How much Snow has to Fall to be a Powder Day.

[skiing is life]

For me it has to be at least 4 inches

You?

 

[Moe Ghoul]

4"+, even though you can float on 2.

 

[mondeo]

9"+, 6" or less is just a refresh.

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

1 inch or more..for PA
4 inches or more for VT
7+ inches for out west..

 

[JD]

It's not about depth, it's about feel for me. If it feels soft, it's pow. 4-6 inches of dense fresh can certainly be a pow day. That being said, 12" is a pow day even if you can still feel the bottom.

 

[jaywbigred]

http://forums.alpinezone.com/21597-how-much-fresh-snow.html?highlight="boot+deep"

Boot deep for me.

 

[hardline]

when my back leg is sore

 

[snoseek]

It depends on what it's falling on. If the previous couple days brought heavy snow then just a few inches will refresh but on a hard base more snow is needed.

 

[drjeff]

Gotta be over my bottom 2 boot buckles in my book

 

[riverc0il]

My personal definition is six inches. Considering how many powder days I get (better than 1/3 average), it is interesting to think of how many fresh snow non-powder days I ski a year. Such as last Saturday at Jay. Only 4" or so in the trees, but still damn sweet. Not a powder day by my standards even if it is untracked. Oh yea... powder day has to feature at least some untracked by my standards. Doesn't have to be completely untracked but if I get to the mountain and it is all cut up loose snow with no untracked, doesn't count in my measurement.

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

Gotta be over my bottom 2 boot buckles in my book

What about those with rear entrys???

 

[drjeff]

What about those with rear entrys???

It's all tracked out by the time their frozen levi clad a$$'s get to the hill anyway

 

[tequiladoug]

at least 6inches

 

[ccskier]

I say a pow day is minimum 8+. Has to be able to fill in bumps and not bottom out on every turn.

 

[d3vil]

A picture is worth a 1000 words..
I need at least this much snow to be a powder day..

 

[skiing is life]

dude!

where is that and how much powder?

 

[Sparky]

If I can't get out it doesn't matter how much it isn't enough.

 

[hardline]

there is a point where there is just to much. more than 2 feet and you are stuck to the steeps even with reverse camber the low angle stuff is tough.

 

[billski]

It's not about depth, it's about feel for me. If it feels soft, it's pow. 4-6 inches of dense fresh can certainly be a pow day. That being said, 12" is a pow day even if you can still feel the bottom.

agreed. the drier the better.
But JD's accums have to be on a snow/ice base, not rocks and branches!

 

[Geoff]

6"