Tracked piste grooming vehicle for maintenance and shaping of snowy terrain, including a crawler chassis which includes, on each side of the chassis, a respective drive wheel, at least four running wheels and a tension wheel, all enclosed by a crawler chain, wherein each running wheel is mounted on a chassis frame in a pretensioned manner by a suspension. Each side of the chassis includes five respective running wheels, with the suspensions thereof having a different pretensioning distribution considered over a vehicle length.

The invention relates to a piste grooming vehicle having at least one piste grooming device for preparing a piste and to a method for operating such a piste grooming vehicle.

Use in grooming ski pistes or snowboard pistes.

The invention relates to a piste grooming vehicle having at least one piste grooming device for preparing a piste and to a method for operating such a piste grooming vehicle.

Use in grooming ski pistes or snowboard pistes.

A snow tiller for grooming the snow cover of ski slopes comprises: a frame, which comprises at least one front attachment configured to connect the snow tiller to a hitch device of the tracked vehicle; at least one tiller module having a shaft, which is rotatable about an axis of rotation and is provided with a plurality of tools configured to penetrate the snow cover, a hood, which is arranged about the shaft, and is supported by the frame, and an adjusting device, which is configured to adjust the position of the shaft with respect to the hood; and a finisher, having a flexible mat, which is configured to compact the snow cover and to define a support zone of the snow tiller on the snow cover.

A snow tiller for grooming the snow cover of ski slopes comprises: a frame, which comprises at least one front attachment configured to connect the snow tiller to a hitch device of the tracked vehicle; at least one tiller module having a shaft, which is rotatable about an axis of rotation and is provided with a plurality of tools configured to penetrate the snow cover, a hood, which is arranged about the shaft, and is supported by the frame, and an adjusting device, which is configured to adjust the position of the shaft with respect to the hood; and a finisher, having a flexible mat, which is configured to compact the snow cover and to define a support zone of the snow tiller on the snow cover.

The disclosure relates to a snow vehicle having at least one lighting element for orientation in the surroundings of the vehicle and for optical detection of obstacles and topographical conditions of the surroundings, wherein the lighting element is a laser having at least one laser beam, which projects a pattern having a structure on the ground of the surroundings, said pattern being distorted in a visually recognizable manner on the obstacle to be detected or on the topographical conditions.

Apparatus for hardening the surface of a snow and ice covered trail which includes apparatus for travel over the snow and/or ice covered terrain that includes means to remove entrained air from snow and/or ice particles proximate to the apparatus; means for redistribution of the dispersed snow and ice laterally and axially with respect to the apparatus incident to movement of the apparatus after dispersing has occurred; and means for compacting snow and ice redistributed in the means for redistributing to increase the hardness of the snow and ice that has been redistributed.

An ice re-conditioning assembly includes a vehicle that is driven on ice in an ice skating rink. A drive unit is coupled to the vehicle for driving the vehicle around the ice skating rink in a pre-determined route. A plurality of resurfacing units is each movably coupled to the vehicle. Each of the resurfacing units is urged into a deployed position to engage the ice for reconditioning the ice for skating. Each of the resurfacing units is urged into a stored position has each of the resurfacing units being contained within the vehicle and being spaced from the ice. A plurality of displays is provided and each of the displays is coupled to the vehicle. Each of the displays displays indicia comprising words and images for advertising purposes.

A system for detecting the passage of users in a ski resort, the ski resort comprising a plurality of ski runs and a plurality of ski lifts; the system for detecting the passage of users comprising: an image sensor and a processing unit, which are connected in communication with each other; wherein the image sensor is configured to capture images, such as a video, of a portion of the ski run, and send them to the processing unit; the processing unit being configured to analyse said images, such as the video, and detect moving objects, such as moving in a given direction, and count said detected moving objects; such as the image sensor is a video camera.

A snow groomer vehicle including a frame, two tracks, and a drive unit connected to the two tracks to move the snow groomer vehicle. The snow groomer vehicles includes at least one working device selected from the group of working devices including: a winch, a tiller assembly, and a shovel, in particular the working device being connected to the frame by a connecting device. The snow groomer vehicle includes at least one control device configured to control at least one parameter of the snow groomer vehicle, preferably relating to the tracks or to the at least one working device, the control device being configured to control in a first operating mode the at least one parameter based on the operator's control instructions received via the user interface, on the data received via the radio communication unit, and on the position detected via the position detector.