How does FATMAP determine grade or difficulty of skiing routes and pistes?

The difficulty provides an indication of the technical difficulty of the route or piste. It does not indicate the skill level of any approach. We provide a general indication of the difficulty in good conditions but you should appreciate that event a moderate route can become quite serious in bad conditions. We have used the same grading scale used in the well-known VAMOS guides for familiarity.

EASY (wide gentle slopes).

MODERATE (slopes a little steeper of up to 25 degrees).

DIFFICULT (serious gradient of 30/35 degrees where a real risk of slipping exists).

V. DIFFICULT (steep skiing – 40/45 degrees requiring extremely good technique – the risk of falling has serious consequence).

EXTREME (extreme skiing terrain above 45 degrees – reserved for experts and professionals).