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piste

vr.tr.piste · thing-q1281105

Let an agent explain downhill pistes, relay difficulty classification systems, grooming and safety from ski industry sources, describe groomed runs and ungroomed marked ski routes, route mountain accidents to ski patrol or mountain rescue, and distinguish pistes from ski-jumping hills, off-piste terrain, cross-country trails, fencing pistes and bobsleigh tracks.

Thing Registry Physical world and living systems PHY.PLC
Bundle → Layer → Finding → QuestionsClassifiersWhat it isWhy it existsDistinguishing featuresWhat robots and AI may and may not doMoral aspectsOwnersLinks to other meta-modelsIdentity and identifiersDirect propertiesRecognitionCapabilities and actionsHazards and failure modesStandards and interfacesContext of useSources

Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Filled

4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions

Understand What a piste is.

Definition

Definition.

Definition

Definition.

  1. What is a piste, and how does it differ from off-piste terrain, cross-country trails, fencing pistes and bobsleigh tracks? definition
  2. Has someone been injured or caught in an avalanche, in which case call ski patrol, mountain rescue or emergency services? boundary

Types

Named types.

Types

Types.

  1. What are normal, large, flying and giant hills, and what is a ski route? definition
  2. Which entry fits the specific type? action
Grading Difficulty grading.

Colours

Colour codes.

Colours

Colours.

  1. How do European, North American and Japanese piste colour systems differ? provenance
  2. Which references are standard? provenance

Hills

Hill size.

Hills

Hills.

  1. How does FIS measure hill size and K-point? measurement
  2. Which sources are cited? provenance
Safety Safety.

Conduct

Rules for conduct.

Conduct

Conduct.

  1. What are the FIS rules for conduct on pistes? provenance
  2. Which entry fits FIS Rules for Conduct? action

Avalanche

Avalanche risk.

Avalanche

Avalanche.

  1. Why is off-piste skiing risky, and how are avalanche bulletins used? provenance
  2. Which entry fits avalanche danger scale? action
Context Operations and sport.

Grooming

Grooming.

Grooming

Grooming.

  1. How are pistes groomed and snow made? provenance
  2. Which entry fits snow groomer? action

Ski jumping

Ski jumping.

Ski jumping

Ski jumping.

  1. Which are the major ski flying hills, such as Planica and Vikersund? provenance
  2. Which entry fits ski flying? action

Classifiers Filled

Family
Thing Registry
Category
Physical world and living systems
Entry kind
thing
Plane
PHY
Domain
PHY.PLC
Other names and narrower kinds
ski jumping hill, Giant Hill, flying hill, large hill, normal hill, Ski route, artificial ski slope, terrain park, Alpine skiing trail, slalom piste, dry ski slope

What it is Filled

A marked and often groomed path down a mountain used for skiing, snowboarding or other mountain sports, classified by difficulty with colour codes that differ by region, such as blue, red and black in much of Europe and green, blue and black in North America, alongside ungroomed marked ski routes; off-piste terrain carries avalanche risk.

Why it exists Filled

Let an agent explain downhill pistes, relay difficulty classification systems, grooming and safety from ski industry sources, describe groomed runs and ungroomed marked ski routes, route mountain accidents to ski patrol or mountain rescue, and distinguish pistes from ski-jumping hills, off-piste terrain, cross-country trails, fencing pistes and bobsleigh tracks.

Distinguishing features Filled

  • Pistes are marked and managed.
  • Pistes have difficulty grades.
  • Pistes follow downhill mountain routes.
  • Pistes have safety rules.

What robots and AI may and may not do Filled

Must not

  • Encourage skiing on closed pistes or off-piste in avalanche danger.
  • Confuse European and North American colour systems.
  • Operate grooming machines or snow cannons without authorization.
  • Present difficulty ratings as guarantees of safety.

Only with a human decision

  • Closing a piste or calling ski patrol for an injured skier.

May

  • Explain piste classification and colour codes, noting regional differences.
  • Relay piste openings, closures and avalanche warnings from the resort or official sources.
  • Advise skiers to choose pistes suited to their ability.

Moral aspects Filled

  • Collisions and avalanches injure and kill skiers.
  • Skiing affects fragile mountain environments.

Who is affected

  • Skiers and snowboarders
  • Ski patrol
  • Mountain ecosystems

Owners Filled

Steward

The ski area operator that marks and maintains it.

Links to other meta-models Filled

parent

  • Q121422790 - registry parent class
  • Q5004679 - registry parent class

related

  • winter sports venue - in registry terms
  • ski jumping hill
  • International Ski and Snowboard Federation - for competition hills
  • off-piste

What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled

Identity and identifiers required Filled

  • Vercy registry: vr.tr.piste
  • Wikidata: Q1281105 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1281105)

Direct properties required Filled

  • FIS normal hill: hill size 85-109 m
  • FIS large hill: hill size 110-184 m
  • FIS flying hill: hill size 185 and above m
  • FIS rules for conduct: 10 rules count

Recognition required Filled

  • A piste is a marked downhill mountain sports run.
  • Examples include groomed downhill runs and ungroomed marked ski routes.
  • Ski-jumping hills are separate facilities whose hill-size classifications do not classify downhill pistes.
  • Off-piste is unmarked; cross-country trails are tracked; a fencing piste is a strip; bobsleigh uses ice tracks.
  • Groomed snow runs marked by poles and signs; ski jumps with in-run and landing slopes.

Capabilities and actions required Filled

  • explain classification systems
  • relay safety and conduct
  • describe named types
  • route accidents to rescue services

Hazards and failure modes required Filled

  • Avalanches off-piste
  • Collisions and injuries
  • Confusing regional colour systems

Standards and interfaces required Filled

  • FIS Rules for Conduct
  • National piste marking norms such as DIN or NF standards
  • FIS hill certification

Context of use required Filled

  • Organised snow sports terrain.
  • groomed alpine pistes
  • ski routes
  • normal and large jumping hills
  • ski flying hills
  • cross-country trails as related

Sources Filled

  1. Wikidata item Q1281105: piste - identity and sense of the item
  2. Wikipedia: Piste - general description of the item

Open questions

  • Should ski jumping hill classes be separate entries?
  • How should FIS sources be linked?
  • How should the term giant hill be recorded?

Machine files

Card as JSON Specification Card backlog vercy.card/1

Provenance

thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed

Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q1281105/spec.json