The rating system featured in the videos on the Instagram page https://www.instagram.com/francois.longin and the website https://www.pistesalpedhuez.com/ in the “Trails” section, offers a more detailed assessment of each trail to take into account criteria other than slope angle. This allows for dynamic, precise, and visual selection, so that everyone can find the course that best suits their level, interests, and enjoyment.
It now includes variables such as:
- The difficulty lies in the color—so you may find some red courses that are easier than others, some that are closer to a difficult blue course, and some red courses that are closer to a black course.
- The fun of it—because it’s nice to know that one trail might be more enjoyable than another, perhaps because it goes through a forest, for example, or is wider so people don’t get in each other’s way…
- Crowds—because it’s always harder and riskier to ski on a very crowded trail, especially since it leads to a specific spot or the heart of the resort…
These three variables are bound to change over the course of the season depending on factors such as snow conditions or the holiday season, when visitor numbers are much higher. So you need to start with these variables and adjust them yourself. Perhaps this is an area for improvement in this rating.
