Piste grooming vehicle for preparing a piste, having - a vehicle support chassis, - a rear equipment carrier which is disposed on the rear side to the vehicle support chassis, - a piste grooming device which is removably disposed on the rear equipment carrier, - at least one setting unit which is supported on one end on the vehicle support chassis and on the other end on the piste grooming device and by means of which at least one position and an inclination (N, QN) of the piste grooming device is variable relative to the vehicle support chassis, and - a control unit which is configured for controlling the setting unit, - characterized in that a detection unit is provided and connected to the control unit, which detection unit is configured for direct and/or indirect detection of multiple detection variables during a travel motion of the piste grooming vehicle along a trajectory, namely at least - a longitudinal inclination of the vehicle support chassis, - a progress of the longitudinal inclination (L') along the trajectory and thus a longitudinal contour of the piste to be groomed, - an actual position and/or an actual inclination of the piste grooming device relative to the vehicle support chassis, and - a longitudinal position of the piste grooming device along the trajectory and thus along the longitudinal contour of the piste to be groomed, - and in that an identification unit is provided and connected to the control unit and the detection unit, which identification unit is configured for identification of a target position adjusted to the longitudinal contour and/or a target inclination of the piste grooming device in response to the detection variables, - wherein the control unit is configured for controlling the setting unit as a function of the identified target position and/or the target inclination. - a vehicle support chassis, - a rear equipment carrier which is disposed on the rear side to the vehicle support chassis, - a piste grooming device which is removably disposed on the rear equipment carrier, - at least one setting unit which is supported on one end on the vehicle support chassis and on the other end on the piste grooming device and by means of which at least one position and an inclination (N, QN) of the piste grooming device is variable relative to the vehicle support chassis, and - a control unit which is configured for controlling the setting unit, - characterized in that a detection unit is provided and connected to the control unit, which detection unit is configured for direct and/or indirect detection of multiple detection variables during a travel motion of the piste grooming vehicle along a trajectory, namely at least - a longitudinal inclination of the vehicle support chassis, - a progress of the longitudinal inclination (L') along the trajectory and thus a longitudinal contour of the piste to be groomed, - an actual position and/or an actual inclination of the piste grooming device relative to the vehicle support chassis, and - a longitudinal position of the piste grooming device along the trajectory and thus along the longitudinal contour of the piste to be groomed, - a longitudinal inclination of the vehicle support chassis, - a progress of the longitudinal inclination (L') along the trajectory and thus a longitudinal contour of the piste to be groomed, - an actual position and/or an actual inclination of the piste grooming device relative to the vehicle support chassis, and - a longitudinal position of the piste grooming device along the trajectory and thus along the longitudinal contour of the piste to be groomed, - and in that an identification unit is provided and connected to the control unit and the detection unit, which identification unit is configured for identification of a target position adjusted to the longitudinal contour and/or a target inclination of the piste grooming device in response to the detection variables, - wherein the control unit is configured for controlling the setting unit as a function of the identified target position and/or the target inclination.