2pints-mate 0 Posted September 27, 2002 Share Posted September 27, 2002 When does snow fall as 'powder snow' rather than 'not powder snow'? Sorry for being so ignorant on these matters. cheers mateys Link to post Share on other sites
rajeem 0 Posted September 30, 2002 Share Posted September 30, 2002 Anyone? I'm interested to hear more on this too, not an expert, no snow where I come from! Link to post Share on other sites
Higuma 0 Posted September 30, 2002 Share Posted September 30, 2002 Powder... at least where I come from.. refers to snow that is created in conditions of low humidity so that the snow is large flakes and very fluffy, dry and hard to compact or stick together- hence "POWDER"... Also this kinda snow tends to build up in large volumes and get quite deep and fluffy - just like all the awesome Powder shots you see in the magazines... Elephant Snot... is the exact same snow but made in high humidity conditions which makes it very wet and very compactable... kinda like slushy powder??? Hope that helps.... Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted September 30, 2002 Share Posted September 30, 2002 There's an article somewhere by the Chairman of the Board that explains about snow. Here we go; http://www.skijapanguide.com/2002/features/chairman-17.html Temperatures of -9 degree seems to be the answer. Link to post Share on other sites
Ski Japan Guide 0 Posted September 30, 2002 Share Posted September 30, 2002 Just beat me to that one Ocean, thanks. Link to post Share on other sites
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