skiing off-piste
元F1のシューマッハー氏が危篤状態で治療を受けているという大きなニュースが世界を駆け巡りました。事故の原因ははっきりとはわかっていませんが、ski off-piste中に転倒し、頭部を強打したと伝えられています。
ski off-pisteのpisteはフランス語のracetrackを意味する言葉が英語に入ったもので、「雪を固めたスキーの滑走コース」という意味。ここではoff-pisteで副詞的に用いられています。（UG）
Michael Schumacher in critical condition after skiing accident
Michael Schumacher, the most successful driver in Formula 1 history, is in critical condition after suffering severe head trauma in a skiing accident in the French Alps on Sunday, hospital officials said.
The 44-year-old German, who retired from the elite motorsport for the second time in 2012, fell and hit his head on a rock, said the director of the Meribel resort where Schumacher was skiing.
Schumacher was in a coma when he arrived at the University Hospital Center of Grenoble and required immediate brain surgery, hospital officials said in a written statement.
But doctors haven't released details about his injuries or his prognosis.
Resort director Christophe Gernignon-Lecomte said the incident happened while Schumacher was skiing off-piste (on unmarked slopes) Sunday morning in the mountains of Meribel resort between Georges Bauduis Piste and La Biche Piste.
PS あのピストバイクもこのpisteなのでしょうか？
