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  2. Harakiri (ski piste) - Wikipedia

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    Mayrhofen Harakiri-Piste. The Harakiri is a slope in the ski resort of Mayrhofen Ski Zillertal 3000. It is named after the Japanese vulgar term for seppuku, ritual suicide by samurai. With incline of up to 78% (38 degrees), vertical drop of 375 metres and a length of about 1500 metres, it is the steepest groomed slope in Austria. Thus the slope ...

  3. Mayrhofen - Wikipedia

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    Mayrhofen is situated near the Hintertux glacier, which, at 3,250 metres (10,660 feet) above sea level, is above the snowline. [3] Skiing is available all year round here. Mayrhofen sits between the Penken and the Ahorn mountains which provide ski runs in the winter and mountain biking, hiking and paragliding in the summer. The Ahorn offers ...

  4. Lift ticket - Wikipedia

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    A ski pass, with wicket. A lift ticket or lift pass is an identifier usually attached to a skier's or snowboarder's outerwear that indicates they have paid and can ride on the ski lift(s) that transport people and equipment up or down a mountain. [1]

  5. Alterra Mountain Company - Wikipedia

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    First ski resort to allow snowboarding in 1983 [25] Snow Summit: Big Bear Lake, California: 1952 April 12, 2017 Merged with neighboring Big Bear Mountain [16] Sugarbush Resort: Warren, Vermont: December 25, 1958 November 13, 2019 Acquisition finalized January 14, 2020. [26] [27] Tremblant: Mont-Tremblant, Quebec: 1938 April 10, 2017

  6. Snowbombing - Wikipedia

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    The event has been run since 2000 when it was first held at the French resort of Risoul as an après-ski nightclub promotional exercise started by English promoters from Manchester called Outgoing Ltd. [1] [2] However, since 2005, the Tyrolean resort of Mayrhofen in Austria has hosted the festival which has evolved into Europe's biggest snow ...

  7. Ski rental problem - Wikipedia

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    However, with no advance knowledge of how long one will be skiing, the breakeven point is unclear. A good algorithm will minimize the ratio of the cost when the number of days is known in advance to the cost when the number of days is not known in advance. [2] Ski rental [3] [4] is one example of this class of problem.

  8. Transit pass - Wikipedia

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    4 day rail rover (UK, 1994). A transit pass (North American English) or travel card (British English), often referred to as a bus pass or train pass etc. (in all English dialects), [1] [2] is a ticket that allows a passenger of the service to take either a certain number of pre-purchased trips or unlimited trips within a fixed period of time.

  9. Brenner Pass - Wikipedia

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    The Brenner Pass carries a four-lane motorway, one of the most important transit routes between Northern and Southern Europe. The Brenner Pass (German: Brennerpass [ˈbʁɛnɐpas], shortly Brenner; Italian: Passo del Brennero [ˈpasso del ˈbrɛnnero]) is a mountain pass over the Alps which forms the border between Italy and Austria.