Glossary

Short definitions of the words the game and this guide use.

Advice The suggestions from Ranger Rudi at the bottom left. See Career & scenarios.

Almabtrieb The autumn descent of the decorated cows from the alpine pastures; a festival you can watch.

Auto-flatten Automatic levelling of the ground under a building when you place it (F toggles).

Career The default game mode where your resort levels up and unlocks big items. Opposite of Sandbox.

Clearance Free air under a lift cable above trees, roofs and other lifts.

Crew One of the four staff groups: instructors, patrol, groomers and lift operators.

Dock The row of buttons along the bottom of the screen.

Drawer A panel that opens from a dock button.

Fair price The price the game considers reasonable for a ticket at your star rating.

Fast nights An option that makes nights pass faster.

Green Resort A year-report award for a resort that is gentle on forest, wildlife and energy.

Grooming Overnight smoothing of piste snow by groomers.

Incident A guest injury, burial, stranding or animal encounter.

Inspector The panel that opens when you click a building, lift, piste or guest.

Level Career progress from 1 to 6.

Not connected A building that has no path, road or rail link yet.

Overlay A map view (coverage, snowmaking, wildlife…); O cycles them.

Piste A marked ski run. Green, blue, red and black by difficulty.

Profile Your local trophies, cosmetics and medals, separate from saves.

Profile card The small side view of altitude and difficulty shown while you draw a piste or lift.

Ranger Rudi The friendly adviser at the bottom left.

Sandbox Everything unlocked from day one.

Skip to… Fast-forward to the next month, season or event (K).

Snowline The altitude above which snow lies at a given time of year.

Snowmaking Cannons fed from a reservoir that make artificial snow in the cold.

Spring skiing Skiing on high pistes in spring while the valley is already green.

Story guest A guest with a name and one wish.

Tile One square of the map (about 10 m).