rimed snow

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• Hard rime — is a white ice that forms when the water droplets in fog freeze to the outer surfaces of objects. It is often seen on trees atop mountains and ridges in winter, when low hanging clouds cause freezing fog. This fog freezes to the windward (wind… …   Wikipedia

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• Champagne Powder — is a very smooth and dry snow, which is great for skiing. The term originates from the ski resorts in the Rocky Mountains, which often have these snow conditions. Locations The term Champagne Powder snow was coined in Steamboat back in the 1950s… …   Wikipedia

• frosted — Synonyms and related words: affectless, alcoholic drink, anesthetized, arctic, argent, argentine, autistic, beverage, blunt, canescent, catatonic, chalky, chill, chilly, cold, cold as charity, cold blooded, coldhearted, cool, cretaceous,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• frosty — Synonyms and related words: Olympian, affectless, aloof, anesthetized, arctic, argent, argentine, autistic, backward, bashful, blank, blunt, canescent, catatonic, chalky, chill, chilled, chilly, cold, cold as charity, cold blooded, coldhearted,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• hoary — Synonyms and related words: acknowledged, admitted, advanced, advanced in life, advanced in years, age old, aged, ageless, along in years, ancient, antediluvian, antique, argent, argentine, auld, canescent, chalky, conventional, cretaceous,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• rime — I. noun Etymology: Middle English rim, from Old English hrīm; akin to Old Norse hrīm frost Date: before 12th century 1. frost 1b 2. an accumulation of granular ice tufts on the windward sides of exposed objects that is formed from supercooled fog …   New Collegiate Dictionary