ski-through

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Of a ski lodge or other hotel establishment

   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.

   • 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.
2. 2

   Of a restaurant, shop, or other establishment or facility

   Of a restaurant, shop, or other establishment or facility: providing service to skiers while they are still wearing their skis.

   • 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])
3. 3

   A restaurant, shop, or other establishment providing service to skiers while they are…

   A restaurant, shop, or other establishment providing service to skiers while they are still wearing their skis.

   • 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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