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Which features are commonly found in a freestyle terrain park?

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Catching air — snowboarding Snowboarder Torah Bright of Australia competing at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.

Freestyle terrain parks are dedicated areas within ski resorts designed for performing aerial maneuvers and tricks. These parks are stocked with a variety of artificial and natural features, including:

Jumps: Large snow structures designed with matching takeoff and landing angles to facilitate airborne spins and flips.12
Jib-style obstacles: Surfaces inspired by skateboarding and urban landscapes, such as rails, boxes, benches, ledges, and stair-sets.132
Half-pipes and Superpipes: Large, U-shaped snow structures that allow riders to maintain momentum and launch into the air to perform tricks.41

These features provide the necessary environment for various freestyle disciplines, including slopestyle, where riders navigate a course intermixing jumps and jib obstacles, and rail jams, which focus specifically on jibbing techniques.132