Ski slang.

[Après Skier]

Here are a few that were new to me:
CORAL REEF: The frozen/rethawed/refrozen show that is terrible to ski on and resembles a coral reef.
DUST ON CRUST: IMHO this is the most disappointing snow condition; it resembles beautiful snow but skis like boilerplate.
FROZEN CHICKEN HEADS: Small frozen clumps of snow that accumulate on refrozen wind-swept areas

 

[santacruz skier]

Here are a few that were new to me:
CORAL REEF: The frozen/rethawed/refrozen show that is terrible to ski on and resembles a coral reef.
DUST ON CRUST: IMHO this is the most disappointing snow condition; it resembles beautiful snow but skis like boilerplate.
FROZEN CHICKEN HEADS: Small frozen clumps of snow that accumulate on refrozen wind-swept areas

Dust on crust has been around for decades. Obviously I'm much older than you !!!!!! Coral Reef is a new one to me.

 

[marzNC]

That reminds me . . . went out early one morning at Alta during late season. It was very warm the day before (50s at base) and the groomers had done their job before the temps cooled down overnight. Still quite frozen at 9:30am. What Naomi Wain called the snow that morning was "washboard." She was over 90 then.

We were the only two who bothered to go out from Alta Lodge when the lifts started running that morning. The payoff was getting first tracks on Rock'N'Roll, which had been closed the day before after a snowstorm. That meant 4-5 inches of fresh untracked powder on top of a groomed surface with nobody else in sight. Pure heaven!