ski-through
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: hobbies
lifestyle
skiing
sports
Etymology: Deverbal from ski through, modelled after drive-through.
Inflected forms:
form: ski-thru
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: ski-throughs
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: ski-thru
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Of a ski lodge or other hotel establishment: providing skiers with the service of transporting their equipment, luggage, and vehicles to other establishments so they can ski directly to those establishments.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: [page 14] [T]wo resort owners in the Ely area were asked if they would be willing to join forces and attempt to get a trail constructed to connect the two businesses and jointly market a ski-thru program. […] [page 15] The end product of this activity was the construction of trail segments linking the existing cross-country ski trails with each other and with the two resorts. In addition to marketing cross-country skiing individually, the two resorts put together a ski-thru package and marketed it in cooperation with Amtrak.
Three lodges—Borderland, Gunflint Lodge, and Bearskin Lodge—have initiated a ski-thru program. Skiers can tour between lodges. Your gear is transported ahead to be there on arrival.
There are four lodges on the Gunflint trail (County Road 12) that are owned by the originators of the first midwest ski-through program. Skiers start at one lodge, ski its trails, and then move out to the main artery trail and ski-through to the next lodge. Their luggage and car will be moved on ahead to the next participating lodge. This gives guests the opportunity to ski many more trails of the Gunflint community […]
The lodge-to-lodge ski-thru program is a co-operative effort of several of the Gunflint Lodges where skiers can stay at different lodges each night and ski different trail systems.
A ski-through system by Entrelogic will be installed at four resorts this season.
gloss: Of a restaurant, shop, or other establishment or facility: providing service to skiers while they are still wearing their skis.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: Families can ski together in a friendly atmosphere on specially marked areas, and you and your children can spend time at our fun-filled Children's Adventure Mountain™ with special ski-through attractions.
Resort-level snow and ski-through, car-free village give an Alpine atmosphere.
Recommended hotels include the Tandådalens and the Högfjället. Onkel Jean restaurant is praised for its 'delicious elk steaks'. McSki is the world's first and only ski-thru McDonalds.^([sic])
All points of entry at the lifts are ski-through and non-contact.
When fast food chains open outlets in other countries, the architecture must frequently be modified to meet local conditions. The most unusual modification to date is Sweden's McSki, which provides ski-thru service so that skiers "can ski up to the counter and order their favorite McDonald's sandwich without missing a beat on the slopes."
gloss: A restaurant, shop, or other establishment providing service to skiers while they are still wearing their skis.
pos: noun
examples: McDonald's / Worldwide locations include Beijing in China, Pushkin Square and Gorky Street in Moscow, and a ski-thru in Sweden. There is also a McDonald's on a ferry which sails between Stockholm and Helsinki.
By the late 1990s McDonald’s claimed to be opening a new store somewhere every three hours. In Sweden, that meant a ski-thru.
McDonald's and Burger King outlets are everywhere in the developed world. […] There is a ski-through on a slope in Sweden and by now Beijing and Moscow have their own outlets as well.
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