada but the piste names tempt me if nothing else.
Does the whole of Austria consist of numbered pistes? And if so why the aversion to names?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Monkfish, You do get the occasional named piste in Austria (e.g. The Harakiri in Mayrhofen), but mainly they are just numbered, yes.
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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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| Monkfish wrote: |
| Does the whole of Austria consist of numbered pistes? And if so why the aversion to names? |
No, for example, all the pistes in Serfaus-Fiss-Ladis have names. Their new black piste is called Kamikaze (similar to the mentioned Harakiri)
I prefer pistes with numbers, especially when skiing the first time in a resort.
With names, I always had to stop at the crossings to figure out where to ski next, but the numbers are clearly visible from the distance.
Maybe I got accustomed to the numbers too much. 
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I like numbered pistes, Kitzbuhel has a good one, it's a red run, number...now let me think.... 
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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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I skied Combe Sans Nom in Val Thorens a couple of times last season.
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I'd have no chance of remembering which piste was which if they just had numbers. The names give you a clue (Harikiri, Kamikaze, versus Verte or Ecureil). And many have geographically relevant names which also help you to make sense of it all.
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I like names but also they fact that they can then have numbers counting down must make it easy to alert people in case of accident.
rob@rar, 
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Never mind the ones with no name. Some resorts have Pistes that simply got lost  Now there's a problem!
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