Need some definitions that I don't understand :) - Snowboarding Forum

Dim Mak 1470 · 02-22-2012, 01:40 AM

Hey guys,

Didn't see anything anywhere but since I started snowboarding last season, I read descriptions of terrain and type of snow that I don't understand what they mean exactly. For example: "Steeps", "chutes", "corn", etc. Anyone nice enough to make a run down of what all these mean?

ETM · 02-22-2012, 01:48 AM

Snowboard Terms

jely1990 · 02-22-2012, 01:51 AM

Steep - steep slope
Chute - It's a narrow steep slope with boundaries on either side.
Like this:

Corn - Coarse, granular wet snow
Like this:

Dim Mak 1470 · 02-22-2012, 01:54 AM

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Originally Posted by ETM

Snowboard Terms

Mmm, not the terms I'm looking for. I just want to know the different type of terrain and snow.

Ohhh! That helps a lot, jelly. Are there any more? Those 3 were all that came to mind, I might have heard more. I know "pow", of course. I drool over that stuff.
Groomed=

Toecutter · 02-22-2012, 09:13 AM

Sastrugi: A long wavelike ridge of snow, formed by the wind.

Toecutter · 02-22-2012, 09:15 AM

Coral snow:

ShredLife · 02-22-2012, 09:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Toecutter

Coral snow:

more commonly known as rime.

wrathfuldeity · 02-22-2012, 09:46 AM

snow terms...chowder, chunder, mashed, sugar, creamy, cream cheese, ball bearings, scoured, blower, ice, dust on crust, fluff, wet and heavy, slush, glazed, concrete, firmed, packed, groomed, pow=8+, deep=18+, epic=24+, bottomless, with bottom, boot, knee, thigh, waist and chest=titty, snorkel

terrain...trees, bowls, gullies, drops, windlips, ridge, cat, moguls, traps, rollers, walls, cliffs, tree wells, pillows, widow maker,

visibility...fog, pea, overcast, flat, bluebird, puking, vertigo, blind, blower

Eh, ur a smart guy and can figure out the definitions and I'd imagine every region or even hill has a slightly different definition/description of each...these are commonly used at Baker.

Dim Mak 1470 · 02-22-2012, 12:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Toecutter

Coral snow:

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Originally Posted by ShredLife

more commonly known as rime.

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Originally Posted by Snowolf

And just like real Coral, hurts like a mofo to fall on.......

Woah, I don't want to ride that stuff at all! That would kind of complete the feeling of surfing on snow, though

Really, really useful info here thanks!

Dim Mak 1470 · 02-22-2012, 12:05 PM

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Originally Posted by wrathfuldeity

snow terms...chowder, chunder, mashed, sugar, creamy, cream cheese, ball bearings, scoured, blower, ice, dust on crust, fluff, wet and heavy, slush, glazed, concrete, firmed, packed, groomed, pow=8+, deep=18+, epic=24+, bottomless, with bottom, boot, knee, thigh, waist and chest=titty, snorkel

terrain...trees, bowls, gullies, drops, windlips, ridge, cat, moguls, traps, rollers, walls, cliffs, tree wells, pillows, widow maker,

visibility...fog, pea, overcast, flat, bluebird, puking, vertigo, blind, blower

Eh, ur a smart guy and can figure out the definitions and I'd imagine every region or even hill has a slightly different definition/description of each...these are commonly used at Baker.

When it snowed the other day, my local resort mentioned ' bluebird' and I wasn't sure what that meant.

02-22-2012, 01:40 AM	#1 (permalink)
Dim Mak 1470 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: CA Posts: 176	Need some definitions that I don't understand :) Hey guys, Didn't see anything anywhere but since I started snowboarding last season, I read descriptions of terrain and type of snow that I don't understand what they mean exactly. For example: "Steeps", "chutes", "corn", etc. Anyone nice enough to make a run down of what all these mean?

02-22-2012, 09:46 AM	#8 (permalink)
wrathfuldeity Resident poet Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Bham Posts: 2,705	snow terms...chowder, chunder, mashed, sugar, creamy, cream cheese, ball bearings, scoured, blower, ice, dust on crust, fluff, wet and heavy, slush, glazed, concrete, firmed, packed, groomed, pow=8+, deep=18+, epic=24+, bottomless, with bottom, boot, knee, thigh, waist and chest=titty, snorkel terrain...trees, bowls, gullies, drops, windlips, ridge, cat, moguls, traps, rollers, walls, cliffs, tree wells, pillows, widow maker, visibility...fog, pea, overcast, flat, bluebird, puking, vertigo, blind, blower Eh, ur a smart guy and can figure out the definitions and I'd imagine every region or even hill has a slightly different definition/description of each...these are commonly used at Baker. __________________

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02-22-2012, 01:48 AM	#2 (permalink)
ETM Veteran Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Hokkaido in my mind Posts: 1,362	Snowboard Terms

02-22-2012, 01:51 AM	#3 (permalink)
jely1990 Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: California Posts: 20	Steep - steep slope Chute - It's a narrow steep slope with boundaries on either side. Like this: Corn - Coarse, granular wet snow Like this: