"Après-ski is a loaded term, one that when pronounced incorrectly sends shivers down the spines of serious skiers and those whose post-piste form has shifted from Aperol-soaked terraces and tabletop boot stomping to a hammam or hot-choc-and-Titanic style of evening. But they were complicit. They once joined the sweaty après crowds with semi-peeled salopettes, smudged mascara and wild abandon."
"The Scandinavians have their sauna-and-fika take on the ritual, the Americans have strict rules around drinking on the slopes that hinder most high-altitude revelry, and the chic Italians tend to shower first and party later, in a wine bar, at best. So it remains a British import - one the Austrians and French would rather distance their post-piste vin chaud or beer culture from - but one that takes its cue from each resort's own identity and unspoken codes."
Après-ski originated in the 1950s as a French term meaning "after ski" socialising and developed into a broad tradition combining socialising and post-piste celebration. Participants once joined crowded terraces in semi-peeled salopettes, smudged mascara and uninhibited behaviour. Regional variations include Scandinavian sauna-and-fika rituals, American restrictions on slope drinking that limit high-altitude revelry, and Italian habits of showering before evening wine-bar gatherings. British-style après-ski has been imported into some Alpine resorts, despite Austrians and French distinguishing it from their vin chaud or beer customs. Après-ski now manifests according to each resort's identity, from lively cabarets to intimate vin chaud venues.
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