Night skiing is the sport of
skiing or
snowboarding after sundown, offered at many
ski resorts and mountains. There are usually
floodlight
A floodlight is a broad-beamed, high-intensity artificial light. They are often used to illuminate outdoor playing fields while an outdoor sports event is being held during low-light conditions. More focused kinds are often used as a stage ...
s – including
LED lamp
An LED lamp or LED light bulb is an electric light that produces light using light-emitting diodes (LEDs). LED lamps are significantly more energy-efficient than equivalent incandescent lamps
and can be significantly more efficient than mo ...
s – along the
piste which allow for better visibility. It typically begins after a resort's skiing-day ends (
sunset
Sunset, also known as sundown, is the daily disappearance of the Sun below the horizon due to Earth's rotation. As viewed from everywhere on Earth (except the North and South poles), the equinox Sun sets due west at the moment of both the spring ...
), and ends between 8:00 PM and 10:30 PM.
Night skiing offers a few last runs for busy skiers who don't have time to ski during
daylight hours. Trails at night are normally not as busy as during the day, but there are usually fewer
runs available. The trails also tend to be icier than during the day, due to
melting and refreezing.
While the invention of night skiing is often credited to Webb Moffet in 1945 who used to own
Snoqualmie Summit Ski Area near
Seattle, Washington, night skiing actually originated with Clare Bousquet at
Bousquet Ski Area
Bousquet Mountain is a local ski area serving skiing and snowboarding located on a northern summit of Yokun Ridge in Pittsfield, Massachusetts within the Taconic Mountain Range. It is now owned by Mill Town Capital and has a consulting contract ...
in
Pittsfield, Massachusetts in 1936 thanks to a local partnership with
General Electric.
"Bousquet"
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