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Seen the expression "silver/purple" applied to off piste gradings of difficulty. Can anyone explain the off piste grading system "yellow" was the only colour I'd heard of before this? 
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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macwad, are you talking about resort gradings, ski school gradings or maybe ski club GB who have there own grading system as well?
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macwad,
It does indeed sound like the SCGB ratings, however be aware that they refer to the ability of the skier, not the difficulty of a slope.
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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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macwad, I'm not aware of off piste skiing being graded by anyone. Some mountaineering routes are.
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macwad, French system sometimes used to classify routes (e.g. in Baud's "Aiguilles Rouges et Mont Blanc....") goes something like
F - Facile (easy)
PD - Peu Difficile (Not difficult)
AD - Assez Difficile (Quite Difficult)
D - Difficile
TD - Tres Difficile (Very Difficult)
ED - Extremely Difficult
ABD - Abominablement Difficile !!!!
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PS - the last one probably shouldn't be tried at home
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under a new name, I thought the French Chamonix extreme skiing guide book had a grading system- that I haven't seen on the web- 5.1 etc?? also the Vamos guides have gradings for technical difficultsy (angle) and commitment- seriousness, stained/ away from resort/marked pistes/rescue etc.
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oh yes- there is also an off piste grading system in the la Grave guide book which has rock and ice climbs in as well as skiing/ski touring...can't remember the name
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Yeah, grades in the Chamonix "Book of Death". Basically anything in the 5's is likely to be steep enough that a fall will be pretty serious. I think from about 5.4 onwards would be pushing the limits of what's skiable.
Most "normal" off-piste would be in the 3's, your average couloir or similar steeper/more engaged slope would be in the 4's.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Also remember that off piste conditions will vary massively from day to day.
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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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ed123, chalk thta down to my ignirance (although as I have a couple of books with grades in them, I have no excuse). I rather think I took the OP's question to refer to "ad hoc" off piste. All those little secret squirrelly stashes that I'm not going to tell anyone about, as opposed to more formal more "recognised" routes.
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