Latest posts on skiing, snowboarding, and snow science
Powder fever meets poo-phoria: “I love big dumps”
“I love big dumps” is a slang saying among skiers and snowboarders who think a massive snowfall is as pleasurable as taking a big poop.
The 9 best ski apps for iPhone and Android
Ski apps are great for tracking your alpine performance. Here’s a quick rundown of the best apps for skiing and snowboarding.
Graupel, a “supercooled” type of precipitation
Is it sleet? Hail? No, it’s graupel, a relatively obscure form of precipitation that resembles balls of Styrofoam.
G is for Glacier
A glacier is a large, perennial mass of ice and snow that moves slowly downhill under the influence of gravity
D is for Deicing
Deicing is the process by which ice and snow are removed from an aircraft’s surface so that the frozen contaminants don’t mess with the plane’s aerodynamics.
Wolfpack: your posse on a powder day
A wolfpack is a group of friends, usually guys, who ski or ride together, similar to a posse.
