Abominable Snow Monster
Once the player has completed his or her run, the game does not abruptly end. Rather, the player continues skiing until he encounters an "abominable snow monster" who chases and attempts to eat the skier. From that point on, the player can ski until the monster catches and eats them.
The monster appears after the 2000m mark and pursues the player downhill at high speed. Further down the hill (20–30 m) another monster also gives chase, but uphill. An angled route while playing in "fast" mode avoids both of them, but afterwards the distance starts counting down from −2000 m. The world loops around on itself, and everything outside the boundary of the piste triggers the monster. However, if the player returns within the invisible border, the monster stops.
Other snow monsters appear when the player travels 125m upwards from the beginning or 500m to the left or right. It is possible (but difficult) to be chased all the way through the course from −125 to 1985m, thus generating a chase by two or three monsters past the end of the course.
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