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The path of least resistance down and given slope.
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The straightest and steepest line down any slope.
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The most direct route down the hill, often involuntarily taken by falling skiers.
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(Jargon Rating= 3) The quickest route down the slope. Just follow gravity.
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The steepest shortest and fastest line down any slope, the line of least resistance, which would be taken by, say, an un-steered sled down the slope.
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The path the ball would take if left to gravity.
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Ski. An imaginary line running straight downhill in the path in front of you. In skiing you usually cut back and forth across the fall line to control speed.
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The most direct route down a ski slope.
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The quickest path to the bottom of a run.
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The line of gravity or the most direct route down a slope.
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The most direct path down the mountain from any given point. It can be helpful to visualize the fall line as the path a ball would take if released from said point, or better, the path water would flow down. Experienced skiers and snowboarders tend to innately develop a feel for the fall line; however, even highly experienced climbers may not share this valuable ability
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The path of least resistance down any given slope, the direction that gravity would pull you.
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The line of fastest descent to the base of a wave (or mountain slope)
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The path a ball would follow if rolled down a hill. In other words, the path of at least resistance down any given slope.
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An imaginary line that combines the steepest pitch and most direct line, from top to bottom, of any slope.
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The straightest way down a hill. If you let a ball roll down a hill it would go down the fall line.
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A line parallel to that of gravity
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The path directly down the hill.
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The fastest route down a ski slope, but not necessarily the straightest.
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a term used to describe the path of least resistance on a slope
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