ski-thru

English

Etymology

A variant of ski-through; from ski +‎ thru, modelled after drive-thru.

Adjective

ski-thru (not comparable)

1. (skiing, informal) Alternative spelling of ski-through
   • 1971, Staff Paper, St. Paul, Minn.: Institute of Agriculture, Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of Minnesota, →ISSN, →OCLC, pages 14 and 15:

     [page 14] [T]wo resort owners in the Ely area were asked if they would be willing to join forces and attempt to get a trail constructed to connect the two businesses and jointly market a ski-thru program. […] [page 15] The end product of this activity was the construction of trail segments linking the existing cross-country ski trails with each other and with the two resorts. In addition to marketing cross-country skiing individually, the two resorts put together a ski-thru package and marketed it in cooperation with Amtrak.

   • 1982 November, Mitch Mode, “Update: Cross Country Midwest”, in Dick Needham, editor, Ski, volume 47, number 3, New York, N.Y.: Times Mirror Magazines, →ISSN, →OCLC, page CC17, columns 1–2:

     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.

   • 1989, The Boundary Waters Journal: The Magazine of America’s Favorite Wilderness Area, Ely, Minn.: Boundary Waters Publishing, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 4, column 2:

     The lodge-to-lodge ski-thru program is a co-operative effort of several of the Gunflint Lodges where skiers can stay at different lodges each night and ski different trail systems.

   • 1999, Peter Hardy, Felice Eyston, editors, The Good Skiing and Snowboarding Guide 2000: The Essential Guide to What’s What and Where’s Where in 600 Ski Resorts across Five Continents, Woodstock, N.Y.: The Overlook Press, →ISBN, page 506:

     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]

   • 2006, Andrew F. Smith, “Drive-thrus”, in Encyclopedia of Junk Food and Fast Food, Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, Greenwood Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 83:

     When fast food chains open outlets in other countries, the architecture must frequently be modified to meet local conditions. The most unusual modification to date is Sweden's McSki, which provides ski-thru service so that skiers "can ski up to the counter and order their favorite McDonald's sandwich without missing a beat on the slopes."

Noun

ski-thru (plural ski-thrus)

1. (skiing, informal) Alternative spelling of ski-through
   • 2004, Angela Pumphrey, Superbrands: An Insight into Britain’s Strongest Brands 2004, London: Superbrands, →ISBN, page 129:

     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.

   • 2015 May, Jeff MacGregor, “Taking Stock of 75 Years of McDonald’s: Has the Original Fast-food Restaurant Finally Reached the End of Its Success?”, in Smithsonian‎^[1], archived from the original on 3 August 2017:

     By the late 1990s McDonald’s claimed to be opening a new store somewhere every three hours. In Sweden, that meant a ski-thru.

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