groomed trails
Smoothed ski routes
Groomed trails are paths—typically for skiing, snowmobiling, or mountain biking—that have been mechanically prepared and maintained.
Snow trails are packed and smoothed by specialized vehicles; dirt trails are cleared of obstacles and graded.
The term distinguishes maintained routes from backcountry or ungroomed terrain: The resort has fifty miles of groomed trails.
- corduroyRidged cotton textile
- double trackTwo parallel railway lines
- compactingPressing material denser
- glideMove with effortless continuity
- packedFilled to capacity
cross-country skiing · track · skis · groomer · clearing · smoothing · snowcat · classic · ski touring · ski poles · path · downhill skiing · grading · snowshoeing · marking · crunch · swish · ski wax
- skiingskiing, ski, ski resort, ski slope, ski slopes
- ski resortski lodge, ski lessons, chairlift, gondola, ski lift
- trailshiking paths, path, footpath, walking path, forest path
- Snowmobile DestinationsAlaska, Yellowstone, Quebec, Lapland, Rocky Mountains
- cross-country skiingski poles, ski bindings, ski boots, poles, skis
- Nordic skiingcross-country skiing, cross-country ski, ski jumping, ski poles, bindings
wilderness accessibility
groomed trailsbackcountry
Sparsely populated wilderness areas
off-trail · wilderness · bushwhacking · extreme terrain · double black diamond