off-piste

English

Etymology

From off- +‎ piste.

Adjective

off-piste (not comparable)

1. (of snow or ski-runs) Not specially prepared or designated for skiing, hence viewed as more exciting but also more dangerous.

   Please stay away from the off-piste slopes.

2. (figurative) Deviating from what is seen as correct, usual or conventional.

   His ideas are totally off-piste.

Derived terms

• off-pister

Translations

Not specially prepared or designated for skiing

French: hors-piste (fr) German: abseits der Piste Italian: fuoripista (it) Swedish: offpist

Adverb

off-piste (not comparable)

1. In off-piste locations.

   We are skiing off-piste this morning.

   • 2014, Alun Richardson, Rucksack Guide - Ski Mountaineering and Snowshoeing, page 126:

     Some ski instructors are allowed to take groups off-piste too, so long as they don't travel across glaciers, but the tour hosts and reps who commonly show skiers around pisted runs within large resorts are definitely not allowed to go off-piste […]

Antonyms

• on-piste