German term
Austria
Lesley Robertson MA, Dip Trans IoLET
Creative and conscientious
Native in: English 
Works in: German to English
beschneit
The sense is perfectly clear (snow-making machines etc.) however the problem here is that this needs to be as succinct as possible - there's no space for elaborate glossing - Loipe has to be extended to "cross country ski trail" anyway so the rest has to be as concise as poss. Maybe someone has a brainwave...
Jul 7, 2009 12:54: Steffen Walter changed "Term asked" from "beschneite" to "beschneit" , "Field" from "Art/Literary" to "Marketing"
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Proposed translations
Germany
Par Excellence Translations
Native in: English (Variant: British)
Works in: German to English, French to English, Italian to English, and 3 more.
with *guaranteed* snow cover
Either there is natural snow or, in the absence of natural snow, artificial snow is provided by the installed snow machines.
It also seems to have precedents:
The ski season lasts longer here with guaranteed snow cover from at least mid December to May. There are over 40 snow cannons making the ski season last ...
http://www.co-operativetravel.co.uk/ski/bulgaria/
26 km ski runs – with guaranteed snow cover on the majority of runs. Nachtrodeln jeden Dienstag und Freitag. Flood lit tobogganing on Tuesday and Friday ...
http://www.ehrwalderalmbahn.at/Image/EAB_Folder_2008.pdf
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Note added at 20 hrs (2009-07-03 07:01:03 GMT)
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or "permanently snow-covered"
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suew
: Given the context that Lesley has supplied, agree that you need to get across the idea that there is always snow, whether natural or artificial. "A floodlit cross-country trail with guaranteed snow cover" might do it.
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Many thanks!
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Spain
BSc, MA, DipTrans
Native in: English
Works in: German to English, Hungarian to English, English, and 1 more.
snow-covered
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Kim Metzger
3 mins
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Helen Shiner
: or just 'snowy'
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Edith Kelly
1 hr
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jccantrell
: How I would say it.
1 hr
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NatM
: I really think that the "artificial" is missing here. "beschneit" suggests that even in case of adverse weather conditions (= no snow), you can still go skiing!
1 hr
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Inga Jakobi
: Like NatM I think the artificial is missing here. It is the main information in this sentence and cannot be omitted
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Germany
Practical business experience, reliable
Native in: English
Works in: German to English, English to German
snow-peaked, snow-covered
with artificial snow
illuminated cross-country trail with artificial snow
Kürzer krieg ich's auch gerade nicht hin...
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mill2
: see Colin's comment
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Katia DG
: I'm not a native speaker, but doesn't that suggest that there is no natural snow at all?
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hazmatgerman (X)
: Making the "groomed and maintained" character of this feature obvious.
1 hr
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Harald Moelzer (medical-translator)
21 hrs
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covered by snow guns
United Kingdom
Value Added Translation
Native in: English
Works in: German to English, Malay to English, Indonesian to English
snow-covered
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Note added at 36 mins (2009-07-02 10:54:04 GMT)
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I also think you can avoid a cumbersome translation by using "loop" for Loipe - it seems to me to well understood.
Germany
Graduate Technical Translator
Native in: German 
Works in: Chinese to German, English to German, French to German, and 1 more.
equipped with snow-making machines
As a special feature, the cross country ski trail is equipped with floodlights and snow-making machines.
I am neither a native speaker, nor a marketing expert, so this is only a hint that may help you or other native speakers to find a nice expression. I think this would be a solution that does not imply that there is only artificial snow, but that there are snow-making machines in case they are needed.
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