"Alpine ski" and "Ski slope" redirect here. For the 1981 video game, see Alpine Ski. For resorts that offer skiing activities, see Ski resort.
Alpine skiers
Alpine skiing, or downhill skiing, is the pastime of sliding down snow-covered slopes on skis with fixed-heel bindings, unlike other types of skiing (cross-country, Telemark, or ski jumping), which use skis with free-heel bindings. Whether for recreation or for sport, it is typically practiced at ski resorts, which provide such services as ski lifts, artificial snow making, snow grooming, restaurants, and ski patrol.
"Off-piste" skiers—those skiing outside ski area boundaries—may employ snowmobiles, helicopters or snowcats to deliver them to the top of a slope. Back-country skiers may use specialized equipment with a free-heel mode, including 'sticky' skins on the bottoms of the skis to stop them sliding backwards during an ascent, then locking the heel and removing the skins for their descent.
Alpine ski racing has been held at the Winter Olympics since 1936.[1] A competition corresponding to modern slalom was introduced in Norway at Oslo in 1886.[2]
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