Country Dictionary

The act of going outside a ski resort boundry or closed area. Ducking a rope often results in the loss of one's skiing or snowboarding privlages and in many states and provinces is punishable by law.

If I catch you ducking the rope again, I'm going to have to pull your ski pass.

Noun: groomers Snow skiing and snowboarding trails that have been machined groomed. Also known as corduroy because the snow has the look of a pair of corduroy pants from 1973. Ski Resorts use snocats to machine groom ski runs. Snocat operators are sometimes referred to as groomers.

Let's go rip-up the groomers today since there isn't any fresh pow.

A weak layer is used to describe a layer of snow within the snowpack that may be prone to causing a snow avalanche. Weak layers are caused by changes in snow pack's temperature, snow crystal type and snow crystal deformation resulting from changes in atmospheric conditions and moisture content.

We dug a snow pit on Pucker Face and found a really weak layer that is sure to rip a avalanche on the next bone head who tries to ski it.

Noun: Refers to a individual belonging to a group of skiers that existed beginning in the late 1970's until the early 1990's who were avid backcountry and extreme skiers and ventured into out of bounds ski terrain in search of powder. The best known group of hairbag'r(s) skied the higher elevations of North West Colorado and explored areas above tree line on extremely steep slopes prone to avalanches.

The hairbag'r joined the gang on top of Bethoud Pass to head into the backcountry.

The phrase used to describe one's intention to ski or snowboard at the Steamboat Ski Resort located on Mt. Werner Cr in Steamboat Springs, Colorado.

Ya wanna go ski the Boat next weekend and then go cougar hunting at The Tugboat Saloon afterwards?

Arc em or park em is the call to action heard at the top of a ski run encouraging the skier or snowboarder to make turns or point em down the mountain. Arc em means to make ski or snowboarding turns. Park em means to give-up, go home, call it a day and put up your boards in the ski rack.

This is blower skiing so strap on yer boards and arc em or park em. Arc em or park em there ass-wipe.

Skiing or snowboarding using a snow cat to access the ski terrain instead of chairlifts. Cat skiing is less expensive than heli-skiing.

I'm going cat skiing up on Chicago Ridge off the Ski Cooper, Colorado ski area boundary, the second Tuesday of next week.