RJ Sangosti, The Denver Post
How many words do we have for snow in Colorado?
This came up the other night at dinner when someone brought up about how some Eskimo dialects have more than 50 words to describe snow.
Just 50? For all of our champagne powder, corn, gnar and groomers, it seems like Colorado skiers might have at least that many words for snow or for referring to snowy conditions.
, with modern basics like mashed potatoes and courduroy. There’s also the if you want to get technical about it. But spend a few minutes in the Loveland Rathskellar or attend a ski movie premiere, and you’ll find are far more words used in Colorado lexicon to talk about snow.
While the weather outside for corn mazes and bike rides, if you’re into that, winter is in fact coming. Climatologists say that .
So let’s wax poetic skis and see how many terms we have for snow, describing snow conditions, how to interact with snow, how it snows, etc. From technical (graupel) to goofball (gnar), we’ll take it, as long as it’s clean.
What’s the strangest word you have ever heard to describe Colorado snow? Add to our glossary via the comments below, along with a breif definition.
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