The Snow Prophet's definitions

Snow Safety

Snow Safety is the practice of monitoring and controlling snow avalanches for public safety and to protect structures in areas prone to avalanches.

Snow Safety Teams are part of Federal Governmental AgenciesState Governmental Agencies such as State Highway Departments, Ski Resorts, Helicopter Ski Operations, Mountain mining operations and more...

Snow Safety Teams use a variety of methods to stabalize the snowpack and or force it to slide using explosives, ski cutting, boot packing and more...

The Head of Snow Safety for the ski resort decided to close the upper mountain so the trollers could shoot down that avalanche using a Avalauncher. That sucks for us cuz there's 3' feet of fresh pow up top, dude.

by The Snow Prophet May 13, 2010

turning screws

Refers to working in a ski shop and is derived from adjusting and mounting ski bindings. Turning screws also includes the work a person does in a snowboard shop as well.

I'm turning screws in a ski shop at the base of Okemo and I scored a season pass too!

by The Snow Prophet May 11, 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'n

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

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

We're going hairbag'n today so be sure to bring your avalanche beacon, rescue shovel and avy probe.

by The Snow Prophet May 11, 2010

ducking the rope

The act of going outside a ski resort boundry or closed area. Ducking a rope often results in the loss of one's skiing or snowboarding privlages and in many states and provinces is punishable by law.

If I catch you ducking the rope again, I'm going to have to pull your ski pass.

by The Snow Prophet May 11, 2010

boards

Slang used to describe a pair of skis used for the sport of snow skiing.

Somebody ripped-off my new boards!

by The Snow Prophet May 11, 2010

poached my line

A negative response to another skier or snowboarder cutting you off and skiing the line you were getting ready to ride.

That jerk poached my line and tracked-up all that fresh pow just as I was getting ready to drop-in!

Hey, you just poached my line ass-wipe! Find your own line to ski.

by The Snow Prophet May 13, 2010