The Snow Prophet's definitions

Depth Hoar

Depth Hoar is a type of snow crystal also known as TG snow. Depth Hoar forms a layer in the snowpack that acts like ball bearings on the floor of a old folks home. Chances are, some poor bastard is gonna get taken down. Depth Hoar is the weak layer and fails under both natural and manmade triggers such as skiers, snowboarders, snowmobilers and explosives.

Ski Patrollers have been overheard referring to TG snow as depth whore; nasty, sloppy, unreliable long-term and above all, costly.

The Depth Hoar that formed early this ski season is gonna come back and bite us in the ass if we don't blast the shit outta it.

This season's Depth Hoar created some of the worst avalanche conditions we've seen in a long time.

by The Snow Prophet May 13, 2010

Jackson Hole Air Force

The Jackson Hole Air Force is the name for a group of men who were ducking the rope and skiing outside the ski resort boundry at the Jackson Hole Mountain Resort in the years prior to such activities becoming legal.

The movie, "Swift. Silent. Deep" follows the groups founding members with in-depth interviews and epic skiing footage.

The Jackson Hole Air Force is finally making a little money from their criminal skiing activity. God bless those bastards!

by The Snow Prophet May 11, 2010

gear quiver

A gear quiver is a collection or stockpile of equipment relating to any activity, particularly focused on outdoor pursuits.

That idiot's gear quiver is worth more than a small country.

by The Snow Prophet May 18, 2010

edge hold

Edge hold is used to describe a ski or snowboard performance characteristic. The term is used when describing the ability of a ski or snowboard to hold the arc of a turn on firm snow.

The ski shop tech said that these Fischer skis have incredible edge hold.

by The Snow Prophet May 12, 2010

Ragin at the Basin

Ragin at the Basin refers to skiing or snowboarding at Colorado's A-Basin ski area.

Let's go ragin at the Basin and ski the East Wall.

by The Snow Prophet May 17, 2010

hairbag'r

Noun: Refers to a individual belonging to a group of skiers that existed beginning in the late 1970's until the early 1990's who were avid backcountry and extreme skiers and ventured into out of bounds ski terrain in search of powder.

The best known group of hairbag'r(s) skied the higher elevations of North West Colorado and explored areas above tree line on extremely steep slopes prone to avalanches.

The hairbag'r joined the gang on top of Bethoud Pass to head into the backcountry.

by The Snow Prophet May 11, 2010

weak layer

A weak layer is used to describe a layer of snow within the snowpack that may be prone to causing a snow avalanche.

Weak layers are caused by changes in snow pack's temperature, snow crystal type and snow crystal deformation resulting from changes in atmospheric conditions and moisture content.

We dug a snow pit on Pucker Face and found a really weak layer that is sure to rip a avalanche on the next bone head who tries to ski it.

by The Snow Prophet May 13, 2010