HOW MUCH SNOW = "POWDER"?

[jono]

how much new snow qualifies as powder?

Almost none of it west of you, but to your east pretty much everything that falls below 26 degrees seems pretty powdery this year.

Also, what irratator said. Yesterday we had wind-refilled leftovers that were plenty powdery and bottomless. Today there was new, and it was unskiable.

[Groomer Gambler]

Powder is relative to where you are?

Currently, I'd be happy with 1-2" of powder in central/western NY...

[TBS]

Sort of a trick questuon. Snowfall is measured in inches or cms. But Powder is measured by body parts- it's starts around boot deep and upward to knee deep, thigh high, ballz deep, waist deep, nipple high, and so on. Less than boot deep is dust.

The TBS hierarchy of pow conditions is as follows:
Epic - snow is blowing up above your knees as you ski
Orgasmic - blows up around your waist making your wee-wee tingle
Titties - self explanatory
Pornographic - face shots

[Powder Ho]

Google big day at Wolf Creek video, greatest powder day ever.
IMHO

[Timberridge]

Here on the EC, its powder when the local jackasses show up on their Billy Goat's and chatter down the hill yelling 'whoop, whoop'

[schindlerpiste]

Monster Dump = POW

12" = Monster Dump.

If we get a foot of snow, then I am usually skiing pow.

[MagnificentUnicorn]

Shouldn't the question be 'how much new, light snow makes a powder day?' You can have an inch or two of powder and it's not a 'powder day' and you can get a couple feet of new snow and it's not a 'powder day'. That doesn't mean either of those days can't be as fun as a 'powder day'. Sometimes 4-6" of dry windblown can be better than 12" of 'powder' over a hard base. I agree this topic might have more relevance the 'gaper quotes' thread.