This condition is easily defined by the patches of blue-black coloration of the skin after the skin cells actually freeze. Treating this condition involves heating the affected areas in warm water.
What is frostbite
100
Know your slopes! If your a beginner, you should stay on this colored slopes.
What is green (circle)
100
These are the types of skis used when you want speed and maneuverability. These are the ones you want for wanting to have a competition for the fastest down the mountain.
What are Racing skis
100
This is the place where you can get up-to date information on avalanche conditions. Yes, it is that obvious.
What are avalanche centers
100
This is the type of skiing where skiers ski on flat terrain, as opposed to going downhill.
What is cross-country skiing
200
This condition could be even more dangerous when its cold because people do not feel as much moisture loss. This is why it is a good idea to always have water bottle.
What is dehydration
200
This is one of the best pieces of safety equipment you can have. With the BSA, you have to have one to ski.
What is a helmet
200
These are the skis that most people use commonly. They let you go all over the slopes.
What are All mountain skis
200
When traveling in an avalanche zone, you want to do this kind of travel, meaning you want to minimize your exposure to an avalanche, and you don't want multiple people exposed to potential avalanche danger.
What is "low-risk" travel
200
This "code" involves a series of regulations that keep you and other skiers safe on the slopes.
What is "Your Responsibility Code"
300
Lying people down on their back and elevating their feet is the most common way of treating this condition, where the body does not pump enough oxygen.
What is shock
300
This is the term that applies to people on the slope already when you stop and yield when merging onto that slope.
What is the right-of-way
300
For skis, there are three types of bindings. They are downhill, touring, and this, also a type of unusual skiing where the person kneels to turn each time.
What are telemark bindings
300
This is one of the factors that can lead to an avalanche. If this involves a slope of 30-35 degrees, there is a potential for an avalanche.
What is terrain
300
There are two ways to get up a mountain. You should know how to safely ride a chairlift, and this other rather not-so-fun contraption
What is a j-bar or t-bar
400
Surprisingly, this is one of the most common and dangerous conditions while skiing. Watch that glare, and use goggles.
What is sunburn
400
Even though it appears like a different place, this essential Boy Scout principle still holds true for skiing so people do not suffer from isolation.
What is the buddy system
400
There are three types of snowboards. This is the type you want for terrain parks and tricks.
What is a Freestyle board
400
Avalanches can occur when this becomes unstable and loose. This becomes unstable when a harder layer settles on top of a soft layer, loosening this entire structure.
What is the snowpack
400
There are three steps to the Smart Style Safety Program:
-Easy Style Gets It
-Respect Gets Respect
-and this, which also applies well to swimming and diving.
What is "Look Before You Leap"
500
This is easily one of the worst injuries to look at. Its when the broken bone parts protrude through the skin.
What is an open compound fracture
500
This is the often volunteer group that you contact on the slope when there is an emergency.
What is the Ski Patrol
500
This type of snowboard binding allows the user to not have to strap in each time, but rather just put the boot on the board. If you know how to "hokey-pokey", then you might know this binding.
What is a Step-in binding
500
This is what sets off an avalanche. In Switzerland, the syllable "yo" and "yodeling" are illegal, because they are noise versions of this. Someone in a potential avalanche zone can also be one.
What is a trigger
500
These are the settings needed to cailbrate ski bindings each time to the boot. No, I don't know what they stand for! It's German!
What are DIN settings (Deutsches Institut fur Normung)