200 words for snow

[Bravosarah]

It is widely believed that the Inuit have over 200 words for snow. This is probably wildly exaggerated, but it got me thinking about how many words for snow we can come up with in English...

1. SNOW
2. Slush
3. Corn
4. Powder
5. Sleet
6. Frost
7. Hail
8.

 

[Little Lightning]

https://www.mendosa.com/snow.html

 

[num]

depptla: a small snowball, preserved in Lucite, that had been handled by Johnny Depp

Haha

 

[ski diva]

White Gold -- to the ski areas.

 

[SnowHot]

1. SNOW
2. Slush
3. Corn
4. Powder
5. Sleet
6. Frost
7. Hail
8. Sugar
9. Champagne

I bet we have some divas who would like to see what that snow is like

depptla: a small snowball, preserved in Lucite, that had been handled by Johnny Depp

 

[astridhj]

Since English isn't my main language i could give you some norwegian words:
1.snø
2.sne
3.sny
4.pudder
5.sludd
6.slaps
7.fjon

I can give you more if you want...

 

[MaineSkiLady]

Since English isn't my main language i could give you some norwegian words:
1.snø
2.sne
3.sny
4.pudder
5.sludd
6.slaps
7.fjon

I can give you more if you want...

Please, yes, these are wonderful !

I thought of a few myself, but they pertain to the snow once it has fallen to the ground. I'm sure many East coast divas will know these terms:

corduroy
frozen corduroy
crud
frozen crud
tracked
boilerplate
blue ice
dust over crust

and, my personal favorite (NOT!)
death cookies

 

[Bravosarah]

Count so far....

English:

1. SNOW
2. Slush
3. Corn
4. Powder
5. Sleet
6. Frost
7. Hail
8. Sugar
9. Champagne
10. corduroy
11. frozen corduroy
12. crud
13. frozen crud
14. tracked
15. boilerplate (I’ve never heard this one! What kind of snow is boilerplate?)
16. blue ice
17. dust over crust
18. Death Cookies

Norwegian:

1.snø
2.sne
3.sny
4.pudder
5.sludd
6.slaps
7.fjon

 

[num]

English:

1. SNOW
2. Slush
3. Corn
4. Powder
5. Sleet
6. Frost
7. Hail
8. Sugar
9. Champagne
10. corduroy
11. frozen corduroy
12. crud
13. frozen crud
14. tracked
15. boilerplate (I’ve never heard this one! What kind of snow is boilerplate?)
16. blue ice
17. dust over crust
18. Death Cookies
19. packed powder
20. frozen granular
21. loose granular
22. machine made/artificial

 

[SkiNurse]

1. SNOW
2. Slush
3. Corn
4. Powder
5. Sleet
6. Frost
7. Hail
8. Sugar
9. Champagne
10. corduroy
11. frozen corduroy
12. crud
13. frozen crud
14. tracked
15. boilerplate (I’ve never heard this one! What kind of snow is boilerplate?)
16. blue ice
17. dust over crust
18. Death Cookies
19. packed powder
20. frozen granular
21. loose granular
22. machine made/artificial
23. Sierra cement

 

[MaineSkiLady]

15. boilerplate (I’ve never heard this one! What kind of snow is boilerplate?)

Boilerplate is one step above blue ice in its ability to be edged. It is white, totally solid snow. It is frequently found at places where snow is largely machine made, allowed to settle out, then tilled. Once the tilled snow (corduroy, granular, sugar, etc.) has been skied off, what remains is boilerplate. After a very serious bout of thaw-refreeze, the boilerplate can cover an entire mountain. These are seriously depressing ski conditions. The usual boilerplate is maneuverable by finding the loose piles around it to make an actual turn. It is challenging, to say the least, but it is a fact of eastern-skiing life. Boilerplate, although easier to ski than blue ice, is harder to see.

 

[Bravosarah]

Ohhhhh... Thanks, I've actually experienced boilerplate. Who knew?

 

[MaineSkiLady]

Ohhhhh... Thanks, I've actually experienced boilerplate. Who knew?

How about death cookies? Had any experiences with those conditions? It's neck and neck for me with blue ice for NOT fun....

 

[ski diva]

Oooo man, that's a tough choice -- boilerplate and death cookies! (Boy, the western Divas must not have a clue about what we're talking about!)

I think I'd take boilerplate over death cookies any day. At least after I've skied boilerplate I have all my fillings in place!

 

[Bravosarah]

Death cookies? Oh yeah! Blue Mountain can be littered with them during night skiing, especially if it was somewhat warm in the day and got cold fast after the sun went down. Eek!

 

[MaineSkiLady]

Oooo man, that's a tough choice -- boilerplate and death cookies! (Boy, the western Divas must not have a clue about what we're talking about!)

I think I'd take boilerplate over death cookies any day. At least after I've skied boilerplate I have all my fillings in place!

Not to mention some cartilage remaining in your knees, and intact meniscus!
I have GOT to get off the computer---long day at Sugarloaf, and the surprisingly delightful sight of Seth Wescott hiking up the access road with his snowboard! (no car, just hiking, he's a laid-back guy!)

 

[sibhusky]

This is German, but friends use it all the time: graupel. It's snow that looks like stryofoam bits more than snow. Until I was told what it was, I used to call it styrofoam snow, in fact.

Wikipedia's definition: forms when supercooled droplets of water condense on a snowflake, forming a 2–5 mm ball of rime ice; the snowflake acts as a nucleus of condensation in this process.

 

[MaineSkiLady]

Graupel="mini death cookie??"

 

[Lori_K]

Graupel="mini death cookie??"

Not at all! Graupel is great to ski on, but it happens so rarely. Kinda similar to corn snow conditions.

Let's not forget mashed potato snow for the list!

 

[Robyn]

Not at all! Graupel is great to ski on, but it happens so rarely. Kinda similar to corn snow conditions.

Let's not forget mashed potato snow for the list!

I've called that frosting snow, but same idea.