Run color question

[missyd]

Sounds silly but for better understanding your postings. How are the runs in classified North America?

Here in Switzerland:
Green/Blue ---> Easy/Beginner slopes
Red ---> Intermediate slopes
Black ---> Difficult slopes
Yellow ---> Freeride routes

BUT the resorts have different views of the difficulty of the slopes .... so a black could be red and a red could be blue ..... complicated!

 

[w.ski]

green circle - beginner
blue square - intermediate
black diamond - advanced
double diamond - expert

Here, too, these will vary from area to area so a black at one resort may be more like a blue at another. At Ski Sundown, my local little hill in Connecticut, there was a run (Temptor)that was marked a double diamond (don't know if this is still true) - I think that at best it would be a blue at Vermont ski areas.

 

[Robyn]

There is also a double black diamond EX designation that is above the double diamond.

 

[geargrrl]

The thing to remember at least in the US is that each set of ratings is relative to that mountain ONLY. SO a Mt. Spokane black might be a blue run on a different mountain.

I've seen triple diamonds in Canada ( Red Mtn used to use this rating) and some yellow/red for extreme steep terrain also in Canada.

gg

 

[missyd]

Thanks for the information .... So I think in Europe the color of the slopes are more globalized than in north america ... :D

 

[Severine]

At Ski Sundown, my local little hill in Connecticut, there was a run (Temptor)that was marked a double diamond (don't know if this is still true) - I think that at best it would be a blue at Vermont ski areas.

Temptor hasn't been a double diamond in a long time. But with it bumped up, I would definitely consider it advanced terrain. I can ski down just about any blue trail; I cannot ski Temptor with bumps on it.

 

[w.ski]

Temptor hasn't been a double diamond in a long time. But with it bumped up, I would definitely consider it advanced terrain. I can ski down just about any blue trail; I cannot ski Temptor with bumps on it.

This was years ago, before they started to leave bumps on it. Beats me why they thought it was a double diamond!

 

[Kimmyt]

Terrain parks in the US are usually orange too on top of the trail color.